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Archive for April 25, 2024
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Video of the Week
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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Ousmane
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| After learning of his neighbor Edith’s dire living conditions, Ousmane, a homesick African immigrant living in Montreal, opens his heart and his life to her. He and Edith, who is living with dementia, have both lost a sense of who they are. Ousmane and his family offer compassion to Edith and together they find a way out of feeling lost, becoming family for each other. |
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The earth has music for those who listen.
– Reginald Holmes –
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World’s Largest Musical Instrument is Hiding in this Cave
A father-son trip turns out to be the beginning of a 3 year journey into inventing the world’s largest percussion instrument spanning 3.5 acres across a cave, Luray Caverns, in Virgnia, U.S. In 1954, mathematician and electronics scientist Leland Sprinkle invented the Great Stalacpipe Organ. The mesmerising otherworldly sound created by the mallets striking against the perfectly tuned stalactites selected by Sprinkle is a marvel that brings your whole being to the point of stillness in the now. Otto Pebworth, a long time cave organist says, “It’s like you are becoming one with the instrument in a true way. You sit and go ‘YES’.” Words clearly won’t do justice to the sound created by the Stalacpipe. { read more }
Be The Change
What would it feel like to slow down and listen to the “music” around you? Take a moment today to listen to the various sounds in nature: the chirping of the birds, the gush of wind, or even the sound of the silences. |
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Sangha of Auspicious Companions 