first post submitted through the website!

LET GO LET GOD LET ME is the first post submitted through the website. I know there are more mantras out there. Record yours and submit it in an mp3 format by email. Thanks JB from Raleigh, NC.

i hardly have any time

A perfect but not very helpful tax day mantra...

yestoday! send me your mantra

Although solicited from a friend, this is the first mantra sent to me by email. Record yourself chanting your mantra and send it to me - yes today - in mp3 format.

my budget mantra - you got to go through it to get to it

This week I've been working on a proposal for the Southern Documentary Fund for fiscal sponsorship. Which means I'm asking them to be my non-profit fiscal sponsor so I can apply for funding from private foundations. Having a fiscal sponsor allows individuals to take a tax deduction for contributions they make to the project.

So I've been working on a budget and a fundraising plan for the Mantra Trailer. What a lot of work! I kept thinking of my friend Ann's mantra - YOU GOT TO GO THROUGH IT TO GET TO IT. She is the director of a local arts organization called the Scrap Exchange. I have a greater appreciation for her mantra and the work that she does to keep the Scrap alive and well. Ann also coined the mantra CULTURE ISN'T FREE.

Well here's the budget grand total - remember it includes everything - the car, the trailer, the recording equipment, the interior, the exterior, technical assistance, web design and maintenance, travel per diem for 6 months and my time - $63,250.00! That's right. CULTURE ISN'T FREE.

Here are the budget details. I hope you will give!

traditional spiritual mantra

I need help identifying this traditional spiritual mantra. It was recorded in Durham, NC at a party celebrating the winter solstice in 2006. If anyone is familiar with the tradition, meaning and use of this mantra please make a post. Thanks.