Contemplative moments for a brief respite..

[Anka]

“Today was good. Today was fun. Tomorrow is another one.” Dr. Seuss
Wishing the best thoughts for your gentle hearts

Peder B. Helland - Thoughtful(11:33)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=CT0nLaQbidc

[Anka]

We share the same rays of sunshine
In search of the Sun, he will always find the light in us.
A simple greeting to the Sun.

Pure Lumière(5:09)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=FEx_L5f3wY0

[Anka]

Our future in about 8 minutes, But maybe "The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time."Abraham Lincoln

Our Future(8:28)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=D4BZshNWJMc

[norman]

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=1RcVIuZ8Wdk

[Anka]

Flying Ducks - so close, you can almost touch, just incredible(1:55)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=dfwABOl9kZI

Mother duck takes ducklings for a swim at the lake!(3:02)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=uZ7WKM4q7IM

Duck Pond | Relaxing Ducks on a Calm Lake in Ultra HD(3:59)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=IeMVu0RS5gA

[Anka]

They are supposed to be stress relief toys(?!)...I received one as a gift last week.

Cute Squishy Toys Stress Reliever(0:14)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=s1qMhj0Hn5s

I didn't look for this, but Innocence: restored

The Deer Whisperer(1:45)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=geRU0RRYFZ0

[Anka]

Almost two minutes of daytime sleep in cuteness ...just for you guys!

Kitten sleeps sweetly with the Chicken(1:56)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=BFNekjEgvuk

[Anka]

Living like "coral", an effervescent experience in the underwater shelter.

Thanks for the thread!

Amazing Breathtaking Drive Into coral reefs & Under the Sea||Sea Creature||Coral Reef Fish video HD(3:47)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ib8BOA-Tk_U

[Anka]

How to prepare a field cricket to start chirping.

Field cricket (Gryllus campestris) chirping(2:17)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=bkIBHUh7LrE

Singing Sands(0:28)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=CnYeeYmT4tI

Koshi Wind Chimes - Aria (Air)(0:53)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20-N0cIGP60

Koshi Wind Chimes(0:53)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=20-N0cIGP60

[EFO]

Posted by Anka (here)
How to prepare a field cricket to start chirping.

Field cricket (Gryllus campestris) chirping(2:17)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=bkIBHUh7LrE

God's Cricket Chorus (No Human Voices Or Instruments)
(10:06 min.)
"Want to hear something magical? Experimental director, composer and playwright Jim Wilson recorded the sound of crickets and then slowed down the recording, revealing something so amazing. The crickets sound like they are singing the most angelic chorus in perfect harmony. Though it sounds like human voices, everything you hear is the crickets themselves. There are two tracks, one is played at regular speed and the other is the slowed version. The singing you hear are the crickets only. No instruments or voices were added.

"The first time I heard it... I swore I was listening to the Vienna Boys Choir, or the Mormon Tabernacle choir. It has a four-part harmony it is a swaying choral panorama. No effects have been added of any kind except that they changed the speed of the tape. The sound is so haunting. I played it for Charlie Musselwhite and he looked at me as if I pulled a Leprechaun out of my pocket." Tom Waite.

Originally recorded by Jim Wilson and David Carson in 1992, Jim slowed down the original cricket song to match and mirror the lifespan of the average human being. The result is a work that induces an atmosphere of peace, serenity and healing, all courtesy of Mother Nature's Crickets. http://changethelifechannel.blogspot....
/10/audio-crickets-audio-recording-slowed.html

Soundcloud One Hour Recording: ►https://soundcloud.com/tags/crickets

Listening to this recording it sounds like females voices to me with a male chorus in the background, singing in the eight-tone scale, like I would call in musical terms, an interlude and then another chorus part. I feel so humbled after hearing this recording, more than I ever have before. -Bonnie Jo Hunt. http://hearingvoices.com/webwork/mcvi...

Crickets actually produce different calls for different purposes. The calling song, which may be heard for distances up to a mile, helps the female find the male. Once she is near, the male switches to a courtship song to convince her to mate with him. And, in some cases, the male also sings a post-copulation celebratory song. How do crickets produce sound? ►http://insects.about.com/od/grasshopp...

★ NOTE: Dave D'Aranjo slowed down cricket recording:
https://soundcloud.com/darangatang/da...
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I usually hear the last lonely cricket chirp in mid-November. Crickets die with the frost and their offspring winter over as eggs. Cicadas leave this realm before that, late September or early October, it depends how cold it gets at night in the Northeast United States. Cicadas are more vulnerable to the cold than crickets. Personally, I love their chirps and always have. It is the males’ chirp you hear by rubbing or stridulate, or chirping, however, some female crickets chirp as well.

Did you know in China and other Asian countries, crickets are considered good luck, and are often kept as pets in specially-designed cages? Some European traditions hold that a cricket chirping in the house is a sign of future prosperity. Now that can be annoying because when they get in the house and chirp - it's loud.
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I could not find good quality HD photos of crickets and had to include grasshoppers which are related to crickets as are locust. Many of the slides in this video were created by me in Proshow Producer.
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All God’s Creatures have a place in the choir. Many thanks to Jim Wilson and David Carson. And thank you the viewer for watching.
Ambriel - HKzW / AquarielCharm
https://youtube.com/user/aquarielc...

http://holykaw.alltop.com/listen-to-t...

