Finding peace in a frantic world. Red‘s Redemption The Shawshank Redemption. There are so many good things about this Steven King and Frank Darabont masterpiece. Shawshank Redemption has all the ingredients to make a great movie/story. It is a deeply spiritual story. It is a synergy and culmination of many things that make the whole;
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Books and Films, Music, Spiritual Enlightenment, UncategorizedFinding peace in a frantic world Everybody wants to go to war. In 1985, it was a last minute change that made this song the greatest pop song of the 80’s. Tears for Fears single Everybody Wants To Rule The World was quite rightly a world wide hit. Everybody wants to rule the world was
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Contemplation and Reflection, Music, UncategorizedFinding peace in a frantic world. Freed from desire Finding the true self Na-na-na-na-na, na-na, na-na-na, na-na-na A hit 90’s dance song sung by Italian singer/songwriter Gala Rizzatto in Europe in 1996 and the UK in 1997. It’s such a catchy song, it would be easy to miss the meaning and thought put into the
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Music, Spiritual Enlightenment, UncategorizedFinding peace in a frantic world. The constant craving Egocentrism – the constant craving. Released by K.D. Lang in 1992, constant craving was one of those songs of the 90’s decade that stood out for more than just its catchy melody and accordion. Its thoughtful and meaningful lyrics had a message for the world. The
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Music, Spiritual Enlightenment, UncategorizedFinding peace in a frantic world. Row, row, row your boat Row, row, row, your boat.Gently down the stream.Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily.Life is but a dream. Row your boat, sung by children, parents and grandparents for generations. A very old nursery rhyme, probably at least 150 years old. It’s really simple and repetitive, probably to
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Books and Films, Music, Spiritual EnlightenmentFinding peace in a frantic world. Our Magical Mystery Shakespeare wrote in the times long before The Beatles arrived, about the drama of human life. The Beatles, in their 1967 Magical Mystery tour, did this in a way that was more light-hearted and also probably far more confusing to those watching. Magical Mystery tour is
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Music, Spiritual EnlightenmentFinding peace in a frantic world. Time of the signs It’s the time of the signs, it really is. For those spiritually awake with eyes to see and ears to hear, the signs are all around us. Spiritual signs constantly manifest, ready in that very moment for those with the eyes to see and ears
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Music, Spiritual EnlightenmentFinding peace in a frantic world. Knowing Me Knowing You Knowing me (temet nosce) knowing you (God). What better promotion for God than His own name Father aka “ABBA”. The 70’s supergroup Abba comprised Agnetha Faltskog, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Anderson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. Abba is an Aramaic word meaning Father spoken by both Jesus (God’s
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