Third Eye, Sixth Sense

 

Third Eye, Sixth Sense

The rationale behind a digital release for meditative practice. Collection of ambient acoustic guitar with both synth and nature sounds. https://eddrury.bandcamp.com/album/third-eye-sixth-sense

released June 3, 2020

I have practiced meditation for many decades. I have done noble silence, walking meditation, guided meditations, and many other disciplines. But the most profound sessions I have experienced have involved sound in different forms. Last year, my wife came upon “The Chakra Workbook: A Step-by-Step Guide to Realigning Your Body's Vital Energies” by Anna Voigt. https://smile.amazon.com/dp/1592230393/

Lisa decided to follow the exercises in the book and as an adjunct to her practice, I composed guitar pieces which I could play during her sessions. While I performed the pieces live day after day as she worked all the way up (and back down) all the energetic centers, I began to formalize the works into an album. The idea was to eventually, put them into a digital format that she could use to quickly access a recreation of the sounds that we used for each of those meditations.

The result was an album I call “Third Eye, Sixth Sense.” I organized the pieces in the order of the chakras starting with the root, going all the way up to the crown, and back down. The trip up contains pieces very close to five minutes in duration and ascending the C major scale. The trip down is much shorter (isn't it always?). The beauty of a digital release is that you can sequence the tracks in any order that serves your purpose.

Do you meditate? If you do, do you find silence or sound preferable?