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Jalal al-Din Rumi (1207-1273) was a Persian mystic, poet and scholar whose voice still resonates with astonishing force more than eight centuries later. He was born in what is now Afghanistan and was raised in the rich tradition of Sufism. Each of his verses is a dance between the human soul and the divine, an attempt to put into words the experience of spiritual love, the soul's deep longing for its origin. The ‘Dance of the Atoms' celebrates the unity of all creation, expressing that every atom in the universe is dancing in the light and presence of God, in constant movement towards the divine. Everything is alive, interconnected, in a mystical way that sounds very close to how we understand quantum physics today and the energy that binds all matter together. Subscribe and leave me a comment! This version of Rumi's poem was created and read by Gabriel Porras for gabrielvoice.com and radiantwhispers.com. Cover by Ricardo Gil (scravricardo@gmail.com). Image created by AI at Freepik.com. Music: And my heavy heart found its wings once again, by The Laws of Gravity at artlist.io. Used with license.

Fear doesn't have to control you or your actions. In this episode, I reveal 10 effective strategies for dealing with any fear, from the fear of being ridiculed to the fear of death. If you've ever felt paralysed by fear, this episode will give you practical and easy-to-use tools - don't let fear take over your life!

This is a poem by the extraordinary Maria Popova, a luminous intellectual with an encyclopaedic mind and spirit who publishes a weekly review entitled ‘The Marginalian', to which you should subscribe without further ado because it's always a treasure chest full of treasures. Subscribe right now here; it's free but worth tons of gold: https://www.themarginalian.org/newsletter/?mc_cid=fdf6301d93 Maria has the divine intelligence to find links and associations between a thousand different texts of the highest quality, making each of her deliveries a gift for the brain and the spirit. You're going to thank me for recommending her to you. Credits: Programme written, presented and produced by Gabriel Porras for radiantwhispers.com and gabrielvoice.com. Music: Morning Mist, by Deeper Still on artlist.com used under license. Cover created by Ricardo Gil, ricardo@scrav.com Image from Freepik.es. Used with license. Please share this material with anyone who might benefit from it. Also, please leave me a comment and subscribe to the channel to help me reach more people with great taste like you.

It is essential to seek help for both the body and the mind. When we face mental or emotional problems, seeking help is a sign of strength, not weakness. We do not hesitate to go to the doctor when we have a virus, so why should we not approach our inner struggles, such as sadness or depression, in the same way? The programme was recorded, produced, and presented by Gabriel Porras @artofvoicing for gabrielvoice.com and radiantwhispers.com. Text by Gabriel Porras, greatly inspired by a reflection by Emma Scrivener here: https://www.emmascrivener.net/2017/11/the-gospel-good-for-mental-health/ Cover by Ricardo Gil at ricardo@scrav.com Cover Image: “New Year Background Inspiration”, by Shad0wfall at pixabay.com. Used with license. Music and sound effects: ‘Circle of life', by Circle of Life on artlist.io, is used with a license. ‘Bell chimes' by josephmusic on pixabay.com, used with license. If you want to learn more about the Christian faith in a warm and relaxed atmosphere, the Alpha Course is a great introduction where you can ask all your questions and meet new friends locally. Find your local Alpha Course anywhere in the world here: https://alpha.org.uk/try

Virtue Signalling is a political phenomenon that we observe all the time but rarely stop to reflect on its nature. Virtue Signalling is what we do when we join marches, political parties or trends, not because we understand what we are doing but to show the world how good we are. We don't know who we're marching for or what we're shouting about, but we're happy to march and shout because it shows that we're admirable and generous people. Better than others. We are not sincere when we act, but we are very pious when we talk. This, of course, leads to self-deception and the division and destruction of any family, community, or nation. It closes our eyes to the truth and drives us to hate those who might take away our glory in being better. When companies, schools, and governments begin engaging in virtue signalling, the consequences are catastrophic. Programme written, presented and produced by Gabriel Porras for radiantwhispers.com Leave me a comment and a like. Share this programme with others, and subscribe to the channel. Cover image by Ricardo Gil, ricardo@scrav.com Image by Freepik.es at this link: https://www.freepik.es/imagen-ia-gratis/fotorealistas-colores-arco-iris-hombres-celebrando-orgullo-juntos_186033634.htm#fromView=image_search&page=1&position=0&uuid=5f85c6b1-e258-43e1-8ab7-277a8213618a Music and sound effects: Dramatic Atmosphere Sound Effect, from 11325622 on Pixabay. Used under license. ‘Dusk to Dawn, by Clara, on artlist.com. Used with licence. Bells, by NINETEEN95STUDIO on Pixabay. Used with licence. Applause, cheer by Driken Stan on Pixabay. Used with licence. Applause 2n, by freesound_community on Pixabay. Used with licence. Eerie Bells, by Alex Jauk, on Pixabay. Used with licence. Links: How the LGBTQ agenda is imposed on us: https://youtu.be/Q-vyHrvADsc?si=bmfhbXQWsOK5bmbP Meltdowns by Kamala Harris supporters and Jaguar commercial woke (these are just a sample; there are many more!): https://youtu.be/cykO4b62mWc?si=sMWFRGa_toaMaM-T https://youtu.be/AKt3R2W8qzY?si=kXX6Wocp21sbOKzf https://youtu.be/fuMiHV22bBs?si=cDmKUNlSSUGfJ80z https://youtu.be/9mHST4Q4kTU?si=1P5KGC7JmbFhMOOW https://youtu.be/1YkAxwr_fJ0?si=RnSv0TzKanGAZA_O https://youtu.be/-WfoCuEWupk?si=B_wiflhck1FGVn17

