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A song based on a poem by Rumi, called "Whatever Happens". The last part of the song uses few Arabic verses from the Sufi master Al-Hallaj (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansur_Al-Hallaj). 99% of religious people consider their religion as the main source of moral values. Others who may or may not be religious, may think moral values can partly change from one culture to another, and therefore deciding whether a given deed is good or bad may not be a simple question. Obviously there are things that are simple and clear, like helping a poor person for example, all the cultures of the world would agree that it is a good deed indeed. But not every single deed can be easily categorized as evil or good. Religious people of course believe that one can make a clear cut between what is evil and what is good, based on the principles of the religion (that's what a religion is for after all. If a religion cannot decide what is bad and what is good, that's not a religion). These are the people in the middle. On the extreme left, the people who control Hollywood and many other institutions, think differently about moral values: they think there is nothing absolute about them and given the power in their hands, they strongly believe they can shape and recreate their own moral values, the way they see fit. On the extreme right, you have the Sufi master Rumi, who thinks the complete opposite: Rumi believes that moral values are completely absolute and should not change from one culture to another. Not only that, Rumi even believes that moral values, in their holy absoluteness, are even independent from religion. Rumi expresses this in the poem by saying "Even if the world is godless, and in chaos, show me your anchor".

Wonder, a song based on a famous poem by the Sufi master Ibn Arabi. Sufism is not a branch of Islam, but the deep core engine of Islam, which deals with wisdom and truth at a very deep level, like the mysticism of every religion. A good analogy would be this: if Islam is the mathematics taught in elementary schools and in High schools, then Sufism would be the mathematics of post doctoral level. All religions, at a very deep level, seem to converge towards the same thing, which is pure love, mercy, compassion and forgiveness. The core of this convergence is God, and He is the source of such a pure love. That's what Ibn Arabi is talking about in this poem, whose lyrics can be translated as follows: There was a time I would not make an effort to know those whose faith were not close to mine. But now, my heart has grown tolerant and capable of taking on all forms. It is a pasture for gazelles, An abbey for monks. A table for the Torah. Kaaba for the pilgrim. My religion is love. Whichever the route love's caravan shall take, That is my religion, my creed and my faith

To illustrate ephemeralness, the video goes through some of the important events that occurred in the history of the Universe. Ephemeral: a small piano sonata composed by Ziryeb (www.ziryeb.com), to the memory of Naima Tama, a family friend, who died in her late thirties by a sudden heart attack. The piece was played on the piano and recorded as it is while being composed on the fly. When the piece was played (and composed at the same time), the thought that was inspiring the piece was thinking about the ephemeral nature of things. Everything in the Universe changes, dies, etc... Nothing stays the same ever. Sometimes, it is a frightening thought that ephemeralness is controlling the whole Universe, not just us. Even if we can live for eternity, the Universe does not seem to have a bright and eternal future. The Universe is expanding at an accelerating rate. Either this acceleration will continue forever (in which case a big rip will destroy everything in the Universe), or the Universe starts shrinking back towards a big crunch. If the Universe stops expanding and remains still, that would be an ideal situation, except that the Universe will eventually run out of matter (the stars will run out of their Hydrogen fuel, and all Hydrogen in the Universe may eventually run out as well, and there is no future in that). The only guarantee of an eternal Universe (like an eternal paradise for example, as described in the monotheist religions), would be the intervention of God, the creator of everything. Only God can stop the expansion of the Universe from destroying everything, and make sure matter does not run out in the Universe if we want the Universe to be eternal.