RIPPLE REFLECTIONS 1, #2, & Trailer

RIPPLE REFLECTIONS 1, #2 and Trailer

http://youtu.be/mDpNuzo8jqY

- Joy Krauthammer  ©

RIPPLE REFLECTIONS 1

Although a whole hand, fingers first, plunging into water makes a splash, even the slightest sense of a simple single finger tip touching water, radiates out RIPPLES and delights me. We never know what ripple effect is really created by our own thoughts, words, and deeds. May we be blessed to create and share only good ripples in our universe. 

Ripple reflections for me are a joyous meditation: connection, silence, harmony, vibration, breath, peace, prayer, playfulness, expansiveness, endlessness... I love being in the water exploring and discovering.

I invite you to enter the water and connect to yourself and the flow of life. Enjoy the rhythm, ripples, reflections, shadows, surprises, movement, mandalas, chirping, howling, and sounds of the Crystal and Tibetan singing bowls (that I carried home from Tibet).

"Ripple Reflections" is my very first video, and I'm thrilled it is also with my original music. For me, this video is a Shehecheyanu moment, and just in time for Rosh HaShanah. I dedicate this 'finger art' meditation to my new granddaughter who is having her Hebrew naming at Torah this Shabbat. (She is named for water.) May we be blessed to 'finger paint' together in awe, magic, and wonder of G*d's universe.  In addition, I dedicate this spiritual water meditation to my rebbe, Yosef Ben Shlomo Hakohen, z'l, on his first yahrzeit, 27 Elul. HIs Torah ripples radiate.

I'm very grateful to my beloved 'life guard' Edith who allows me to swim and play each morning in her beautiful pool.  For my new computer creative opportunities, I'm grateful to my caring, smiling, skilled and patient Apple teachers (especially Catherine and Casey who guided me in the editing of this video and sound clips compilation to create, Ripple Reflections 1).  THANK YOU.

Love and BlesSings, 

Joy Krauthammer

26 Elul 5772

http://youtu.be/mDpNuzo8jqY

PS

These Ripple Reflections resemble the Hebrew letter SAMECH.  

Harav Yitzchak Ginsburgh states, "The circular form of the samech symbolizes the fundamental truth reflected at all levels of Torah and reality: "Their end is enwedged in their beginning and their beginning in their end."

http://www.inner.org/hebleter/samech.htm

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Enjoy the UTubes

It is my 'joy in the morning'.

RIPPLE REFLECTIONS 1

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Ripple Reflections #2 With Joy

http://youtu.be/fFSnnHC2_7M

Ripple Reflections #2 & Floating Flowers Trailer

http://youtu.be/4NQpbtbFAeI

- Joy Krauthammer  ©

"RIPPLE REFLECTIONS #2 With Joy" is the sequel to Ripple Reflections 1 With Joy.
Please try to watch on a FULL screen.

RR #2 is similar in content and intent; nature gently interacts with human, filled with beauty, sweetness and serenity--a meditation. But RR #2 encompasses more mystery and is more expansive, not as subtle and simple in filming and editing as RR #1. For RR #2, I learned more from Apple trainers and on-line, and patiently used the new editing skills to joyously create with greater vision --an iMovie with lots of cropping and at 9 1/2 minutes, is 5 times longer than #1. I felt that I was back in the 'sixties' and in a candy store. From Lynda.com, I earned a Certificate in iMovie. :)

Dive into the vortex with me and experience the vibrating sound of the gong, crystal and Tibetan singing bowls and chimes, and gurgling waters. Enter the water and connect to yourself and the flow of life. Enjoy rhythm, ripples, reflections, shadows, surprises, movement, mandalas, mystery, chirping and percussive Sounds of Joy. Finger paint with me in awe, magic and wonder of G*d's glorious world.

The song-filled Mockingbird is ever-present, non-stop singing a symphony, and gives me much daily pleasure. At day's end, the bird is covered in sunset's golden color as s/he sits perched atop my highest bush on a hillside slope. The sun offered opportunities to be also in delight with twinkling floating flowers.

Ripple reflections for me are a joyous mesmerizing meditation: connection, silence, harmony, vibration, breath, peace, prayer, playfulness, expansiveness, endlessness. I love being in the water exploring and discovering. (Did you experience the superimposed ripple?)

As a percussionist, it was fun for me to play my fingers in a different rhythm. Always exciting for me whether playing on a drum head or fingertip touching the top of water and watching the concentric circles, shapes and shadows; Some clips feel kaleidoscopic to me. I admit that I mostly subdued the sounds of the rooster, dog, cat, planes, trains, trucks, sirens, and rush-hour traffic. Crystal and Tibetan singing bowls, gongs and chimes I added because I love playing them at water's edge, and for spiritual meditations and healing rituals.