The recent US presidential election was a disturbing spectacle. We saw political professionals and self-appointed “experts” resort to intimidation, shaming, and apocalyptic doom and gloom to manipulate or shame people into voting for their candidate. Scaring or shaming someone into voting a certain way is a condescending and immature strategy that will always backfire because no one likes to be treated like a child by being frightened or tricked into doing things. This is typical of dictators like Nicolás Maduro, Fidel and Raúl Castro, Kim Jong Un, and Vladimir Putin— all on the left— or Adolf Hitler and the Ayatollahs of Iran on the right. Any politician who does not know how to persuade people with respect, integrity, and intelligent arguments and who has to resort instead to fear and intimidation to win votes is unworthy of leading any country, party, or company. Pop, rap, and R&B singers, as well as disturbed actors like Robert de Niro, Oprah Winfrey, and Whoopi Goldberg, made complete fools of themselves by loudly threatening Nazism, dictatorship, and the end of the world if people didn't vote the way they wanted. Sadly, this kind of political deceit is used in every continent and every political party. So, it is time to think about fatalism or catastrophism as a strategy for gaining or maintaining power. The short and brilliant text I present to you today was written by Andrew Torba, a man who gave up his easy and luxurious life in Silicon Valley to create the digital platform gab.com after seeing how Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Google, and LinkedIn only promoted the posts and accounts of those who aligned with their political, social, or sexual sympathies. The gab.com platform aims to facilitate free speech for all (even those we do not want to associate with) and the parallel economy in the US. Visit gab.com and decide for yourself (I will not scare, manipulate, or shame you into doing so). Credits: Text: Andrew Torba Translation by Gabriel Porras for murmullosradiantes.com Show presented and produced by Gabriel Porras for murmullosradiantes.com Music: Until we all reach full measure, by Ghosts Of Us on Artlist.com. Used under licence. Alive & Well by Hello Love on Artlist.com. Used under licence. Cover image created by Ricardo Gil, ricardo@scrav.com Image created by Freepik on www.freepik.es. Used with permission. Feel free to share this material with anyone who might benefit from it. Leave a comment and subscribe to the channel to help me reach more people like you.

This morning meditation is a call to action for you to choose and reinforce your excellent and healthy intention and purpose for the day. It's a proactive step to take before the inertia of the day sets in and derails your plans. Our days are often hijacked by distractions and demands, causing us to lose sight of our true selves and our desired path. But with a little persistent attention, we can turn even the most ordinary days into something extraordinary. Let's make today, and every day, an extraordinary day! The original text was written by Gabriel Porras and inspired by Lauren Brollier Newton's Intention Setting Meditation. Credits: The show was written, presented, and produced by Gabriel Porras for radianwhispers.com. Music: Meditation Relaxing and Chill, by Yurii Kohut on Pixabay. Used under licence. Cover artwork by Ricardo Gil, ricardo@scrav.com Photo: Landscape Nature Lake, by Kanenori on Pixabay. Used under licence. Share this material with anyone who might benefit. Leave a comment and subscribe to the channel to help me reach more people like you. Thanks for starting your day with me!

This is a modern, versified version of the original text by St Francis of Assisi, written in medieval Italian 800 years ago, in 1225. As a great mystic, St Francis calls all of nature to praise God: the sun, the moon, the wind, the fire, the water, the stars and the earth are our brothers and sisters, praising God with their natural virtues. I closely followed the English translation published by the Franciscan Fathers on their website (https://franciscanfriarscresson.org/the-canticle-of-the-sun/ ). Still, I have made it more musical and more accessible to memorise, with rhymes and cadences. The Canticle of Brother Sun is a simple and precious prayer that deserves to be memorised and kept in mind because praising God with all his creatures is always timely and appropriate. This modernised version is a passionate rendition that I hope will inspire you. Listen to it with me in prayer, and leave a comment to let me know what you think. This adaptation and rendition of the text Gabriel Porras Programme voiced, recorded and produced by Gabriel Porras at www.gabrielvoice.com and www.radiantwhispers.com Music: Pneuma, by Adrian Disch, at musicbed.com. Used with license. Cover created by Ricardo Gil, ricardo@scrav.com Listen to more prayers like this and other important stories and topics at www.radiantwhispers.com Please support me by subscribing, commenting and sharing this content with others.

This is a beautiful and inspiring text by Lisa Nichols, a hymn to human resilience. It is part of her excellent “Speak and Inspire” course at www.mindvalley.com (https://home.mindvalley.com/quests/en/speak/intros/4). If you want to give yourself a precious gift, it is well worth buying an annual subscription to take this game-changing course from Lisa and many more equally valuable ones. In Mindvalley, you will find a thousand paths through which your mind and spirit can travel to grow and shine like the sunrise. It's so worth it! This program was recorded and produced by Gabriel Porras, who lives at gabrielvoice.com and radiantwhispers.com. Cover by Ricardo Gil, ricardo@scrav.com Music: "Midnight Forest" by Syouki Takahashi on Pixabay.com Cover image: North Shore, Waialua, Hawaii Photo by Brannon Naito on Unsplash Used under licence. If you find this recording inspiring, comment and help me create more content like this. Subscribe now because more inspirational writing like this will continue to come. (Visit the channel here or my site at radiantwhispers.com, and you'll find dozens more to blow your mind. Don't miss them!)

Join me to pray together every morning this powerful prayer known as "The Breastplate of St. Patrick," which was written in the 9th century in Ireland. I invite you to pray this prayer every morning with passion, surrender, and eagerness, believing that God will transform your day. This prayer is not for the timid or half-hearted, as it requires genuine conviction and a belief that our prayers can reach beyond the walls of our room. How big is your faith? How big are your goals and aspirations? Pray this prayer with all your heart for seven days and be amazed. Listen to more prayers and important topics and stories at www.radiantwhispers.com. Also, please support me by subscribing, commenting, and sharing this content with others. Thank you! Programme voiced, recorded and produced by Gabriel Porras at www.gabrielvoice.com and www.radiantwhispers.com Music: The circle of life, by The Circle of Life @artlist.io. Used with license. Photo: Morning Sunrise at Lake Kawaguchi and Mount Fuji. Yamanashi, Japan Copyright © 2022 Wallpapers13.com Cover design by Ricardo Gil, ricardo@scrav.com Again: Listen to more prayers like this and other important stories and topics at www.radiantwhispers.com Please support me by subscribing, commenting and sharing this content with others.

