Perhaps never more in our time have we needed Medicine.
Perhaps never more in our time have we needed Medicine. But what is Medicine? The ancient Chinese symbol "Yào" offers some clues. This character, as seen in the 2nd photo, is the same character for "music" "joy" "happiness," with the addition of 2 small grass/herb characters on top - Medicine. The early Daoist view of medicine is that which brings harmony to ourselves, our community, and to the earth. These last 6 weeks in Indonesia have been truly transformational for me. I gave up playing piano 2 years ago when my back wouldn't allow- I had a major injury and I had to give up my instrument, cancel my plans to tour Europe and basically stop everything in order to heal. While my back healed, I gave up piano for nearly 2 years, and I just didn't play. I literally couldn't. I just kinda forgot about it and focused on my businesses and meditative practices. With the trip out to SE Asia and being aligned with the timing I started practicing again about 2 months coming out to Bali to play with @hanumanproject for a string of devotional concerts and rehearsals. During this time a lot happened internally for me. Old wounds of stressing around piano resurfaced- little bits of childhood perfectionism, the need to impress (if just myself) and basically having self conscious issues around my instrument coupled with the fact I was a bit out of rhythm and practice with the piano all came up for me. Also, being surrounded by musician friends whose sole priority is playing music stirred my heart strings deeply. My back started seizing up again, and I just noticed it all. With some help of a wise Sage and connecting with other musician friend's inner struggles around playing (seems its not just me), I took a breath and realized there was a split between loving and living to play music and all of this old baggage (likely from my childhood.) To play from Soul, and not from Stress. Ultimately, I decided to keep my piano (I was prepared to sell and move on) and I feel more now than ever what's important is raising our frequencies with whatever medicine calls us forward. (Continued in comments)
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