In Paradisum

Fauré　Requiem Op.48 - In paradisum
Conducted by Charles Édouard Dutoit
Nikikai Choir

A Musical Joke

This is an excerpt from "Carnival of the Animals," composed by Camille Saint-Saens. The melody he uses for the tortoise is the French can-can, played at an excruciatingly slow tempo with some deliberately dissonant chords. Isn't that a kick?

Rhythm

Rhythm is the basis of life, not steady forward progress.
The forces of creation, destruction, and preservation
have a whirling, dynamic interaction.

Kabbalah

Fullness Overflowing

Every hour of every day is an unspeakably perfect miracle.

Walt Whitman

The Essence of Divinity

The essence of divinity is found in every single thing.
Nothing but it exists.

You cannot find anything that exists apart from it.
There is nothing that is not pervaded by the power of divinity.
It is present in everything, and everything comes into being from it.
Each of us emerges from divinity and is included in it.
There is nothing else.

From The Essential Kabbalah: The Heart of Jewish Mysticism by Daniel C. Matt

Smiles

I never will understand all the good that a simple smile can accomplish.

Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.

Peace begins with a smile.

Mother Teresa of Calcutta