Psalm 27 from the Bible was written over three thousand years ago by King David, "the sweet singer of Israel". It is a profound prayer of praise to God and a plea for protection and comfort in the most troubled and challenging of times. David contemplates the most outrageous and cruel destiny he can imagine: that of a child deliberately abandoned by his parents. "Even if my father and mother abandoned me, you will take care of me"... even if something as unimaginable and unnatural as being deliberately abandoned by his parents were to happen to him, even if the natural and biological order were to be so twisted, God would take care of him. Even if his father and mother conspired to abandon him. That is why I put his prayer on the lips of every aborted baby boy and girl. Text: The Voice (VOICE)The Voice Bible Copyright © 2012 Thomas Nelson, Inc. The Voice™ translation © 2012 Ecclesia Bible Society All rights reserved. Adapted and read by Gabriel Porras for radiantwhispers.com and gabrielvoice.com. Production: Gabriel Porras and Andre Sosa @drorangeacademy Cover by Ricardo Gil ricardo@scrav.com Music: "Purify" by Embrace at artlist.com. Used with license.

A jewel of Spanish-language literature, quintessentially Mexican and universal at the same time. The story of a town that is all dust, loneliness and silence “where sorrow makes her nest”. Original story by Juan Rulfo read by Gabriel Porras Translation by Stephen Beechinor Production: Gabriel Porras and Andre Sosa @drorangeacademy Cover design by Ricardo Gil ricardo@scrav.com Music: La Guanábana, by Los Parientes de Playa Vicente, from the album América Afroíndigena at freemusicarchive.com

Every year, Christmas is the greatest celebration around the globe. No other event makes us get together as families and friends like Christmas. And yet, Christmas is also the worst time of the year for millions of lonely, hurting people. Commandeered by businesses and restaurants, Christmas celebrations often obscure Christ, whose birth is the original and best reason to celebrate Christmas. Find out why the birth of Christ deserves to be celebrated with all your heart. Programme presented and produced by Gabriel Porras at gabrielvoice.com and musmullosradiantes.com Text: Nicky Gumbel Nicky Gumbel is the creator of the Alpha Course, which is a beautiful and warm introduction to Christianity. Over 26 million people have taken the Alpha Course in over 100 countries. Nicky graduated in Law at Cambridge and in Theology at Oxford. He worked as a barrister before becoming a writer and preacher. Join an Alpha Course near you here: https://alpha.org.uk/try You can also do it online. Cover created by Ricardo Gil, ricardo@scrav.com with AI at www.bing.com by Microsoft Music: "Handpanophone" by David Charrier is from his album Ephemeral on artlist.io. Sound effect: Clean high bell ring, license Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) https://orangefreesounds.com/

Reducing the conflict in Gaza to a question of Palestinian-Israeli differences is an unforgivable mistake. The conflict that has been raging in Gaza for decades is the conflict between Islam and world civilisation, that is, between Islam and you and me, and each and every one of us who are not yet under Islam: not only Jews, Christians, Buddhists, Newagers and Hindus. Also homosexuals, transsexuals, feminists, atheists, agnostics, science, education, technology and progress and welfare for all. All this is lost if Hamas wins, and Islam advances. Programme written, presented and produced by Gabriel Porras, at murmullosradiantes.com. Cover created by Ricardo Gil, ricardo@scrav.com Image by Vectonauta at www.freepik.es Music: "Gone with the winds", by Veaceslav Draganov (Picture) on artlist.com. "Jericho at Dusk", by Alon Peretz (Three Middle Eastern Cities), on artlist.com "Ruhi", by Meriem Ben Amor, on artlist.com Links and references: On how Hamas rewards its soldiers with girls as young as nine years old, see these photographs: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/hamas-wedding-girls/ On Islam's hatred of women, and how it promises a paradise of luxury and sex to Hamas soldiers and Islamism, listen to these past episodes: "Islam hates women": https://soundcloud.com/murmullosradiantes/el-islam-odia-a-las-mujeres "Is paradise a luxury brothel?": https://soundcloud.com/murmullosradiantes/el-paraiso-es-un-burdel-de-lujo On the dangerous stupidity of the masses: https://soundcloud.com/murmullosradiantes/el-peligro-de-la-estupidez-mr-sc-esp A long and detailed collection of Hamas abuses on this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Hamas#Press_restrictions On the despicable sexual violence of Hamas' attack on 07 October: https://youtu.be/2l3EbRiDATE?feature=shared Mosab Hassan Yousef, son of one of the founders of Hamas, appears in multiple YouTube videos, such as this one: https://youtu.be/H9WEcvrWvyo?feature=shared His experiences and perspectives on the workings of Hamas appear in a book entitled "Son of Hamas": https://amzn.eu/d/ff29BB7 and a film entitled "The Green Prince": https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/detail/B00YRUA3QU/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r On Hamas soldiers shouting "Allah is victorious" as they behead and rape innocent Israelis on October 7, 2023: https://youtu.be/SmivUM0tlwc?feature=shared A passionate article by Alan Dershowitz, professor emeritus at Harvard Law School, which inspired me to write this episode: https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/20126/hamas-nazis Photos of Mufti Husseini reviewing troops and having tea with Hitler can be seen here: https://youtu.be/ou0EgaK49Ak?feature=shared

My atheist friends love to cite Immanuel Kant, David Hume and Voltaire as leading thinkers who opened new horizons for humanity, freeing it from the religious prejudices that had enslaved it for centuries. But things were very different, and the writings of these three influential thinkers provided a framework that supported the slavery and exploitation of non-European races more than anyone else. We examine the great ambiguities of the Enlightenment and the main myths of atheism, such as The Myth of Progress, The Myth of Human Rationality and The Myth of Human Goodness, with a discussion of Steven Pinker's "Enlightenment Now". Programme written, presented and produced by Gabriel Porras, professional voice actor (gabrielvoice.com). Cover design: Ricardo Gil (ricardo@scrav.com). Music: "Joking Together", by Michele Nobler/Memory Tapes @artlist.io "Alive and Well", by Campagna/Hello Love @artlist.io The inspiration for this programme comes from a debate between Steven Pinker and Nick Spencer, titled "Have science, reason and humanism replaced faith?", available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Ssf5XN5o9q4?feature=shared Nick Spencer published a well-argued article entitled "Atheist Fairy Tales: exposing secularism's major myths" on Premier Unbelievable: https://www.premierunbelievable.com/topics/atheist-fairytales-exposing-secularisms-major-myths/12200.article Francis Collins, the director of the Human Genome Project, published a book entitled "The Language of God", in which he makes a strong case for the existence of God.

