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For this to work, however, there needs to be a willingness on your part to give your full attention to the they celebrate is as real and powerful— string sparkle dimensions, with a delicate, sounds and to receive them in a state of relaxed alertness... and needed—now as it was then. grooving rhythm that makes his journeys —David Spangler, 2008 easily listenable many a But there is more: don’t just give your attention to the sounds. As you listen to them, For lyrics and more info visit the website time. His style and compo- be aware also of yourself (your presence) as the silent space of awareness in which the at lorianpress.com/troubs. sitional chops, refined over sounds appear and disappear. more than thirty years of Also available is Eckhart’s earlier music selection, Eckhart Tolle’s Music to Quiet the playing, have been creative- Mind. JAYA! ly amplified by his work by Shantala with shamanic plant teach- Michael Waters REIKI HEALING MUSIC $19.95, CD. 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