Humming in my universe: Random takes on everything

by Jim Paredes

235 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Jim Paredes is a successful practicing creative engaged in song writing, record producing, arranging, writing, photography, teaching and was part of the creative, durable and talented APO Hiking Society for 41 years. He has also done work for various winning advertising campaigns. His work in this endeavor includes doing jingles, copy, account management, etc..

Aside from that, Jim is a published and exhibited photographer and book author (Humming In My Universe-Random Takes on Everything, Between Blinks, Writing On Water, and As Is Where Is). He has been teaching at the Ateneo De Manila University, Communication Arts Department for 5 years. During the past 9 years, he has also successfully designed and facilitated various types of workshops from Songwriting, photography, team building and creativity workshops for companies, organizations as well as the general public.

Even with the disbanding of APO Hiking Society as a group, Jim continues to write songs, making albums and producing music for himself and other entities.

Jim also teaches voice and guitar lessons to selected students and is continuously giving workshops, talks seminars, performances, etc..

Taken from: http://jimparedes-workshops.com/about/

Reviews

[Juan · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am done with this great book!
Full of inspirations and reflections that engrossed my being.
Reading this was like a journey into seeing universe from the ordinariness of things in our daily life.
And also from inside-out of the self towards meaning and enlightenment.


The plot is very simple.
We are all in the same spirit – that which was never born or will ever end.
We were thrown in this existence although some say we chose it.
And to make it interesting, God gave us bodies to live in this material world.
But when we came in, we started making judgments about everything.
We started classifying people and things:
rich, poor, ugly, beautiful, inferior, superior, lucky, deserving, strangers, friends, etc...
And we believed our own labels until they began to control everything
that we thought believed, did and valued.
So when you feel reality has gone crazy,
or that you are living a life that has been judged by everyone with labels you don’t like,
go back to the beginning of the plot.

Go back to what was true before all the labels came in.
It’s the only thing permanent and therefore,
the only real thing.
And just keep reminding yourself how simple it really is.