Jack and the Beanstalk, by Roald Dahl This version of the classic children's story is way funnier... and it rhymes! Roald Dahl is a genius: his plot twists are mind-blowing, and that ending too! Brace yourself for a laugh-out-loud journey. Presented and produced by Gabriel Porras, professional voice actor (gabrielvoice.com). Cover design: Ricardo Gil (ricardo@scrav.com). Copyright Roald Dahl Story Company Ltd Roald Dahl Nominee Ltd, 1982 Puffin Books, Penguin Random House 1984 Illustration: Quentin Blake, 1982 ISBN: 978-0-141-37885-5 (Treat yourself to a copy. It's a beautiful book!) Visit the great Roald Dahl's website here: www.roalddahl.com Music: "Jay C”, by Synthet from the album Free Synthet! at freemusicarchive.org Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Sound effect: bbc.co.uk – © copyright BBC

A much funnier version of the children's story we all know...and written in rhyme! Only the fantastic Roald Dahl could twist the end like this. Get ready for a hilarious adventure! Presented and produced by Gabriel Porras, professional voice actor. Copyright Roald Dahl Story Company Ltd Roald Dahl Nominee Ltd, 1982 Puffin Books, Penguin Random House 1984 Illustration: Quentin Blake, 1982 ISBN: 978-0-141-37885-5 (Treat yourself to a copy. It's a beautiful book!) Visit the great Roald Dahl's website here: www.roalddahl.com Music: "Gypsy Bill”, by Ofer Koren and The Hill Bullies, at artlist.io

A lucid and easy-to-understand view of how ground-breaking Jesus' message was in his world (and ours). Jesus once said that the greatest display of love is sacrificing oneself for your friends, but by "friends," he meant every single person, regardless of our differences in nationality, race, religion, opinion, age, gender, blindness, or wisdom. Understand how and why we all fit in his comforting embrace. Credits: Programme produced and recorded by Gabriel Porras at gabrielvoice.com and radiantwhispers.com Cover: Jesus walks on the waters, image generated by artificial intelligence ai-generated-7922881_1280 at pixabay.com Music: "Devotion", from The Pilgrimage Series, Part 1 on artlist.io Text: "What Jesus taught and why" is a chapter from the beautiful book Jesus: a biography from a believer, by Paul Johnson. Copyright © Paul Johnson, 2010 ISBN 978-0-670-02159-8 Biblical passages taken from The Message, Copyright © 1993, 2002, 2018 by Eugene H. Peterson

According to Islam, Paradise is a luxury brothel. As many as six Suras (chapters) of the Quran are devoted to this notion, with sensuous descriptions of steamy pleasures for those who gain entrance. And these descriptions are further enhanced by numerous hadiths. Sadly for all of us, only terrorists who die in jihad qualify for immediate access, which explains why they are so eager to blow themselves (and others) up. And Muslim women are not invited to Paradise because they would only spoil the party for the men. Credits and references: Programme written, produced and hosted by Gabriel Porras at gabrielvoice.com and murmullosradiantes.com Cover: "The Believer's Dream", by Achille Zo (1870). Musée Bonnat, Bayonne Music: "Qanun al-Tarab" and "El Arte de Escuchar" by Gnawledge, from their great album Granada Doaba on freemusicarchive.org. Buy it on Bandcamp! "Undeniable", by Ketsa, on freemusicarchive.org. "Devotion", from The Pilgrimage Series, Part 1 on artlist.io. "Reflections Eastern", from Master 1, on freemusicarchive.org. Texts quoted from the Qur'an: "those who deserve paradise occupy themselves with delightful things": 36:55. Description of paradise and the Huris: 55:66-76 "The pious will be in a place of safety": 44:51-57 Description of paradise and the Huris: 56: 15-37 Eternal mancebos "like hidden pearls": 52:24 For the original sources of the Qur'an: W. Tisdall, The Original Sources of the Quran Hadiths of al-Bukhari and others: Paradise is in the shadow of the sword: Sahih al-Bukhari 4:52:73 Muhammad is not guaranteed salvation: Sahih al-Bukhari 5:58:266 Women with "desirable frontal passages" and men with penises that do not become flaccid: Sunah Ibn Majah, 5:37:4337 Believers will receive the sexual potency of a hundred men: Jami at-Tirmidhi 4:12:2536 What will the Day of Judgment be like? Sahih al-Bukhari 8, Book 76, hadith 577; Bayhaqi Every pacifist Muslim is a hypocrite: Sahih Muslim; Sunah Abu Dawud 2502. Book 15, hadith 26 Official Islamic biography of Muhammad: The Life of Muhammad, a translation of Ibn Ishaq's Sirat Rasul Allah, with introduction and notes by A. Guillaume. Karachi, Ameena Saiyid, Oxford University Press, 23rd impression 2010. History of the invasion of Kaybar in which Muhammad has a Jewish leader tortured and burned: Sirat p. 510-19; History of al-Tabari VIII, p. 122, 123. Tafsir of Ibn Kathir: To occupy oneself with "delightful things" means "deflowering virgins": Ibn Kathir IX, 383 Tafsir al-Khalalalayn, Surah Jaseen verse 55 https://i.redd.it/ga0ox7sd2a851.jpg https://www.reddit.com/r/exmuslim/comments/12frh1x/deflowering_virgins_quran/ https://www.reddit.com/r/CritiqueIslam/comments/hjec12/proof_that_men_are_rewarded_virgins_that_they/ The story about Ayatollah Khomeini's thesis on copulation with chickens I read in the wonderful and very moving book Reading Lolita in Teheran, by Azar Nafisi. Read it! A very interesting article on the religion of the Vikings: https://scandinaviafacts.com/did-vikings-have-to-die-with-sword-in-hand-to-reach-valhalla/

