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Inspiring Videos

These are videos which I find encouraging and full of hope and clarity for a world which - in my view - is heading for a very difficult future.

 

Kahlil Gibran's 'Pleasure', narrated by Bonita Nuttall.

Kahlil Gibran's 'The Secret of Self-knowledge', narrated by Bonita Nuttall.

Kahlil Gibran on Joy & Sorrow, narrated by Bonita Nuttall.

The Tale of Two Wolves – narrated by Thandiwe Dreaming

The Importance of Peace – Prem Rawat at Central Hall, Westminster

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan – Live 'Allah Hoo' (1993)

Bertrand Russell – Message to Future Generations (1959 interview)

A playful exploration of the concept of zero and its role in our lives.

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Interesting Video Documentaries

Some science documentaries, which I find fascinating. 

  • The first two videos explain quantum physics as it relates to what we think of as the real world - Jim Al Khalili is a University Lecturer
  • Following on are two documentaries which point out that reality as we perceive it, is actually a fiction of our brain plus imagination
  • The birth of a planet is a documentary which explains how the earth and planets were created through billions of years
  • The Carl Sagen Documentary is from 1985 where he pointed out to Congress - including Senator Al Gore - why Global warming is and how it affects the planet
  • The second last Video explains how climate warming is already affecting the planet and
  • The final documentary shows what a huge problem plastic is in the environment

Perhaps you'll get fascinated and interest and possibly horrified by these documentaries.

 

The Secret Of Quantum Physics – Einstein's Nightmare (1 of 2)

The Secret Of Quantum Physics – Let There Be Life (2 of 2)

This Quantum Reality Is What Scares Scientists

Your Brain Doesn't Detect Reality – It Creates It (Lisa Feldman Barrett)

Birth of Planet Earth – How the Earth Was Created

Carl Sagan Testifying Before Congress in 1985 on Climate Change

Climate Change – Averting Catastrophe (DW Documentary)

The Plastic Problem – A PBS NewsHour Documentary

 

 

 

 

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Created: 19 July 2025

My Poster called "The Power of Now!"

This poster is how I see the reality of being alive: we are constantly subjected to change from the outside, through our position in the physical universe, through the endless permutations going on in our own internal system, add to that the pressures of our history, language, people and social circumstances and where we are positioned geographically on the planet. However, it also suggests that we have power, the power to choose how we deal with the moment: with joy or with fear, with confusion or clarity.

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This poster image consists of four areas, each of which represents a different influence on human beings. The point where these areas intersect each other, is the Moment “Now”.

I’ve placed the well-known image of the Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci at the intersection to represent a human being at the Moment “Now”. It is there as a representation and is certainly not meant to indicate only the male of the species. It's meant to be neutral, but I found nothing to represent genderless. My apologies to anyone who finds it offensive.

The four areas represent the pressures each human being is constantly subjected at the Moment “Now”. It is this point in time which is the only reality I have - everything else is in the past (however close) or in the future (however close). I doubt if there is any scientist or philosopher who would argue against this. This point “Now” is where we have the opportunity to make a decision as to what we do or say. In fact, this is confirmed by Quantum Physics. Are we conscious of that? 


Poster Ordering

If you'd like a copy of this poster, please write an email to : This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., with your address details where the poster should be sent to.
I also need an email address to which I can send the bill and my account information.
As soon as payment is received, I'll complete the order with the printers, who will dispatch it to you at the address you provide.
It's a bit of a procedure, but I've not found a fulfilment company to do this so far.

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Created: 28 February 2020
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Songs and Lyrics

 Here are a few song lyrics I find very strong and clear.

Hope they interest you too!

Bob Dylan - Masters of War

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Lyric

 

Come you masters of war
You that build all the guns
You that build the death planes
You that build the big bombs
You that hide behind walls
You that hide behind desks
I just want you to know
I can see through your masks
You that never done nothin'
But build to destroy
You play with my world
Like it's your little toy
You put a gun in my hand
And you hide from my eyes
And you turn and run farther
When the fast bullets fly
Like Judas of old
You lie and deceive
A world war can be won
You want me to believe
But I see through your eyes
And I see through your brain
Like I see through the water
That runs down my drain
You fasten the triggers
For the others to fire
Then you set back and watch
When the death count gets higher
You hide in your mansion
As young people's blood
Flows out of their bodies
And is buried in the mud
You've thrown the worst fear
That can ever be hurled
Fear to bring children
Into the world
For threatening my baby
Unborn and unnamed
You ain't worth the blood
That runs in your veins
How much do I know
To talk out of turn
You might say that I'm young
You might say I'm unlearned
But there's one thing I know
Though iI'm younger than you
Even Jesus would never
Forgive what you do
Let me ask you one question
Is your money that good
Will it buy you forgiveness
Do you think that it could
I think you will find
When your death takes its toll
All the money you made
Will never buy back your soul
And I hope that you die
And your death'll come soon
I will follow your casket
In the pale afternoon
And I'll watch while you're lowered
Down to your deathbed
And I'll stand o'er your grave
'Til i'm sure that you're dead

Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Bob Dylan
Masters of War lyrics © Special Rider Music

Bob Dylan - With God on Our Side

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Lyric

Oh my name it ain't nothin'
My age it means less
The country I come from
Is called the Midwest
I was taught and brought up there
The laws to abide
And that land that I live in
Has God on its side
Oh, the history books tell it
They tell it so well
The cavalries charged
The Indians fell
The cavalries charged
The Indians died
Oh, the country was young
With God on its side
The Spanish-American
War had its day
And the Civil War, too
Was soon laid away
And the names of the heroes
I was made to memorize
With guns in their hands
And God on their side
The First World War, boys
It came and it went
The reason for fighting
I never did get
But I learned to accept it
Accept it with pride
For you don't count the dead
When God's on your side
The Second World War
Came to an end
We forgave the Germans
And then we were friends
Though they murdered six million
In the ovens they fried
The Germans now, too
Have God on their side
I've learned to hate the Russians
All through my whole life
If another war comes
It's them we must fight
To hate them and fear them
To run and to hide
And accept it all bravely
With God on my side
But now we got weapons
Of chemical dust
If fire them, we're forced to
Then fire, them we must
One push of the button
And a shot the world wide
And you never ask questions
When God's on your side
Through many a dark hour
I've been thinkin' about this
That Jesus Christ was
Betrayed by a kiss
But I can't think for you
You'll have to decide
Whether Judas Iscariot
Had God on his side.
So now as I'm leavin'
I'm weary as Hell
The confusion I'm feelin'
Ain't no tongue can tell
The words fill my head
And fall to the floor
That if God's on our side
He'll stop the next war><(p>Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Bob Dylan
With God On Our Side lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

Ian Dury and The Blockheads - Reasons To Be Cheerful

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Lyric

Why don't you get back into bed? (repeat)
Reasons to be cheerful, Part 3
Some of Buddy Holly, the working folly
Good Golly Miss Molly, and boats
Hammersmith Palais, the Bolshoi Ballet
Jump back in the alley add nanny goats
18-wheeler Scammels, Domineker camels
All other mammals plus equal votes
Seeing Piccadilly, Fanny Smith and Willy
Being rather silly, and porridge oats
A bit of grin and bear it, a bit of come and share it
You're welcome we can spare it - yellow socks
To short to be haughty, too nutty to be naughty
Going on forty - no electric shocks
The juice of a carrot, the smile of the parrot
A little drop of claret, anything that rocks
Elvis and Scotty, days when I ain't spotty
Sitting on the potty, curing smallpox
Reasons to be cheerful, part 3
Reasons to be cheerful, part 3
Reasons to be cheerful, part 3
Reasons to be cheerful - 1, 2, 3
Reasons to be cheerful, part 3
Health service glasses, gigolos and brasssies
Round or skinny bottoms
Take your mum to Paris, lighting up the chalice
Wee Willy Harris
Bantu Steven Biko, listening to Rico
Harpo, Graucho, Chico
Cheddar cheese and pickle, the Vincent motorsickle
Slap and tickle
Woody Allen, Dali, Dimitri and Pasquale
Balabalabala and Volare
Something nice to study, phoning up a buddy
Being in my nuddy
Saying okey-dokey, singalonga Smokey
Coming out of Chokey
John Coltrane's soprano, Adi Celantano
Bonar Colleano
Reasons to be cheerful, part 3
Reasons to be cheerful, part 3
Reasons to be cheerful, part 3
Reasons to be cheerful - 1, 2, 3
Yes, yes, dear, dear, perhaps next year
Or maybe even never
In which case...
Reasons to be cheerful, part 3
Reasons to be cheerful, part 3
Reasons to be cheerful, part 3
Reasons to be cheerful - 1, 2, 3
Reasons to be cheerful, part 3
Reasons to be cheerful, part 3
Reasons to be cheerful, part 3
Reasons to be cheerful - 1, 2, 3

Writers: Ian Robins Dury, Stanley Payne David and Charles Jeremy Jankel
Sound recording administered by Believe Music, WMG, IODA for Demon Digital

