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Extracts from my websites, detailing the Spiritual Life of a Secular Westerner. Resources and (free) Tarot readings.

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What a Wonderful World Louis Armstrong's antidote to a racially conflicted America. Written by Bob Theile and George David Weiss, and released in 1967. Broken Link? click here

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Eye of the Tiger The official video from Survivor, 1982. Broken link? click here

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Chariots of Fire

A particularly uplifting performance of this Vangelis masterpiece. {youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwzjlmBLfrQ] Conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, with the London Symphony Orchestra, and guest, and some extra commentary and sneezing by the commentators! Broken link? Search here.

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Solving Problems Do not solve all your problems. At least keep one of them. You need something to munch on - and life goes on - Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

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Levels of Silence As with prayer, there are many different levels of silence. At one end of the spectrum it can be felt as isolation and, at the other, silence offers the deepest connection to life and an opening to a unifying movement towards the greatest truths. Alastair McNeilage

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Foreigners There is no foreign land - it is the traveller only that is foreign. I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move. Robert Louis Stevenson 1850-94

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Praying for Ex-Partners – Jaron and the Long Road to Love We've all been there! (Fortunately not with the tattoos) Pray for You - Jaron and The Long Road to Love Released in 2010

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La Bamba

“La Bamba” is indefinable in English, being a play on words in Spanish. Originating some 300 years ago in Mexico, it was given its current incarnation by Ritchie Valens in 1958. This version by Los Lobos in 1989 is a better reproduction. broken video? try this

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Great Minds Think Alike? Small minds are concerned with the extraordinary, great minds with the ordinary. Blaise Pascal.

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Livin' the Vida Loca - Donkey and puss-in-Boots

Livin’ the Vida Loca – Donkey and puss-in-Boots

A star-studded cast hiding behind the animation here, from the film Shrek. It seems impossible to sing this without energy. La Vida Loca, composed by  Desmond Child and Draco Rosa and released by Ricky Martin in 1999, is Spanish for “The Crazy Life” and hopefully we are living it skilfully. Broken video? – try this. The original…

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Canto della Terra

Two of the world’s most amazing voices and a fabulous song. The song was written by composer Francesco Sartori and lyricist Lucio Quarantotto in 1999. broken video? – try this

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Anxiety and the Path

Anxiety and the Path

Anxiety may be the body/brain’s way of hanging on to the illusion that it is in control of what is happening. If this is true, then by letting go of any need to control now, the anxiety will quickly fade. So try it: read a book for ten minutes, listen to music, exercise, and see if the anxiety fades. Even if it doesn’t, you will benefit in the long run because you have taken a step closer to how…

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Search for the Hero Excellent advice from M-People. The song was written by Mike Pickering and Paul Heard and released in 1994 broken video? try this

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The Best Way to Drive Out the Devil

The Best Way to Drive Out the Devil

The best way to drive out the devil, if he will not yield to texts of Scripture, is to jeer and flout him, for he cannot bear scorn.  Martin Luther

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Sei Con Me - Potts and Westenra

Sei Con Me – Potts and Westenra

The title means “There for me” composed by Angelo La Bionda, Carmelo La Bionda and Charly Ricanek in 1978. There are many excellent versions of this song, but Aerist had just familiarised himself with the story of Paul Potts and liked this one. Broken video? try this

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Groucho Marx - the Mirror Scene

Groucho Marx – the Mirror Scene

From the movie, Duck Soup (1939) with some help from brothers Chico and Harpo. broken link? try here

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Erev Shel Shoshanim (Evening of Roses)

Erev Shel Shoshanim (Evening of Roses)

The music is by Yosef Hadar and the lyrics are by Moshe Dor. It was first recorded in 1957, and rapidly became a folk classic.

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This version is by the Messiah College Concert Choir, from their album “True Light” and was arranged by arr. Jack Klebanow

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