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As a <\/span>medium<\/span><\/i>, my body becomes the physical habitat of a circular energy, a force that transcends the immediate environment. <\/span><\/p>\n

I would like to share one of the greatest spiritual moments I have experienced when playing drums. This experience, particularly fascinating - almost impossible to describe with words - happened during a performance. <\/span><\/p>\n

I was sitting behind my drums, playing with a great sense of self-consciousness, of peace and satisfaction. I began to feel a subtle increase of energy that flowed through my arms, legs and chest, a pleasant sensation that reached my entire body. From that moment, everything I was touching became a pure reflection of my thoughts; each thought became an action with its own reaction at the same time. Each desired emotion was expressed in conjunction with a spiritual force that lifted me out of my own physical body. <\/span><\/p>\n

By then I began to feel a higher state of consciousness where different energies flowed through me: it electrified me. Then I saw myself from above, as if I were levitating over the battery, as if it were my own observer. At that moment I was very calm, contemplating the experience of being in two places at once: playing on stage, while watching me (the one I played). I was floating above myself in ecstasy, feeling a great detachment from the physical world, but even so I remained involved in the interpretation, because I was aware of everything. <\/span><\/p>\n

And then ... I went back to the drums. <\/span><\/p>\n

This was the deepest and highest sensation I have experienced when playing; that is, the ability to elevate myself to a limitless state of consciousness between my inner and outer being, being my own listener, my own observer. <\/span><\/p>\n

This type of experience does not happen very often, or rather, it does not happen as often as I would like it to happen. When it arrives, it can be as brief as one minute, or last as long as 20. Sometimes it can happen more than once in a single performance, and sometimes it does not happen at all. <\/span><\/p>\n

Honestly, every time I sit on drums, I want this sublime experience to come back. But it is such an exquisite event, that I have learned to let it happen by itself, instead of consciously forcing it. The most I can do to be consistent is to always play with sincerity, and be ready to embrace the magnificent experience of playing music with great enthusiasm. <\/span><\/p>\n

This fragment corresponds to the book A world of rhythmic possibilities. Drum lessons and reflections on the rhythm <\/i>(Dafnison Music, 2016), <\/i>ceded to Magazine AM:PM<\/em> by the author. <\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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