A billion women live under the shadow of Islam today (that's almost one in eight human beings walking the planet today). And all the evidence from fourteen centuries of Islamic history and theology points to the uncomfortable fact that Islam hates women. We examine numerous texts from the Qur'an and hadiths of Sahih al-Bukhari to illustrate the thesis. Credits and references: Programme written, produced and hosted by Gabriel Porras at gabrielvoice.com and radiantwhispers.com Cover: Carte Portale 532 - Jeunes Filles Arabes, by Lehnert & Landrock at zeno.org/bildpostkarten/m/ Music: "Broken", by Michael Vignola at artlist.io "The Art of Listening", by Gnawledge, from their album Granada Doaba at freemusicarchive.org Texts quoted from the Koran: Distribution of inheritances: 4:11 and 12. Islam is the "perfect" religion for all mankind: 5:3 What to do with women "who commit unlawful sexual acts" (and those who are raped): 4:15 and 24:2 Men are superior to women: 4:34 Commentaries (tafsir) of Al Qurtubi, Al Tabari, Ibn Hajar: https://wikiislam.net/wiki/Wife_Beating_in_the_Qur%27an https://www.al-islam.org/tags/tafsir Hadiths of al-Bukhari: Most of the inhabitants of Hell are women, and they are deficient in intelligence and devotion: Sahih Bukhari 1:6:301 It is not permissible to mourn a woman for more than three days: Sahih Bukhari 1:6:310 Not to whip the wife as a slave: Sahih Bukhari 7:62:132 The beaten woman who sought help from Aisha: Sahih Bukhari 7:72:715 Hadith on the benefit of drinking camel urine: Sahih Bukhari, Hadith: 233, and Sahih Muslim, Hadith: 1671. Hadith on the wings of flies: Sahih Bukhari 4:54:537 and also Sahih Bukhari 7:71:673. You can learn more about Bukhari here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahih_al-Bukhari Ayaan Hirsi Ali: Ayaan has written several books, among them "Infidel", about her own story and her flight from Islam, and "Heretic", about the reformation that Islam needs today. Visit his website here: https://ayaanhirsiali.com The quote read comes from: "Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now", http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/nation/why-islam-needs-a-reformation-now

Paul Kingsnorth is an English intellectual and environmentalist who has written novels, essays and poetry, contributing to publications such as The Guardian, The Independent, The Daily Telegraph, Le Monde, New Statesman, Granta and BBC Radio and Television. His spiritual quest was passionate and diverse. As he says, The Cross and the Machine is "an essay-length account of my journey from atheism to Orthodox Christianity, via Buddhism, witchcraft and other strange twists." It is a beautiful, lyrical and revealing text. The Cross and the Machine originally appeared in First Things magazine: https://www.firstthings.com/article/2021/06/the-cross-and-the-machine To read more from Paul Kingsnorth, visit his website paulkingsnorth.net and his YouTube channel. Programme recorded, presented and produced by Gabriel Porras, professional broadcaster at gabrielvoice.com and radiantwhispers.com. Music: The Last Train, by David Roy, on artlist.io Morning Mist, by We Dream of Eden, on artlist.io Subscribe, comment and share this programme with others.

We are all surprised by the rapid advance of transgender ideas and LGBTQ ideology. Although their proposals are controversial and have no historical or scientific basis, they penetrate all layers of society. Learn how they infiltrate businesses, universities, schools and governments worldwide. Programme written, recorded and presented by Gabriel Porras, a professional communicator at gabrielvoice.com and radiantwhispers.com Music: "Balance" by Invisible Choirs at artlist.io If you are interested in this topic, listen to "If gender is fluid, why not also age?" and "The Disappearance of Women", both available on radiantwhispers.com, YouTube, SoundCloud and all podcast platforms. Comment, share and subscribe. Cover: “The judgment of Paris”, by Enrique Simonet (1904) Links: Stonewall's "Champions of Diversity" programme: https://www.stonewall.org.uk/join-diversity-champions-programme The UK's "Top 100 Employers of 2023" list: https://www.stonewall.org.uk/top-100-employers/full-list There is an extraordinary BBC Radio Ulster podcast entitled "Nolan Investigates", which published in October 2021 a revealing 10-episode series detailing Stonewall's influence on public institutions across the UK. It is a masterclass in in-depth journalism and took them eighteen months of research to achieve, but what a triumph of professionalism, intelligence and dedication! All BBC material has territorial restrictions, so you may be unable to access it outside the UK. Try here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09yjmph/episodes/downloads Happily, a feminist group called "Fair Play for Women" has taken on the great task of preparing detailed transcripts of the key points of each episode for all to read and quote from. You can find the transcripts here: https://fairplayforwomen.com/stonewall-transcripts/

A programme written, presented and produced by Gabriel Porras, professional philosopher, journalist and voice actor. Music: "Gone with the winds", by Veaceslav Draganov on artlist.io ******* Learn more about this URGENT topic by following these links: The Story of Helena Kerschner, who regrets having “transitioned” as a teenager: https://youtu.be/Ibq3ld087Y4 The Irish Bill to remove the words "woman", "mother", and more from legal language: https://4w.pub/ireland-to-strip-maternity-law/ New Supreme Court Judge Ketanji Brown cannot bring herself to say what a woman is: https://youtu.be/BWtGzJxiONU …and she then refuses to answer clear questions about self-definition as a woman: https://youtu.be/BWwx-UrL0e4 Documentary “What is a woman?” by Matt Walsh: https://youtu.be/8wlZWZoqRlo Disability statistics in the UK: https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-9602/CBP-9602.pdf Scotland's Gender Recognition Reform Act (Transgender Trend): https://www.transgendertrend.com/scotland-gender-recognition-act-reform-bill/ The SNP's Gender Recognition Bill is a threat to women (Spiked Online): https://www.spiked-online.com/2022/03/05/the-snps-gender-recognition-bill-is-threat-to-women/ Ministers face public backlash over gender recognition reforms (The Times): https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ministers-face-public-backlash-over-gender-recognition-reform-plans-dvgljmqrf Brit Awards 2023: Why no women were nominated for Best Artist (BBC) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-64264069 The nonsense of nonbinary (Spiked online): https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/01/16/its-time-to-call-out-the-nonsense-of-nonbinary/ "Toxic feminism is the ONLY kind of feminism": https://youtu.be/mOSS8yBp3go "Biology trumps gender," says the president of the World Athletics Association: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-10934773/World-Athletics-president-Sebastian-Coe-backs-FINAs-ruling-transgender-athletes-banned.html The "triumph" of transgender athlete Lia Thomas: https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/ncaa-title-for-lia-thomas-is-joke-with-biological-women-as-punchline-hardly-a-laughing-matter/ Transgender martial arts "champion" Fallon Fox punches her female opponent so violently that he (she) breaks her skull: https://www.bjjee.com/articles/transgender-mma-fighter-who-broke-female-opponents-skull-are-we-getting-too-politically-correct-with-reality/ Why female athletes should raise their voices every time a transgender athlete tries to compete against them: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sharron-davies-the-trans-debate-is-toxic-its-made-my-life-hell-but-female-athletes-must-speak-up-xllplkmp3 Toilets in new public buildings should be separate for men and women: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/07/02/single-sex-lavatories-mandatory-new-public-buildings/ But transgender activists consider this "transphobic": https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/reports/a40497357/new-buildings-must-have-single-sex-toilets/ It is "unfair" to force someone "who is already facing exclusion" to use toilets that are not "neutral" or "gender neutral": https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/17/gender-neutral-toilets-public-buildings-single-sex-uk-robert-jenrick/ The alarming "gender dysphoria" among minors, which jumped from 138 cases in 2010 to 2,383 in 2020: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/mar/10/nhs-gender-identity-service-for-children-cant-cope-with-demand-review-finds Bullying and violence against girls who dare to question the transgender agenda in their schools: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/girl-driven-out-of-school-for-questioning-trans-ideology-ls790krdh

