Priority request: This song makes me feel the presence of God like very few other pieces of music do. It's as though Mother Mary were singing directly to the listener.
Into the West, by Annie Lennox
Why do you weep? / What are these tears upon your face? / Soon you will see / All of your fears will pass away / Safe in my arms / You're only sleeping
Tuvan throat singing (Khoomei)
Request: a style of singing practiced by people in Tuva, Mongolia, and Siberia. It is noted for including overtone singing
Anima Christi (song)
Soul of Christ, sanctify me / Body of Christ, save me / Blood of Christ, intoxicate me / Water of Christ's side, wash me
Cultivating the Heart (video)
The song will immerse your body and soul in the nurturing ancient Chinese healing arts... cultivating one’s heart to achieve spiritual awakening and physical well-being -- youtube
music of David Maslanka (classical)
Request: Popular modern composer- music seems to embody complete emotional transcendence with spiritual context. As a person he had a quiet intensity and some of his symphonies were dedicated to living alongside God.
slouching
request: I've noticed I have and aversion towards slouching, but that's maybe not too helpful
Springtime – Luke Faulkner
Priority request: This piece takes me to my happy place. It's like a soothing gentle rain falling on a land that's been ravaged by drought for ages. Or a prayer finally coming true, a flower finally blossoming, a ray of sunshine through the clouds during a hurricane.
Bee Gees - I Started A Joke
Priority request. Video of a 1997 performance in Las Vegas embedded.
Music to be Born By
This soothing, 70-minute soundscape, originally created for the birth of Mickey Hart's son Taro in 1983, was intended to transform the coldness of a hospital birthing room into a warm, rhythmic environment for the process of labor and birthing -- request
Michael Buble – Feeling Good
Birds flying high / You know how I feel / Sun in the sky / You know how I feel / Breeze driftin' on by / You know how I feel / It's a new dawn / It's a new day / It's a new life / For me
Suddenly – Billy Ocean
Love song from the 1980s.
Lord Don't Give Up On Me, by Merle Haggard
Lord, don't tune me out, don't go away / I'm just a wandering pilgrim, all alone / And lord, I'm only halfway home. (video embedded)
Axion Estin (music)
Request: Apparently the 2nd highest calibrating song on the internet, according to a user in the Hawkins reddit community.
heavenly music: Cantique de Jean Racine
The nineteen-year-old composer set the text in 1864–65 for a composition competition at the École Niedermeyer de Paris, and it won him the first prize -- wikipedia