Louis Armstrong - We Have All The Time In The World

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Lyric

We have all the time in the world
Time enough for life to unfold
All the precious things love has in store
We have all the love in the world
If that's all we have
You will find we need nothing more
Every step of the way will find us
With the cares of the world far behind us
We have all the time in the world
Just for love
Nothing more, nothing less
Only love
Every step of the way will find us
With the cares of the world far behind us, yes
We have all the time in the world
Just for love
Nothing more, nothing less
Only love

Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Hal David / John Barry
We Have All The Time In The World lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Songtrust Ave

Andy Grammer - Good To Be Alive (Hallelujah)

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Lyric

Good To Be Alive (Hallelujah)

Andy Grammer

I've been grinding so long, been trying this shit for years
(uh-huh) and I got nothing to show, just climbing this rope right here
(uh-huh) and if there's a man upstairs, he kept bringing me rain
(uh-huh) but I've been sending up prayers and something's changed
I think I finally found my hallelujah
I've been waiting for this moment all my life
Now all my dreams are coming true, yeah
I've been waiting for this moment
Feels good to be alive right about now (woo-hoo)
Good, good, good, good to be alive right about now (woo-hoo)
Good, good, good, good to be alive right about now (woo-hoo)
Hallelujah, let that bass line move ya, say hey
Pretty good to be alive right about now (woo-hoo)
I was dead in the water, nobody wanted me
(Uh-huh) I was old news, I went cold as cold could be
(Uh-huh) but I kept throwing on coal tryna make that fire burn
(Uh-huh) sometimes you gotta get scars to get what you deserve
(Uh-huh) I kept moving on and now I'm moving up
(Uh-huh) damn, I'm feeling blessed with all this love
I think I finally found my hallelujah
I've been waiting for this moment all my life
Now all my dreams are coming true, yeah
I've been waiting for this moment
Feels good to be alive right about now (woo-hoo)
Good, good, good, good to be alive right about now (woo-hoo)
Good, good, good, good to be alive right about now (woo-hoo)
Hallelujah, let that bass line move ya, say hey
Pretty good to be alive right about now (woo-hoo)
I almost can-, cannot handle it
I could get u-, could get used to this
I almost can-, cannot handle it
I could get u-, could get used to this
I think I finally found my
(Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah
Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah)
Feels good to be alive right about now (woo-hoo)
Good, good, good, good to be alive right about now (woo-hoo)
Good, good, good, good to be alive right about now (woo-hoo)
Hallelujah, let that bass line move ya, say hey
Pretty good to be alive right about now (woo-hoo)
Good, good, good, good to be alive right about now (woo-hoo)
Good, good, good, good to be alive right about now (woo-hoo)
Good, good, good, good to be alive right about now (woo-hoo)
Good, good, good, good to be alive right about now (all right!)

Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Ross Golan / Andy Grammer / Ian Kirkpatrick / Ryan Joshua Metzger
Good To Be Alive (Hallelujah) lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., BMG Rights Management, Warner Chappell Music Inc

Imagine - John Lennon & The Plastic Ono Band

Video

Lyric

IMAGINE

Imagine there's no heaven, it's easy if you try
No hell below us, above us only sky
Imagine all the people living for today...

Imagine there's no countries, it isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for, and no religion too
Imagine all the people living life in peace...

Imagine no possessions, I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger - a brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people sharing all the world...

You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us and the world will live as one

written by John Lennon & Yoko Ono

Ben Harper - With My Own Two Hands

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Lyric

I can change the world, with my own two hands
Make a better place, with my own two hands
Make a kinder place, oh with my, oh with my own two hands
With my own, with my own two hands
With my own, with my own two hands
I can make peace on earth, with my own two hands
And I can clean up the earth, oh with my own two hands
And I can reach out to you, with my own two hands
With my own, with my own two hands
Oh, with my own, oh with my own two hands
I'm gonna make it a brighter place, (With my own)
I'm gonna make it a safer place, (With my own)
I'm gonna help the human race, (With my own)
(With my own two hands)
Now I can hold you, in my own two hands
And I can comfort you, with my own two hands
But you got to use, use your own two hands
Use your own, use your own two hands
Use your own two hands
And with our own two hands
With our, with our, with our own two hands
With my own, with my own two hands
I'm gonna make it a brighter place, (With my own)
I'm gonna make it a safer place, (With my own)
I'm gonna help the human race, (With my own)
Oh, make it a brighter place (With my own)
I can hold you (With my own)
And I can comfort you (With my own)
But you got, you got, you got, you got, you got, you got, you got to use
Oh, use your own
Oh, use your own, Lord
But you got, you got, you got, you got, you got to use, use
Use your own, use your own, use your own, use your own, use your own,
Use your own, use your own, use your own, use your own,
Use your own

Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Benjamin Harper
With My Own Two Hands lyrics © BMG Rights Management

Marvin Gaye - Mercy Mercy me

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Lyric

Whoa, ah, mercy mercy me
Oh things ain't what they used to be, no no
Where did all the blue skies go?
Poison is the wind that blows from the north and south and east
Whoa mercy, mercy me,
Oh things ain't what they used to be, no no
Oil wasted on the oceans and upon our seas, fish full of mercury
Ah, oh mercy, mercy me
Ah things ain't what they used to be, no no
Radiation under ground and in the sky
Animals and birds who live nearby are dying
Oh mercy, mercy me
Oh things ain't what they used to be
What about this overcrowded land
How much more abuse from man can she stand?
Oh, no no, na, na na, na
My sweet Lord, na, na, na
My Lord, my sweet Lord

Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Marvin Gaye
Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

Nat King Cole - Nature Boy

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Lyric

There was a boy
A very strange enchanted boy
They say he wandered very far
Very far
Over land and sea
A little shy and sad of eye
But very wise was he

And then one day
A magic day he passed my way
And while we spoke of many things
Fools and kings
This he said to me
"The greatest thing you'll ever learn
Is just to love and be loved in return"

"The greatest thing you'll ever learn
Is just to love and be loved in return"

Jackie Wilson - (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher

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Lyric

Your love, liftin' me higher
Than I've ever been lifted before
So keep it up, quench my desire
And I'll be at your side forevermore
You know your love (your love keeps liftin' me)
Keeps on liftin' (your love keeps liftin' me)
Higher (liftin' me, liftin' me), higher, and higher (higher)
I said your love (your love keeps liftin' me)
Keeps on (liftin' me, liftin' me)
Liftin' me (liftin' me) higher and higher (higher)
Now once I was downhearted
Disappointment was my closest friend
But then you came and he soon departed
And you know he never showed his face again
That's why your love (your love keeps liftin' me)
Keeps on liftin' (your love keeps liftin' me)
Higher (liftin' me, liftin' me), higher, and higher (higher)
I said your love (your love keeps liftin' me)
Keeps on (liftin' me, liftin' me)
Liftin' me (liftin' me) higher and higher (higher)
I'm so glad I finally found you
Yes, that one in a million girls
And I wish my lovin' arms around ya
Honey, I can stand up and face the world
Let me tell ya your love (your love keeps liftin' me)
Keeps on liftin' (your love keeps liftin' me)
Higher (liftin' me, liftin' me), higher, and higher (higher)
I said your love (your love keeps liftin' me)
Keeps on (liftin' me, liftin' me)
Liftin' me (liftin' me) higher and higher (higher)

Source: Musixmatch
Songwriters: Gary Jackson / Raynard Miner / Carl Smith
Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher lyrics © Warner-tamerlane Publishing Corp., Unichappell Music Inc., Mijac Music

M-People - Search for the Hero inside Yourself

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Lyric

Sometimes the river flows but nothing breathes.
A train arrives but never leaves.
It's a shame.
Oh life - like love that walks out of the door,
Of being rich or being poor.
Such a shame.
But it's then, then that faith arrives
To make you feel at least alive.
And that's why you should keep on aiming high,
Just seek yourself and you will shine.

You've go to search for the hero inside yourself,
Search for the secrets you hide.
Search for the hero inside yourself
Until you find the key to your life.

Johnny Nash - I Can See Clearly Now

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Lyric

I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW

I can see clearly now, the rain is gone
I can see all obstacles in my way
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind
It's gonna be a bright (Bright), bright (Bright)
Sun-shiny day
It's gonna be a bright (Bright), bright (Bright)
Sun-shiny day

I think I can make it now, the pain is gone
All of the bad feelings have disappeared
Here is the rainbow I've been prayin' for
It's gonna be a bright (Bright), bright (Bright)
Sun-shiny day

Look all around, there's nothin' but blue skies
Look straight ahead, nothin' but blue skies

I can see clearly now, the rain is gone
I can see all obstacles in my way
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind
It's gonna be a bright (Bright), bright (Bright)
Sun-shiny day
It's gonna be a bright (Bright) bright (Bright)
Sun-shiny day

It's gonna be a bright (Bright) bright (Bright)
Sun-shiny day
It's gonna be a bright (Bright) bright (Bright)
Sun-shiny day

 

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