I'm grateful to my beloved 'life guard' Edith who invites me to swim each morning in her magnificent sparkly water. Wanting to express my gratitude, I made "Ripple Reflections" for Edith.

I dedicate "Ripple Reflections #2 With Joy" to my parents, z"l, of blessed memory. Until the late 1960's before Mom died, I watched as she loved the dancing rainbow reflections seen from crystals hanging in her room. Mom and Dad made 'reel' movies, splicing them with tiny tape to edit. A favorite theme was recording how food color looked as it was dropped into bowls of WATER. From Mom, I inherited my first gong and Asian bells. As I finished RR #2, I remembered the pleasure my parents had creating artistic scenes with nature. Sadly, when my mother died young from cancer, my grieving father ripped apart every reel of family and creative movie film. It's been five decades since I witnessed their water movies. I am thankful to my parents for the uplifting artistic inspiration I received.

Are we really seeing what we think we are seeing?

Ceci n'est pas une finger. (Ask Magritte.)

The image is only a shadow of a conducting finger.

We never know what ripple effect is created in the Kabbalistic Four Worlds by our own emotions, thoughts, words and actions. May we be blessed to create and share only good ripples in our universe.

BlesSings, Joy Krauthammer

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HEALING with Joy

----- Original Message -----

From: JOY

To: chazon4@

Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 5:22 AM

Subject: HEALING with Joy

Dear Reb Yosef,

I tried to remember what could have precipitated my writing Joy As Healer in Nov. 3, 1994.

That year, 1994, I got my MBA. Got accepted to rabbinic school--couldn't go--that was a loss (Marcel, z'l was sick). Had a major E. quake shaking Northridge, trauma putting me into massive stress symptoms--living in my car. Spent summer away in delight in Jewish adult camps (Elat Chayyim, National Havurah Institute, Omega Institute) for six weeks, being with the best teachers and new friends (to this day). 

Not too many days earlier, my dearest rebbe, Shlomo Carlebach, z'l, had suddenly died, and left many bereft. I was called on to heal, while in my own deep sorrow.

And I now added a quick, 2007 PS.

One love, shalom and abundant blesSings of harmony, wholeness, health and joy to you,

Joy

"Serve G*d With Joy"
PS Added more PSes found on original .docx files. Deleted here on site.

JOY AS HEALER

- Joy Krauthammer   

I heal by acknowledging and feeling my joy.

I heal with G*d’s energy, feeling the Love.
I heal with Shechinah's nighttime embrace. 

I heal with my spirituality. I heal with prayer.

I heal by studying and sharing Torah and wisdom of my teachers.

I heal by returning, teshuvah to me; what I am, to who I am, to where I am– my soul's land.

I heal by returning to what I love & aliveness.

I heal with my passion, heart and hands.

I heal with breath, deeply and slowly.

I heal with mikveh's water, with renewal.

I heal by swimming and by floating.

I heal with time, and with tears.

I heal with guidance, friendship.

I heal with space.

I heal with silence, with meditation.

I heal with sound; crystal and Tibetan singing bowls, bells, gongs & chimes.

I heal by playing my ribboned timbrel & drum.

I heal with song; Gentle niggun and ecstatic.

I heal with my dancing.

I heal by creating art; by camera and brush. 

I heal with my spoken words & written words.

I heal in my garden of joy, by weeding & watering, planting & picking, pruning, inhaling, touching, seeing, and sharing.

I heal by doing mitzvot / good deeds.

I heal by acknowledging my loss, grief, vulnerability, and aloneness.

I heal with memories.

I heal with gratitude.

I heal with humor, at times, dark.

I heal with chocolate, mostly dark.

I heal by 'letting it go'. 

I heal by speaking my truth.

I heal by forgiving others and forgiving myself.

I heal by knowing I am a vessel of joy for G*d.

http://joys-joyousjoy.blogspot.com/2011/11/healing-with-joy.html

2.19.2015

From: Yosef <chazon4@netvision.net.il>

To: joy@

Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 05:49:38 +0200

Subject: Re: HEALING with Joy

Dear Joy,

Your personal statements about healing contain beauty and wisdom.

In general, you are developing the art of painting with words.

I, too, heal with chocolate; however, only with small amounts, as too much chocolate can create an imbalance in the energy. The media has reported that a number of nutritionists now recommend in "moderation" the dark bittersweet chocolate, as it is supposed to be good for the immune system. By the way, the list of your healing suggestions has a "bittersweet" flavor, so you are therefore in harmony with the nutritionists.

Shabbos, however, is meant to be sweet and not bittersweet, so I want to bless you with a Good and Sweet Shabbos!.

Yosef
(Reb Yosef Ben Shlomo Hakohen, Bayit Vegan, Jerusalem)

P.S. The good news is that there is bittersweet chocolate available with a kosher and pareve label. And when I have some on Shabbos, I find that it is truly sweet.

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