Tag: spiritual awakening
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The Secret to Deeper Relationships Is an Ancient Act of ‘Summoning’
We’ve all said it, or at least thought it, about someone we know: “They live in their own world.” It’s a common phrase, a shorthand to describe someone who seems distant, preoccupied, or tuned into a different frequency than our own. We usually mean it as a casual observation, a way to explain a gap…
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A 2,000-Year-Old Teaching That Reframes Your Suffering as a Sacred Mission
It’s a heavy time to be alive. The endless scroll of crises, the psychic weight of global conflict, the quiet helplessness that settles in when the world feels broken—it can all become too much. This feeling can lead to a deep yearning for escape, a sense that life is not a choice we made but…
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The Forgotten Promise | By The William Altig Choir
We all carry something ancient within us—a promise made before memory, a purpose that calls to us through the noise of daily life. “The Secret Vow” is a heavy blues meditation on the profound loss we feel when we’ve forgotten why we’re here. Drawing from the Buddhist teaching of the Bodhisattva vow—the commitment to return…
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Lotus Sutra Inspired: Awaken the Hero Within You
“Welling Up from the Ground” is a powerful gospel-blues folk anthem inspired by Chapter Fifteen of the Lotus Sutra—the moment when the earth itself trembles, and countless Bodhisattvas rise from the soil of suffering to bring light to the age of darkness. The song blends sacred soul with modern storytelling, featuring rich harmonies, Hammond organ…
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Discover ‘The King of All Songs’: Healing Through Music
By The William Altig Choir “The King of All Songs” by The William Altig Choir is a soulful, slow-burning folk-blues hymn inspired by Chapter 23 of the Lotus Sutra. A preacher’s whisper meets the river’s hum — it’s a song about awakening, mercy, and the healing power of truth. Over warm acoustic guitar and haunting…
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Cool and Refreshed
“Cool and Refreshed” – A Spiritual Blues-Gospel Duet A powerful testimony of transformation told through male and female voices. “Cool and Refreshed” weaves Buddhist wisdom into the American blues-gospel tradition, exploring the journey from spiritual burden to liberation. Walking heavy with the weight of the past, two souls discover that their true nature is pure—not…
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The Treasure Tower
“The Treasure Tower” is a cinematic folk-rock journey that builds from a single acoustic guitar and vocal into a soaring, full-band spiritual experience. Drawing inspiration from the epic imagery of the Lotus Sutra, the song tells the story of a profound revelation. It charts the journey from sitting on the “hard earth” as a humble…
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Faith Call, Insight Answers
“Faith Calls, Insight Answers” is a Delta Dharma Blues song about the inner dialogue between faith and understanding — a call-and-response between the heart that believes and the mind that sees. Carried by slide guitar, handclaps, and a voice worn smooth by the road, this track brings the Eightfold Path down to earth. It’s not…
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Poison Into Medicine
“Poison Into Medicine” is a bluesy folk anthem about finding strength in struggle and transforming life’s hardships into wisdom. Inspired by the Buddhist teacher Nichiren’s teachings, this song weaves ancient philosophy with raw, soulful blues to remind us that our greatest challenges can become our greatest teachers. Like the lotus that blooms from muddy water,…
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The Sky of Merit
A grounded folk-blues inspired by Chapter 17 of the Lotus Sutra and the Eightfold Path “The Sky of Merit” is a grounded folk-blues meditation on wisdom, merit, and the Eightfold Path. Inspired by Chapter 17 of the Lotus Sutra, this song strips away superstition to reveal the true heart of practice: seeing clearly and walking…
Mr. Altig’s Overview of the Wonderful Dharma of the Lotus Sutra 