Youtube channel Lauren Zachary comment in reply to another user:
What the heck? No, what are you even talking about? Here, let me help you to understand a little better. This isn't a, "Christian scam". (?) On earth, and throughout our universe, there is time. As such, there are human life-spans, and then, there are cricket life-spans. (They live for only weeks at a time.) Because crickets have shorter life-spans, they hear, for example sound much slower than a human does. To a human, the noise a cricket makes sounds like the chirp that they produce. On the other hand, to a cricket, these "angelic voices/hums" are what they hear. Crickets know this is the noise they create; they hum together. But to a human, the hums are way fast-forwarded to the point where it sounds like a chirp. This is science. It's not a, "Christian scam". That makes me mad, because I, myself, am a Christian; and by the way, how would this protrude our religion forward? It would only earn teasing and discrimination if people saw this out of Christianity. Yes, the cricket hums sound like angelic voices from a chapel. Good observation. But to call it a, "Christian scam"? Shame on you. - Lauren Zacary https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAXQ..."

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=OP6JGlv32nw

[Anka]

If it's about watching and moving, then it's definitely about listening.

"Northern Light Aurora Sound
The Aurora Borealis is created by the solar wind hitting the earth's atmosphere. The charged particles of the solar wind are normally deflected away by the shield of Earth's magnetic field, but some are able to leak into the magnetosphere around the earth, where they are then guided along Earth's magnetic field to reach deeper into the atmosphere. Here they collide with the oxygen and nitrogen molecules of the air, to produce a luminous green and red glow that is the aurorae (Northern or Southern lights).
These moving charged particles that create the northern lights also produce intense radio emission at very low frequencies. We can 'hear' the aurorae as a busy chatter when these radio signals are converted to sound, varying on the real timescale that you can hear."

But I bet they "sound" nicer in reality

Northern Lights Sound(1:51)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=HIhiNcXLvxE

And, we have a new family member. I found her near a fence these days, being of no one, she is very small and loving and I name her Magic Magie

Magic Magie(0:14)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Shm9zDTvgO4

To create great comfort for her from the very first minutes after I fed her, I put a lullaby on the phone, singing

Relaxing Lullaby for Cat and Kitten 🐱💤 (with Cat purring sounds)(1:00:01)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=q5xB-1a1w5E

..and she was very satisfied and fell asleep, but the thing is that I also slept 44 minutes on this song(!), it was very comfortable for both of us

Maybe, if you leave home during the day, it would be good to leave such music as "company" for your little fluffy family members?
For "me", a lullaby is quite contemplative.

Anca

[Sarah Rainsong]

"Enjoy the 3 Hours of Relaxing Rain and Piano Music with Cozy Coffee Shop Ambience."
Rainy Night Outside Coffee Shop Ambience with Relaxing Piano Music and Rain Sounds

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=DAdRQt3UnYE

[Anka]

Whatever the world changing everyday I still love soothing relaxation ...Have a wonderful day or evening!

Peder B. Helland - Dance of Life(5:27)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=UxOpnhY6ObU

[Anka]

Hey, if you're reading this, we wish you an awesome life ahead! Believe in yourself, be brave

Have a great day, make it your best!



The most beautiful cup of tea(0:25)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Qf4CXu3wrKI

Magical Stuðlagil - the newly discovered basalt column canyon in East Iceland. It's a nature's wonder.
Stuðlagil. The Magical Canyon in Iceland(1:28)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=68bR4JuAkvQ

[Sarah Rainsong]

Sharing some beautiful autumn weather!

This "moment" runs for almost 4 1/2 hours But it's lovely quiet music set to beautiful flowing stream in an autumn-colored forest. Perfect for a "contemplative moment" however long you'd like to make it.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=w0szAwgybZs

[Zirconian]

Flow of time, a gift to all

Peace in turmoil.
The language of nature.
Preserved culture is a living painting.
We are a continuous bridge to the future.
The flow of time, heals wounds.
The spirit of water.
Only love can create peace.

Akiane

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=2wRmADtsa1U

[Zirconian]

Akiane
I don't wait for inspiration. Inspiration waits for me...


A commenter from her YouTube channel:

Absolutely beautiful!!! I don't know which is more moving. . . .the picture or the narration. I was mesmerized by both. . . that's not enough to describe how I felt after watching.


I feel the same.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=hp2Re2IGVj8

[Anka]

Look at the clouds
Start by opening your eyes and be surprised by that Sea of Clouds which is constantly open for us for pure joy.

Against any weather system, there are still beautiful clouds up there, coming and going.
Always watch their formation, and don't waste a second without looking at them, because that cloud shape will never be the same again.

"Beautiful" & Clouds on Blue Sky [timelapse](2:35)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=HjOIvwXPXbo

[Anka]

Dragontail butterflies have a unique flying style because their wings are actually quite small relative to their body size. It means they have to flap their wings super-fast like a dragonfly and use their tails like rudders, to me they are hypnotically beautiful.

Float Like a Dragontail Butterfly ( 0:49)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=O34qmsgR4uE

Beautiful trapped bubbles and a windy morning

Abraham Lake(3:27)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=-MTaaze9pBI

Abraham Lake Wind(0:22)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=cFzQy9dFStY

[Zirconian]

A step.....

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=p1iatrdASuc

There are pivotal moments, tipping points when we are standing on a precipice. It is as our eyes suddenly open to seeing everything with clarity. It is in that moment that we awaken - that we 'wake up' to our life and what actions we have been engaging in that are not serving our deepest desires - and our highest good.

Being able to witness the truth - to have clear knowing of it means that we can no longer live in darkness - or the absence of truth. We cannot pretend that we do not know what we know.


"To awaken you must have the desire in your heart for change, for answers - for understanding." - dorothy ratusny

One of my favourite 'spoken word' contemplative meditations... please join me in this journey of awakening.

Namaste! xo

/// MUSIC: Kip Mazuy, 'Soothe' (Thank you Kip! Love this!)