Birdsong from an autumn afternoon at Mt. Kooyoora in central Victoria

A variety of woodland birds can be heard, including Spotted Pardalotes, White-browed Babblers, Fuscous Honeyeaters and Diamond Firetails

Kooyoora autumn afternoon

As Rumi wrote: “What is the soul? Consciousness. The more awareness, the deeper the soul, and when such essence overflows, you feel a sacredness around. It’s so simple to tell one who puts on a robe and pretends to be a dervish from the real thing. We know the taste of pure water…” 
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Pure Water: Poetry of Rumi with Coleman Barks and Eugene Friesen (Preview)

Audio sample of the Crossover guitar Alhambra CS3 CW. Available at http://www.guitarfromspain.com/en/cutaway-classical-guitars/298-alhambra-cs3cw-serie-s-classical-guitar-crossover.html

Alhambra CS3 CW - Chema Vilchez

She has called Brain Pickings, her invention and labor of love, a “human-powered discovery engine for interestingness.” What Maria Popova really delivers, to hundreds of thousands of people each day, is wisdom of the old-fashioned sort, presented in new-fashioned digital ways. She cross-pollinates — between philosophy and design, physics and poetry, the intellectual and the experiential. We meet Maria Popova at 30, and explore her gleanings, thus far, on what it means to lead a good life — intellectually, creatively, and spiritually.

See more at www.onbeing.org/program/maria-popova-cartographer-of-meaning-in-a-digital-age/7580

Maria Popova — Cartographer of Meaning in a Digital World

Often quoted, but rarely interviewed, Mary Oliver is one of our greatest and most beloved poets. She’s just released a new volume, Felicity, at the age of 80. And so we’re revisiting the interview she granted us earlier this year on the wisdom of the world, the salvation of poetry, and the life behind her writing.

See more at www.onbeing.org/program/mary-oliver-listening-to-the-world/7267

Mary Oliver — Listening to the World

Wanderer

Joe Henry is a Grammy Award-winning producer and singer-songwriter. He's recorded 14 albums and produced dozens of other artists. He's the co-author of "Furious Cool: Richard Pryor and the World That Made Him." His albums include Invisible Hour and the forthcoming Shine A Light: Field Recordings From The Great American Railroad — a collaboration with Billy Bragg. This interview is edited and produced with music and other features in the On Being episode "Joe Henry — The Mystery and Adventure of Life and Songwriting." Find more at onbeing.org.

[Unedited] Joe Henry with Krista Tippett

Spa Relaxation Music: Soothing Spa Sounds for Serenity

The Wish: Serenity Sounds for Relaxation Music (feat. Ben Leinbach)

Mid Air

Be kind to others - you never know what secret battle or pain they are fighting - be kind to others.

Weeping in the Desert (At the End of Myself)

This is my second recording taken from Mr Stephan Beneking's rich archive of wonderful pieces.
Having been already recorded by much better pianists than me  I  tried to differentiate a little introducing some little dissonance and a closed "finale" which probably is not in Stephan's intentions. But as he already said me once  "the interpreter  is not the slave of the compeser". So I did it;  forgive me Stephan if  you should not like it :)

Stephan Beneking - Petit reve bizarre N°20

Groundbreaking Peabody Award-winning conversation about the big questions of meaning, hosted by Krista Tippett. Every Thursday a new discovery about the immensity of our lives — and frequent special features like poetry, music and Q + A with Krista.

[Unedited] Joe Henry with Krista Tippett

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