Tag: Mystical

• Already Home

  

  A slow blues ballad about the moment everything changes. I spent so long trying to earn my way, step by step, brick by brick—keeping score, watching the clock run down, wondering if I’d ever be good enough. Then one single moment of grace broke through, and I realized: I don’t have to keep trying anymore.…

  William Altig

  October 25, 2025

  Chapter 17, music, The Great Teachings of the Lotus of the True Law

  acoustic blues, acoustic storytelling, already enlightened, always already, Americana, apocalypse, appalachian folk, arriving, assurance, authenticity, awakening, bent notes, beyond measure, blue note, Blues, blues ballad, born again, bottleneck, breakthrough, buddhist blues, burden, burden lifted, Campfire Song, cathartic, celestial shore, chains breaking, coming home, Comparison, confessional, Conscious Music, Contemplative, contemporary folk, conversion, country blues, darkness to light, Deep Listening, delta blues, destination, dharma folk, divine presence, earned salvation, emotional journey, end of wandering, Enlightenment, eternal now, eternal presence, existential blues, face to face, faith, fingerstyle guitar, flash, folk ballad, Folk Blues, found, freedom, good enough, gospel blues, grace, grace over works, harmonica blues, here and now, home, honest, Imagery, immanent, incomparable, infinite value, instant, instant faith, intimate encounter, intimate vocals, kingdom within, letting go, liberation, life changing moment, light breaking through, lightning, live feel, lo fi blues, long road, lyric driven, meditation music, melancholic blues, Merit, Metaphor, minimal production, moment of clarity, mountain music, muddy waters, Mystical, narrative folk, natural sound, never left, no longer lost, old time, one take, one thought, organic production, original enlightenment, peace, pearl of great price, personal relationship, philosophical blues, piedmont blues, poetry, porch blues, presence, promise, promised land, raw recording, raw vocals, redeemed, redemption song, release, relief, religious exhaustion, religious folk, resonator, rest, rest for the weary, Revelation, roots music, sacred music, safe harbor, Samsara, sanctuary, saved, score keeping, self acceptance, singer songwriter, single moment, slide, slow blues, Southern gothic, spiritual blues, spiritual burnout, spiritual folk, Storytelling, striving, sudden grace, sudden vs gradual, suffering and liberation, testimonial, testimony, texas blues, thunder, timeless truth, Traditional, traditional blues, transcendent, Transformation, transformational, treasure, triumphant, trying too hard, unconditional love, unveiling, vertical leap, vintage sound, voice calling, Vulnerability, vulnerable, wheel of life, witness, worth more than

• The Auspicious Dawn of Wisdom

  

  (A lyrical retelling of Great-Universal-Wisdom-Excellence Buddha’s Enlightenment) “The Auspicious Dawn of Wisdom” — Song Description This song is a journey through timeless space and sacred stillness. Inspired by Chapter Seven of the Lotus Sutra, The Auspicious Dawn of Wisdom tells the story of an ancient Buddha whose enlightenment echoes through the cosmos, stirring even heavenly…

  William Altig

  May 3, 2025

  Chapter 7, The Great Teachings of the Lotus of the True Law

  acoustic, ambient blues, ambient folk, Atmospheric, awakening, Blues, Bodhisattva, Buddhist, buddhist music, cosmic, dawn, devotional, Enlightenment, ethereal, Folk, gentle, Lotus Sutra, mantra, Meditation, Mystical, nature inspired, peaceful, Poetic, sacred, Spiritual, Storytelling, Timeless, timeless truths, universal awakening, wisdom

• Flowers for the Truth

  

  Flowers for the Truth is a hauntingly beautiful duet where two voices meet on an empty city street, offering radiant, glowing flowers to something greater than themselves. This folk-blues ballad weaves the sacred and the ordinary into a single moment of grace. With a painterly sound and mystical undertones, it evokes the hush of twilight,…

  William Altig

  April 11, 2025

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  ambient folk, awakening song, contemporary spiritual, divine harmony, divine offering, Emotional, ethereal, flowers for the truth, Folk Blues, glowing flowers, Heartfelt, Lotus Sutra, male female vocals, Mystical, painterly sound, reverent, sacred, Soulful, soundscape, spiritual duet, stardust, truth seekers, twilight city, urban mystic

• The Lantern and the Crystal

  

  “Embark on a mystical journey with ‘The Lantern and the Crystal.’ This folk ballad draws inspiration from a timeless parable. It explores themes of perception, reality, and the search for truth. This song weaves haunting melodies and poetic lyrics to explore the interplay of light, shadow, and inner awakening. Let the story of the traveler…

  William Altig

  November 18, 2024

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  acoustic, Acoustic Guitar, Ballad, Calm, Contemplative, Enlightenment, Folk, introspection, love, Meditative, Mystical, parable, Perception, philosophical, poem, poetry, reality, Reflective, Soulful, Spiritual, Storytelling, tarot, Timeless, wisdom, writing

• ‘N Silence Of The Night

  

  “‘N Silence Of The Night” is a bluesy contemporary folk song. It draws inspiration from Chapter 17 of the Lotus Sutra, especially the opening prose. This song captures the profound wisdom and timeless teachings of the Buddha. It emphasizes the spiritual journey towards enlightenment. Countless beings undertake this journey across the vast expanse of time…

  William Altig

  October 9, 2024

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  Bass, Blues, Buddha, Buddhism, Celestial, Choir, Contemporary, Drums, Enlightenment, Eternal, Flowers, Folk, Imagery, Incense, journey, Lotus, Mandarava, Merit, Mystical, Philosophy, Religion, RiverofTruth, sacred, Sandalwood, Spiritual, Spirituality, Stand-up, Sutra, teachings, Timeless, Voices, wisdom

• The Traveler’s Blues

  “The Traveler’s Blues” is a soulful Blues Folk song inspired by an ancient analogy from Chapter 7 of the Lotus Sutra. It tells the story of a traveler carrying dust across a thousand worlds, each representing the endless cycles of time and the search for enlightenment. The song blends cosmic imagery with earthy, acoustic melodies,…

  William Altig

  September 20, 2024

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  Acoustic Guitar, Ancient Wisdom, Blues Folk, Buddha, Chapter 7, Cosmic Blues, Cosmic Journey, Enlightenment, Lotus Sutra, Meditation, Mystical, spiritual awakening, Spirituality, Storytelling, Timeless Journey, Timelessness, World Blues