meditation – Words & Music by Mike Power

Sacred Place

The concept of a sacred place can be a tough one for an atheist to grasp but it makes sense to me when Joseph Campbell explains it like this: I try to find a sacred place every day but only succeed two or three times a week. When I am there, I am glad thatContinue reading “Sacred Place”

Meditation Music 2: Water and Trees

I started picking the first pattern of this piece one night last week as I was watching/not watching TV and let my mind wander a bit with the open strings and ringing intervals. The second pattern grew out of the first and led to a musically meditative piece. Watching the sun on the riverContinue reading “Meditation Music 2: Water and Trees”

The Summer of Love Experience: Consciousness

This is the final installment in a six-part series on The Summer of Love, inspired by The Summer of Love Experience exhibit at the deYoung Museum in San Francisco. 8,000 years before Europeans made their way to San Francisco, the people who lived there called it “awaste” or “place by the bay.” The cityContinue reading “The Summer of Love Experience: Consciousness”

Meditation Music

Playing a musical instrument is a lot like meditating. I find that my mind follows the notes as my fingers play and I can’t carry on a conversation while I’m playing music the way I can when I’m just listening to music. It’s like being lost in a dream.I wrote this spare instrumental piece lastContinue reading “Meditation Music”