A masterpiece of the Latin-American imagination. Juan José Arreola is one of the greatest writers of the XX Century in Spanish, one of the first to dare to abandon realism. He is the greatest precursor of Magical Realism. As Professor George D Schade says: Whatever the subject of his satire, Arreola most often achieves his effects by a deliberate jumbling of phantasy and reality, a mingling of the logical and the absurd, a blend of imaginative frivolity and Orwellian grimness. CREDITS Produced and recorded by Gabriel Porras, professional voice artist at gabrielvoice.com and radiantwhispers.com Translation by George D Schade for the University of Texas Press Sound effect by Pixabay For more of Arreola, listen to his “Bestiary”, also recorded by Gabriel Porras as "A book of fabled creatures" for radiantwhispers.com and available on all podcast platforms and at Soundcloud and YouTube.

Extract from the final chapter of the book "The Sanity of Belief - Why faith makes sense" by Simon Edwards. A great, very readable and valuable book which you can buy in paperback or ebook version here: https://amzn.eu/1CkIRAt Simon Edwards is a member of the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics (OCCA) team, who do excellent work communicating the teachings of Jesus Christ through the big cultural questions of our day (such as science, suffering, the meaning of life, homosexuality and many more). As they say on their website https://www.theocca.org: "We seek to extol the credibility of the Christian faith and the person of Jesus Christ through the questions of culture, speaking in secular settings and contributing to the public discourse on religious belief." A podcast produced and presented by Gabriel Porras, professional voice artist. You can find out much more about Gabriel here: gabrielvoice.com radiantwhispers.com Music: "Circle of life", by Letra, on artlist.io

Presented y produced by Gabriel Porras, professional voice actor. Original text by WW Jacobs published in 1902 in his collection “The Lady of the Barge”. Music: “Reflections”, by Ian Post, at artlist.io Listen to more great stories like this one on radiantwhispers.com also available on your favourite podcast platform

Podcast presented and produced by Gabriel Porras, professional voice artist. Text taken from 'After Ten Years' in Letters and Papers from Prison (Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works/English, vol. 8) Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2010, edited by Gabriel Porras. Music: "The Surprise", by Kristian Sensini, on artlist.io. If you want to know more about the admirable pastor and martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer, look for his books "Life in Community" and "The Cost of Discipleship". There is also a beautiful biography titled: Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy by Eric Metaxas, Timothy Keller, et al.

Podcast presented and produced by Gabriel Porras, professional voice actor. Text and Translation are taken from the book "The Prophet", by Gibran Khalil Gibran, in the public domain. Music: "Devotion", by dear gravity, on artlist.io

Written, presented and produced by Gabriel Porras, professional voice actor. Music: "Wants to know", by Bodysurfer, at freemusicarchive.org. "Morning Mist", by We Dream of Eden, at artlist.io Stings by Orange Free Sounds, orangefreesounds.com Links that will give you a much broader perspective on this issue: Read the stories of people who have had gender reassignment surgery and have lived to regret it every day. You can start here: Jeffrey, repentant transgender: https://youtu.be/r09cDPsQ1wI Scott Newgent has devoted his life to denouncing the irresponsibility of the many doctors who operated on him and the psychologists who should have warned him of the devastating consequences of the changes brought about by the surgery. His life as a transgender person has become a living hell. Scott has a whole website about it: www.trevoices.org Learn about his story and his struggles here: https://www.trevoices.org/post/this-time-i-will-rise-up-years-later-what-i-would-say-to-the-therapists-that-pushed-me-to-med-trans and another one: https://thepostmillennial.com/transman-twitter-banned-for-speaking-against-gender-transition-of-children-fights-back?s=04

Presented and produced by Gabriel Porras, professional voice actor. Copyright Roald Dahl Story Company Ltd Roald Dahl Nominee Ltd, 1982 Puffin Books, Penguin Random House 1984 Illustration: Quentin Blake, 1982 ISBN: 978-0-141-37885-5 (Treat yourself to a copy, it's a beautiful book!) Visit the great Roald Dahl's website here: www.roalddahl.com Music:

