Originally Posted by MarioD
Chay, sorry to hear about your friend. I know that it must have been painful to do this tribute. I could feel your pain.
What a fantastic intro, loved the piano and strings. Your instrumentation is so good, everything fits like a glove.
Loved the build up. Great mix.
IMHO this is your best to date.
Loved it

Thanks, Mario. There was actually no pain when composing this celebration of Rachael's life and being. While working on other songs I remembered that September was the month of both Rachael's birth and passing and I was suddenly moved to compose this. She passed away 6 years ago on the 8th, but I wanted this music and video uploaded to YouTube on the 20th so I could post the link to various sites on the 21st, her birthday, without having to rush. I was actually filled with joy and love as I was creating it all, and in a sense it was mostly creating the video which re-amplified the love. Near the start I used a stained glass overlay on her photo which obscures her image, but than that effect fades away leaving her image and that symbolises bringing her back into focus in the present. … There's only death of the body.

Some favourite Waoist Adages:
#1: Play on the Way.
#13: Ask not for whom the flower blooms, it blooms for you.
#58: Bring consciousness to it.
#63: On the road to effortlessness, effort must be made.
#92: Be Love Now, the rest will come on its own.