I have been thinking about music as a "great uniter" and wondering why this is. I think one of the big reasons is because it requires LISTENING, something that we tend to do less and less of in our current US culture. I have been a psychologist for over 25 years, a musician for longer than that, and a human being for even longer than that. It is just the case that when we are attacked, or even just perceive an attack, we humans tend to go into defensive mode, and listen le

“Quiet the mind,and the soul will speak.” ― Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati Centering....again...again..... Some seem to believe that meditation involves continuous focus, but it seems to me that one of the primary tasks of meditation is re-focusing again and again, as it is also with my music. So here I am again, after another very busy summer session of online teaching, focusing on editing my lyrics a little more, recording, and/or re-recording my songs. While one of my goals is