Written, presented and produced by Gabriel Porras, professional voice actor. Music: “Wants to know”, by Bodysurfer at freemusicarchive.org Stings from Orange Free Sounds, orangefreesounds.com Links that will give you a much better picture of this topics: Fight the New Drug is a non-religious, non-legistlative, not for profit organisation producing fantastic materials: https://fightthenewdrug.org Exodus Cry is a channel with more than one hundred videos on YouTube. Watch their documentary “Raised on Porn” about the effects of porn on children's development and behaviour: https://youtu.be/hzPylqS01qU And their documentary “Nefarious: Merchant of Souls” on human trafficking and the sex industry: https://youtu.be/MFaDHgXPbUg Let's talk porn, a TEDx Talk by Maria Ahlin: https://youtu.be/DBTb71UzPmY A study by Natalie Purcell, UCSF, on Aggression in Hardcore Pornography (2012): https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325226069_Violence_and_the_Pornographic_Imaginary_The_Politics_of_Sex_Gender_and_Aggression_in_Hardcore_Pornography A study by Dr Valerie Voon, of Cambridge University Neuroscience Department, showing the similarity in brains of porn and drug users: https://fightthenewdrug.org/cambridge-neuroscientist-valerie-voon-porn-drug-addict-brain/ Brain, Heart, World – documentary series on the harmful effects of pornography: https://brainheartworld.org Testimonies of former sex slaves and porn actors: https://fightthenewdrug.org Testimonies of Trafficking survivors: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHHuC2LQ_SskEzqGCTS4nZDqOcEK9z35t Jeffrey, Transgender with regret: https://youtu.be/r09cDPsQ1wI A medical article about sexually transmitted diseases of the colon, rectum and anus: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2780056/ ...and another on the type of bacteria that live in the anus: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2770471/

Presented and produced by Gabriel Porras, professional voice actor. Copyright Roald Dahl Story Company Ltd Roald Dahl Nominee Ltd, 1982 Puffin Books, Penguin Random House 1984 Illustration: Quentin Blake, 1982 ISBN: 978-0-141-37885-5 (Treat yourself to a copy, it's a beautiful book!) Visit the great Roald Dahl's website here: www.roalddahl.com Music: "Kazoo Zoo” by Down Old Country Lane, at artlist.io

Little Red Ridding Hood and the Wolf by Roald Dahl Presented and produced by Gabriel Porras, professional voice actor. Copyright Roald Dahl Story Company Ltd Roald Dahl Nominee Ltd, 1982 Puffin Books, Penguin Random House 1984 Illustration: Quentin Blake, 1982 ISBN: 978-0-141-37885-5 (Treat yourself to a copy, it's a beautiful book!) Visit the great Roald Dahl's website here: www.roalddahl.com Music: "Happy to be happy", by Dapun, at artlist.io

Presented and produced by Gabriel Porras, professional voice actor. Copyright Roald Dahl Story Company Ltd Roald Dahl Nominee Ltd, 1982 Puffin Books, Penguin Random House 1984 Illustration: Quentin Blake, 1982 ISBN: 978-0-141-37885-5 (Treat yourself to a copy, it's a beautiful book!) Visit the great Roald Dahl's website here: www.roalddahl.com

Sunstone is the longest and perhaps the most extraordinary poem by the extraordinary poet Octavio Paz. Sunstone is an epic poem, long and passionate, like a golden mantle in which to take shelter. A hypnotic torrent of images and signs dazzle and enchant us as we pass through each verse. The imagination is left spinning, intoxicated with pleasure. Sunstone is made up of hendecasyllables because hendecasyllables are the measure of the sonnet, the love poem par excellence in Latin languages. And they are 584 hendecasyllables because the planet Venus covers a cycle of 584 days to return to the same point in relation to the sun. This peculiarity was highly valued and studied by the Aztecs, who placed it at the centre of their cosmogony. And of that portentous and complex machine for reading the cosmos, the Sunstone, the Aztec Calendar. Let the music, the images and the many lights of the 584 lines of this prodigious love poem to life and its fragility carry you away. Credits: Poem by Octavio Paz Translation  1987, 1991 by Eliot Weinberger (New Directions Paperbook NDP735, ISBN 0-8112-1195-9, 1991) Read by Gabriel Porras, professional voice artist Music: Horizon, by Josh Leake at artlist.io With our own atmosphere, by Kris Keogh, from his album Processed Harp Works, Vol. 1 at freemusicarchive.com

An old man carries on his shoulders his only son, who's been wounded. He has to cross a mountain in the dead of night, to get to the next village, where there may be a doctor to look after him. Both their lives unravel in the journey. A masterful and heartbreaking story of the father-son relationship. Original story by Juan Rulfo read by Gabriel Porras Translation by Stephen Beechinor Production: Gabriel Porras Music: La Guanábana, by Los Parientes de Playa Vicente, from the album América Afroíndigena at freemusicarchive.com

The Sermon on the Mount is a collection of Jesus' teachings to a group of simple people who followed him everywhere. It is not a theological dissertation for intellectuals, nor a discourse delivered in some elegant college or palace of the time. It is, as the title implies, a talk on the mountain. In direct, simple and often incandescent language, Jesus rewrites everything people knew about God up to that point. These words have been so influential that with them Jesus founds a new period in human history. Jordan Peterson describes it as "the closest description of what it would mean to walk with God so that you're in the Ark when your personal flood comes." CREDITS: Written, presented and produced by Gabriel Porras, voice artist at gabrielvoice.com, radiantwhispers.com Biblical Text: The Gospel of Matthew, chapters 5 to 7 Bible version: The Message (MSG) Copyright © 1993, 2002, 2018 by Eugene H. Peterson Music: "Horizon", by Josh Leake - Songs for Norah at artlist.io "Dusk to Dawn", by Clara at artlist.io Photo: “Sunset over sunflowers Field” at wallpapers13.com

If you have ever thought of writing a novel, a short story, a film script, a play, take advantage of this sequence of twelve steps known as The Hero's Journey. This is the path that the hero follows to earn the treasure, the throne, the hand of the princess. A journey we can also follow in everyday life, and which we illustrate here step by step with the plot of three admirable stories: The Lord of the Rings, The Matrix and Harry Potter. Enjoy it!

We all need myths. Myths are foundational stories that give us life, and without them, we die. Myths are great truths disguising as stories. Human beings need myths because we are stories made of stories, poems decanted from poems, beings created and nurtured by stories and poems. The second season of Radiant Whispers kicks off in mythical and heroic fashion.

Did you know human voices are travelling in interstellar space right now, beyond the confines of our Solar System? This is a fascinating story of human achievement and endeavour, and a tribute to the unique power of the human voice, “our exquisitely individual and intimate footprint in the universe”.

