In March 2025, London Insight Meditation hosted Venerable Canda for a retreat day exploring liberating perspectives on death and dying.

The Buddha recommended meditation on death for everyone, as a way of bringing a sense of immediacy to practice. Although it may initially sound unappealing, by gently turning toward the universal reality of death, we can learn tools for living a life full of gratitude and love.

Guided life and death contemplation practice

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Guided loving-kindness meditation

What the Buddha said about contemplation on death

[Verse 1]
Can you hear the sirens hum?
Under towers made of steel and drum
Missiles sleeping in their case
While children trace the war god’s face
Neon lights disguise the threat
In quiet rooms, the deals are set

[Pre-Chorus]
Do we dare to cross that line?
Trade the fire for something kind?
Where silence speaks in loaded terms
And kindness is the first to burn

[Chorus]
Drones above, hearts below
Futures sold in afterglow
The world rewinds with fatal grace
We slow-dance in a warlord's place
Do we dare to cross that line?
Or let the trigger write the rhyme?

[Verse 2]
Rhythms mimic marching feet
Newsfeeds loop what none repeat
They raise the flag, we dim the light
And dream in shadows, out of sight
Sparks of peace beneath the dust
Left to rust, or left to trust?

[Chorus]
Drones above, hearts below
Futures sold in afterglow
The world rewinds with fatal grace
We slow-dance in a warlord's place
Do we dare to cross that line?
Or let the trigger write the rhyme?

[Verse 3]
What if the line was never real –
just shadows cast by power's wheel?
What if the noise, the flags, the flame,
were all just masks to dodge the blame?
We bury hope beneath the tech,
trade soft hands for coded wrecks.

[Verse 4/Outro]
Still, in the quiet, there's a glow,
a thread of peace we used to know.
No anthem loud, no marching pride –
just one more chance we brushed aside.
Do we dare to cross that line?
Or watch the end in perfect time?

Do We Dare To Cross That Line [Eli]

This episode of The Good Deed Podcast dives into the world of charity work and I talk to Eileen, the chairwoman and founder of A Pint a Month. This charity which has been running since 2008 focuses on providing third level education for underprivelaged people in Ethiopia.

The Good Deed Podcast EP.1

Come and listen to Host Gia-Raquel and she talks with her guest Sandy Roth on today's show.

Sandy Roth, RYT,Reiki Master, Pastry Chef, has dedicated her life to healing practices through somatic practices complimented with energy work. She has been active in the Yoga community teaching at private studios, nonprofits, corporate settings and cancer care centers.
Her pastry creations are an edible avenue to share loving kindness.
She enjoys gardening, spending time with family and long walks with her Shiba Inu.

Clear Channel

My kindness

This is another song I wrote during the pandemic in 2021. I was really scared back then like I am now for our country. We are on the precipice of anarchy here in 2025 and I'm starting to think it will not end well for all of us. So I'm dropping this song of hope, It's about all people being united as one and about love! I worked very hard on this song, it took me several weeks to record and I used up every track on my old recorder. All the instruments are played by me, there is no A.I. in my music, and I'm singing all the vocals. It's a dream that I shared with Martin Luther King and John F. Kennedy, I am a child of the 60's and I still believe in kindness, peace,  and love. I guess I'm an idiot for believing that in this enviorment today! Our beautiful dream is now quickly becoming a nightmare! I don't understand why we hate so much? What do we gain by hating everyone? We are good people! I think history is repeating itself again right in front of our very eyes! Please check out the video, you will not be disappointed!

VIDEO - https://youtu.be/6G8SXX-y07w

     The video is brand new, I just finished it this week and since Easter is coming up, I put it at the top of the list. I worked for weeks on this video as well and I threw the kitchen sink at it! What the world needs now is love, sweet, love and I want all of us to remember the American Dream! I'm hoping and praying that the dream returns to us before it's too late! Thanks for listening and please let's make this dream come true! Peace & love to everyone! Happy Easter! 🙏✌🏼

“SITTING ON A DREAM”

I'M SITTING ON A DREAM,      
WISHING ON A STAR,     
MY PRAYERS TO GOD ALMIGHTY,     
HAVEN'T BEEN ANSWERED SO FAR,             

STILL HOPING FOR THE BEST,     
BUT READY FOR THE WORST,     
I DO BELIEVE IN MIRACLES,      
BUT FOR COMPASSION I STILL THIRST,

I'M SITTING ON A DREAM,          
STILL SITTING ON A DREAM,          
A DREAM OF ALL AS ONE,           
A DREAM FOR EVERYONE,         
FOR LOVE I GUESS, 
FOR HAPPINESS,         
FOR ALL TO BE REDEEMED,         
I'M STILL SITTING ON A DREAM,
     
I'M LOOKING FOR A SIGN,    
SEARCHING FOR A CLUE,     
SEEKING TRUTH AND JUSTICE,  
FOR ALL NOT JUST A FEW,    
 
SOME THINK WE'VE BEEN FORGOTTEN,   
ABANDONED AND BETRAYED,         
BUT AS FOR ME, I DREAM,   
THE DREAMS OF MLK,       
      
I'M SITTING ON A DREAM,        
STILL SITTING ON A DREAM,        
A DREAM OF ALL AS ONE,       
A DREAM FOR EVERYONE,       
FOR LOVE I GUESS, 
FOR HAPPINESS,      
FOR ALL TO BE REDEEMED,        
I'M STILL SITTING ON A DREAM,

DREAM, DREAM,          
WE SHARE THE DREAM, 
WE SHARE THE DREAM,       
WE SHARE THE DREAM, 
DREAM ON, 
DREAM ON,       
DREAM ON, 
DREAM ON.

BY JIM VALDES © 2021

"SITTING ON A DREAM" (Video - https://youtu.be/6G8SXX-y07w)

Hi everybody, my name is Jim and I’m a songwriter, I've written over 300 songs, I play guitar, bass, piano, and am a pretty good lyricist.  I play all types of music and have my own recording studio.  I use no A.I. or DAW or any computers to make my songs, all the instruments are played by me live on a multitrack studio recorder and Charlie, my vocalist, sings most of my songs and also plays the Harmonica on several tracks. I'm not a pro or a great musician but I do what I can with the tools that I have! I belong to the "Keep Humans In Music Movement" (KHMM)! Thanks everyone for listening and the world needs more music now, real music made by HUMANS not MACHINES! So let's all sing a song with our own voices, please! If anyone wants to collaborate, I am more than willing to do so and help write music or lyrics with any artists here on SoundCloud! Take care!👍😎✌🏼.

Note: In light of the recent AI breakthroughs, we feel it's important to clarify that we've been working with voice modulation since the mid-1990s – originally inspired by David Bowie's album Outside. Our approach predates AI-driven tools and is rooted in treating the voice as an instrument, shaped and sculpted through earlier technologies.

We fully understand that questioning authenticity may not be the intention – but it's worth remembering that all electronic music is, by nature, mediated and transformed. Even Nietzsche pointed out how modern tools shape us: inserting paper into a typewriter already creates a distance that handwriting does not. Perhaps birdsong is the only truly authentic sound. 🐦

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