David Hykes's inspiring "evening" of our potentially united states of mind will be first and foremost an evening of practice and exploration, and will include direct exploration of a "music of the spheres," Harmonic Chant. The focus of the evening will broaden to include other dimensions of theHarmonic Presence work of the past 40 years, also including subtle practices with breath (prana), listening, sensation and vibration, and luminosity,
as part of a full-spectrum approach to well-being and creative and spiritual inspiration. The work links music, healing harmonization, and contemplative awareness practices.

PRODUCER: David Hykes

David's journey along the way includes immersion in wisdom traditions, especially Tibetan Buddhism, music and science, native american tradition via the Taos Pueblo, sacred world music, and cosmology. Transforming encounters with remarkable beings include His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Native American elders, the Gyuto Monks and nuns of Nagi Gompa in Nepal, and his Tibetan Buddhist teachers, filmmaker Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, Tsoknyi Rinpoche and Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, and with the Mind and Life Institute (which brings together neuroscientists and contemplative practitioners). Contemplative awareness practicehelpsus transform the mind, and cultivate deeply present qualities ofbeing-- acceptance, compassionate accompaniment, tolerance, presence, joy, and openness. This evening will be about practice. And practice makes practitioner.