Sham’s Last Teaching
Passage from Chapter V – Sham’s Last Teaching from Divine Attunement: Music as a Path to Wisdom **************************** By the time Jalaluddin Rumi reached his mid-thirties, he had not yet written one word of poetry. [...]
“Tame the Monkey”
Below is a short excerpt of Chapter IV “Meditation, Unity, and Why You Should Tame the Monkey” from Divine Attunement: Music as a Path to Wisdom. ***************************** But the mind doesn’t just jump from “tree [...]
Far Away Dove
Passage from Chapter III – Far Away Dove from Divine Attunement: Music as a Path to Wisdom **************************** It was a beautiful and most enchanting poem and it touched the young rabbi deeply. He realized [...]
Sacred Ecstasy
Chapter 2 – Sacred Ecstasy You are there, standing among several indigenous men and women whom you have never met. Everyone around you is drumming and chanting. The drumbeat is tantalizing; it feels so good [...]
Excerpts From “Divine Attunement”
My book “Divine Attunement – Music as a Path to Wisdom” has recently won the Gold Medal Award for Best Book in the Spirituality category of the Indie Book Awards 2015. Below is an excerpt [...]
Concerts of Mystical Music
I have recently had the great privilege of curating an ongoing series of musical performances at the University of Philosophical Research. I had originally been introduced to the University and the Society of Philosophical Research [...]