Demosthenes Howls At The Sea by Gabriel Porras

At the beginning of chapter VII of his seminal work The Republic, Plato talks of a group of people who live in a cave, enslaved with chains around their neck and feet. They have never left the cave; the dark and humid walls of the cave, and the stale air inside, are all they know and breathe. They have never seen the outside world; all that their eyes ever witness are the shadows cast on the cave wall by a bonfire that burns behind their backs. Join me as we ponder on this beautiful allegory of life, knowledge and enlightenment. Credits: Written, presented and produced by Gabriel Porras, professional voiceover artist at gabrielvoice.com Translation: The verses from The Gospel of John chapter 1 are a free adaptation of the Spanish original from Dios Habla Hoy (DHH) Dios habla hoy ®, © Sociedades Bíblicas Unidas, 1966, 1970, 1979, 1983, 1996. Music: SIHOUETTE OF TIME’S IDEA, by Mid-Air Machine at www.freemusicarchive.org SOMBRAS (Contursi & Lomuto) sang by Javier Solís Warner Chappell Music México, SA de CV EL SIQUISIRI, by Cucalambé From the álbum Compilado Jarocho / Fonogramas América Afroindígena www.freemusicarchive.org HANDPANOPHONE by David Charrier, from his álbum Ephemeral at Artlist.io

Three of my favourite poems from Neruda’s luminous collection Elementary Odes. Enjoy!

I'm one of the blessed ones who survived the coronavirus attack. What brought me through that problematic trance, and what lessons did I learn? I share everything here with my best wishes. Credits: Written, presented and mixed by Gabriel Porras, professional voiceover artist Music: SIHOUETTE OF TIME’S IDEA, by Mid-Air Machine at www.freemusicarchive.org SOFT SHINE ON pad by Mike Russell at MRC.com HORIZON, by Josh Leake at Artlist.io

This is the Easter story: the last days of the most influential character in history, narrated with masterful detail and emotion by the Greek physician Luke, in chapters 22 to 24 of his Gospel. A dramatized reading in contemporary English that brings to the text nuances and drama that you may not have noticed before. Whether you have read it many times, or never, take this opportunity to remember -or discover for the first time- the meaning and significance of Jesus' last days on Earth. Credits: Written, presented and produced by Gabriel Porras Music: SIHOUETTE OF TIME’S IDEA, by Mid-Air Machine, www.freemusicarchive.org PURIFY, by Michael FK at Artlist.io DON’T LEAVE ME, by New Beginning at Artlist.io Text: The Message (MSG) Copyright © 1993, 2002, 2018 by Eugene H. Peterson

Do you ever feel so lonely and sad that you don't know where to turn? In moments like these, the best medicine the world can offer you is not money, sex or power, but love - a single compassionate person who'd be willing to listen to you. Today we read a moving story by Anton Chekhov that illustrates the anguished yearning we all sometimes have to speak to someone. The story is entitled Misery, and it takes us back to an old St. Petersburg covered in snow. Enjoy!

Do you know what happened to Joseph, Mary and the baby Jesus right after Christmas? They all became refugees. They were already dirt poor and homeless; now, they also became fugitives. Today we do a very different take on the Christmas story. God is in great mortal peril. Joseph and Mary – two kids who are barely 18 and 12 years old, most likely – have to cross six hundred miles (one thousand Kms) of lethal desert to save baby Jesus from the tyrant who wants to kill him. Incredibly, astonishingly, God incarnate put himself under enormous peril every day He spent among us on Earth.

Did you know that there are dozens and dozens of stories of a great flood in the most diverse and disparate cultures, from Japan to the Maya, from Babylon to Polynesia, from the Eskimos to the Australian Aborigines and Africa? Noah's Ark is the story of a vast ecological catastrophe caused by human blindness. Do you think this may be a relevant story nowadays? I believe it could be the most compelling and urgent story for our time, and I hope you’ll agree with me once we read it together today.

Buenos días and welcome back to Radiant Whispers! Today it's all sheer fun and wild imagination with the big and spiky Roald Dahl, surely one of the most beloved writers of all time. And rightly so - who hasn't been thrilled, amused and delighted by his stories? They're just so quirky, vibrant and delightful that they stand on a class of their own. Dahl is one of those geniuses that are so ahead of the game that everybody else -Hollywood included!- is out of breath trying to catch up with them. You must have read or seen the movie and/or theatre adaptations of The Gremlins, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Fantastic Mr Fox, Matilda and of course The BFG - the story we read together today! CREDITS. Translation: George D Schade for the University of Texas Press. Music: "Sihouette of Time's Idea", by Mid-Air Machine, from their album So We Telepathy: freemusicarchive.org "The Chase" by Blaehubb, from his album The Fun and The Twisted, Artlist.io "Gypsy Dance", by Ziv Moran, from his album Créme Brulée, Artlist.io

Juan José Arreola is one of the greatest Latin-American writers of the XX Century, one of the first to dare to abandon realism. This is how Professor George D Schade introduces Juan José Arreola and Bestiary, his "Book of Fabled Beasts": Arreola jabs at complacency and ruthlessly exposes pompous and hypocritical attitudes. He takes a depressing view of most human relationships, and in a large number of his stories and satires he chips away at love and its illusions… Whatever the subject of his satire, Arreola most often achieves his effects by a deliberate jumbling of phantasy and reality, a mingling of the logical and the absurd, a blend of imaginative frivolity and Orwellian grimness. (…) One of the most ingratiating and delightful parts of Arreola's collected works is his "Bestiary," consisting of twenty-six brief sketches. Here Arreola harkens back to that form which was so fashionable in medieval times with moralists and allegorizers, where certain virtues or characteristics were popularly attributed to certain beasts, real or imaginary. All of Arreola's beasts are real, their humanlike foibles and defects uncomfortably real too. Though Arreola's general outlook and some of the details in his bestiary will probably horrify the overly sentimental, still there are lyrical and poetic touches to offset to some degree the refined savagery of his satire. CREDITS Translation: George D Schade for the University of Texas Press Music: "Sihouette of Time's Idea" and "Roar of the Wild", by Mid-Air Machine, from their album So We Telepathy: freemusicarchive.org "Tu Enamorado"por José Alfredo Jiménez, arr. José Luis Espinosa V.