Highest High

As a reference for Cicero, Tusculan Disputations 1.18: 

The mind and the will are a part of the very same Nature as the motions of all matter, yet they behave rather differently than any of the bodies we see around us. 

Love can become stronger against the force of overwhelming hate, triumph is possible in the face of every other defeat. 

This is an old family favorite, once a part of our "Late Night Dance Party". It was never released as a single, as far as I know, and the album was overlooked by many, coming along after the Acid Jazz craze of the early 1990's had died down. 

Some may enjoy not only the classic groove to it, but also the lyrics, concerned with the best things in life, not with dread, lust, violence, or despair. 

Feel free, if you wish, to turn it up very loud, and dance around like a fool, with no concern for whether anyone is watching. A tune like this has a wonderful way of getting stuck in your head. 

The Brand New Heavies, "Highest High" from Shelter (1997)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyosNni-Z9I

Highest high, deep inside

That lifts you up and sets you free, nothin' else can
Highest high, highest high
That takes you there and brings you back again

Big dreams never sleep
I made a promise to myself, I've got to keep
I was down for somethin'

That was so for real
Alway's lookin' outside for the one thing I could feel

But when my faith was under fire
I never turned 'round, and never once backed down
From my desires, my heart and soul still had control and I knew

I had the highest high, that power deep inside
That lifts you up and sets you free, like nothin' else can
I got the highest high, love is the highest high
That takes you there and brings you back again

Ever since that day
I know I'll never feel alone or be afraid
I was on a mission, on a search within
Tryin' to find the reason for the trouble that I've been

'Cause when my faith was under fire
I never turned 'round, and never once backed down
From my desires, my heart and soul still had control and I knew

I had the highest high, that power deep inside
That lifts you up and sets you free, like nothin' else can
I got the highest high, love is the highest high
That takes you there and brings you back again

I'm high, I'm so high
My feet don't touch the ground, my head's up in the clouds
I'm high, I'm so high
My feet don't touch the ground, my head's up in the clouds

I was down for somethin'
That was so for real
Alway's lookin' outside for the one thing I could feel

And when my faith was under fire
I never turned 'round, I never backed down

The highest high, deep inside
That lifts you up and sets you free, like nothin' else can
The highest high, highest high
That takes you there and brings you back again