Jelauddin Rumi

I tried to find Him on the Christian cross, but He was not there, I went to the Temple of the Hindus and to the old pagodas, but I could not find a trace of Him anywhere.
I searchedon the mountains and in the valleys but neither in the heights nor in the depths was I able to find Him. I went to the Caaba in Mecca, but He was not there either.
I questioned the scholars and philosophers, but He was beyond their understanding.
I then looked into my heart and it was there where He dwelled that I saw Him;
He was nowhere else to be found.

Jelauddin Rumi

World hold on Bob Sinclair

Oh yeah, yeah…
Open up your heart, what do you feel
Open up your heart, what do you feel… is real

The big bang may be a million years away
But I can’t think of a better time to say

World, hold on
Instead of messing with our future, open up inside
World, hold on
Wonder you will have to answer to the children of the sky

World, hold on
Instead of messing with our future
Tell me no more lies
World, hold on
Wonder you will have to answer to the children of the sky

Children of the sky…
Children of the sky…

Look inside, you’ll find a deeper love
The kind that only comes from high above

If you ever meet your inner child, don’t cry
Tell them everything is gonna be alright

World, hold on
Instead of messing with our future, open up inside
World, hold on
Wonder you will have to answer to the children of the sky

World, hold on
Come one, everybody in the universe, come on
World, hold on
Wonder you will have to answer to the children of the sky

Children of the sky… alright
Open up your heart
Tell me, how do you feel

Listen now, tell them everything, right here right now
Alright, everybody, here in the world
You are all the children, alright

Together now, unite, and fight… oooh
Open up you heart, no, peace, love for everyone

Oh, no no no no no, alright, to the four corners of the world
Sing it loud, sing it loud, sing it loud loud loud
world hold on on

sing it loud, sing it proud
everybody, yeah yeah yeah yeah, oooh
Don’t take no for an answer, no no, not today

Right here,spread love, everybody join together now
One [race], one heart, love and unity, everybody sing
yeah!

World, hold on
Come one, everybody in the universe, come on
World, hold on
Wonder you will have to answer to the children of the sky

World, hold on
Come one, everybody in the universe, come on
World, hold on
Wonder you will have to answer to the children of the sky

A bbbelli!! Sta canzone me fa impazzì de ggioia e de voja de vita, è 'na bbomba, che mme fa ppure riflette sul zenzo intrinzeco de 'sta vita appunto e ppure commove. Aò, mannaggia! A Mondo, spetteme!!!

E mò: Mojito!

Il Mojito è un cocktail alcolico a base di rum. L'origine di questa bevanda è cubana. Sarebbe stato ideato dal barman Angelo Martinez, un cubano che gestiva il famoso bar Bodeguita del Medio a l'Avana, del quale si racconta che mescolava il cocktail fino a stancarsi.

Gli ingredienti del mojito sono: hierba buena (si può usare semplicemente menta), rum chiaro, zucchero di canna bianco, lime e acqua frizzante. Viene servito freddo e ha un gusto decisamente pungente dovuto alla combinazione della freschezza della menta e al gusto molto forte del rum.

Bisogna tener presente che un mojito servito in inverno potrebbe presentarsi amaro a causa della menta, per questo è importante che la menta sia fresca e che ovviamente tutti gli ingredienti siano di prima qualità. Per questo è preferibile consumare il Mojito in estate, nei mesi in cui la menta è più matura e meno aspra.

Una piccola variante consiste nel mescolare due tipi di rum, il primo chiaro invecchiato da 1 a 3 anni ed il secondo ambrato invecchiato per un periodo che va dai 7 anni in su.

Un'altra variante, denominata Black Mojito, consiste nel sostituire il rum con del liquore alla liquirizia, come per esempio l'Anima Nera

Il Mojito era uno dei cocktail preferiti da Ernest Hemingway insieme al Daiquiri ("My mojito at La Bodeguita, my daiquiri at El Floridita").

Tratto da "Wikipedia"

Il sottoscritto ha passato un'estate intera in cerca del Mojito perfetto.. ..ma la ricerca continua!..

Yanni - Within attraction (live! at the Acropolis)

Un brivido profondo per tutto il duetto.. Le note, il sapiente ritmo alternato di due anime appassionate che sembrano suonare la vita, e alla vita.. Il luogo, il "coro di cuori" della folla... Da sentire con la pelle, da incidere nel cuore, da vivere con la vita..
..cipicchia!

The dream of the dolphin

In every colour there's the light.
In every stone sleeps a crystal.
Remember the Shaman, when he used to say:
"Man is the dream of the dolphin"

New Order - True Faith

I feel so extraordinary
Something's got a hold on me
I get this feeling I'm in motion
A sudden sense of liberty
I don't care 'cause I'm not there
And I don't care if I'm here tomorrow
Again and again I've taken too much
Of the things that cost you too much
I used to think that the day would never come
I'd see delight in the shade of the morning sun
My morning sun is the drug that brings me near
To the childhood I lost, replaced by fear
I used to think that the day would never come
That my life would depend on the morning sun...

When I was a very small boy,
Very small boys talked to me
Now that we've grown up together
They're afraid of what they see
That's the price that we all pay
Our valued destiny comes to nothing
I can't tell you where we're going
I guess there was just no way of knowing
I used to think that the day would never come
I'd see delight in the shade of the morning sun
My morning sun is the drug that brings me near
To the childhood I lost, replaced by fear
I used to think that the day would never come
That my life would depend on the morning sun...

I feel so extraordinary
Something's got a hold on me
I get this feeling I'm in motion
A sudden sense of liberty
The chances are we've gone too far
You took my time and you took my money
Now I fear you've left me standing
In a world that's so demanding
I used to think that the day would never come
I'd see delight in the shade of the morning sun
My morning sun is the drug that brings me near
To the childhood I lost, replaced by fear
I used to think that the day would never come
That my life would depend on the morning sun...

Enigma - Beyond the Invisible

I look into the mirror
See myself, I'm over me
I need space for my desires
Have to dive into my fantasies

I know as soon as I'll arrive
Everything is possible
Cause no one has to hide Beyond the invisible

Latvian Chant
Sajaja bramani totari ta, raitata raitata, radu ridu raitata, rota

(The brave and wise men came together on horse)

Close your eyes
Just feel and realize
It is real and not a dream
I'm in you and you're in me

It is time
To break the chains of life
If you follow you will see
What's beyond reality

Ne irascaris Domine,
ne ultra memineris iniquitatis:
ecce civitas Sancti facta est deserta:
Sion deserta facta est:
Ierusalem desolata est:
domus sanctificationis tuae et gloriae tuae

(Do not be angry Lord,
or remember iniquity forever:
behold the Holy City is a desert:
Sion is mad a desert:
Jerusalem is desolate:
the house of your holiness and glory)

2 ottobre: Giornata Mondiale della Nonviolenza

L’Assemblea generale dell’ONU, in data 15 giugno ha deciso di celebrare la Giornata Internazionale della Nonviolenza ogni 2 ottobre, data della nascita del Mahatma Gandhi, che ha condotto l’India alla propria indipendenza convertendosi in un inspiratore dei movimenti per i diritti e le libertà civili di tutto il mondo.

In una risoluzione approvata dai 192 Stati membri dell’ONU, l’Assemblea invita tutti i paesi, organizzazioni e individui a commemorare questo giorno ogni anno per promuvere una cultura della pace, della sicurezza, della tolleranza, della comprensione e della nonviolenza.

Ma ogni giorno dovrebbe essere tale.