One Way Two Play

Music for me means a wonderful opportunity to serve my fellows and the Great Spirit of life. For sound is the firstborn and then light.

• The old green pond is silent; here the hop
  of a frog plumbs the evening stillness: plop! 1

And so music has the power to draw us closer to the pulse/sound of life, the inner consciousness/voice; and light is for me colour, for each sound has an etheric colour. My concern is in moulding this etheric substance to beautify, heal, and manifest the joys of infinite love on the physical plane. I believe in the Brotherhood of All life and on this realisation I base my life.

• A water rails insistent cry has ended:
  The broken moon among the reeds is mended. 2

Music is a chance to raise ones awareness and consciousness towards God, or Good thoughts, or simply Love, and so begin to attune ourselves to the spheres in the soul world and so begin, too, to comprehend the CHRISTLIGHT, Infinity, Eternity, Unity. Music should be unified inasmuch as it incorporates physical, mental, emotional and Spiritual qualities in a state of harmony or balance. When conditions are observed it is possible for me/one to link with our Brethren in the invisible, and thus render service to All who will to receive their Blessings. This opportunity Ive perceived will take me many years to master, as much studying and searching has still to be done, and working in an occult way such as this demands many precautions in order to maintain the control of these forces; for truly there is an Angel of music and it is He whom I invite, it is for me to create a vehicle for Him.

• How visibly the gentle morning airs
  Stir in the caterpillars silky hairs! 3

To me these qualities (which I see as being potentially possible through music) of which Ive been speaking go beyond reason or opposites, and so the consciousness, whilst playing, is No-where but simply in the right place at the right time: in other words a free-floating between various musical alternatives limited by my sensibility, individuality, personality and purpose. My concern with sounds covers the physical, emotional, mental and Spiritual spheres, and I explore the characteristics of a sound, discovering its qualities in each sphere, although they All inter-penetrate one another; by accentuations and approach music is played. I am in contact with members of The Great White Brotherhood of Man and work under a leader when conditions permit it, conditions being All things considered.

• The erratic swallow, as it dips and veers,
  Almost grazes the nodding barley-ears. 4

My statement earlier about trying for the right things at the right time, for me stresses the importance of attending music of such a spontaneous nature, for any time after that conditions are changed, and so naturally, the effect is changed also, and it is in this changing of effects that I am interested, as I wish to control my effect on the Universe by creating beautiful uplifting music. That is my purpose, to become attuned to the transforming power of Divine Love.

• Retiring into the shadows, I bestow
  My guest-room on the moons approaching glow. 5

The cover picture for me, aims at the same things; a state of consciousness is expressed which is a little beyond the physical reality, yet inseparable from it; its gentleness and mistiness intrigue me, for in music I hope to become able to express a condition of existing yet not existing, almost No-sound, hanging as if poetically suspended in eternity, listening to the sound within each of us, which is a song long forgotten and sometimes difficult to recall, almost on the tip-of-the-tongue!?

• The gloomy stormclouds crumble, and behold!
  The mountain in the moonlight, clear and cold. 6

We all need to listen to that sound, and so the music, whilst being centred on the physical plane, is naturally functioning on the etheric planes also, and the willing listener may follow us into these spheres consciously or unconsciously, according to their degree of Psychic and Spiritual unfoldment.

My part in this work is to create sounds sympathetic to this cause, and so there must be harmony through the spheres if these results are to be achieved. This extends beyond personality and media and so comes through it; dont become attached to the form or the vehicle. For the Spirit (that is Being) has its own note and is music to creation. The purpose in All life on this plane is to manifest that sound of the Spirit from within to without: - Unity.

• For the secret is to enter the heart-chamber, the inner self, the place of tranquillity and stillness, and there pray; in other words, to stand on one side and let the God-power work through the medium of the body, mind and soul. Then there is nothing that cannot be accomplished, because whatever is done is to the Glory of God. Any Soul able to commune with God is ready to manifest God. 7

Although Im involved in the colours of the sounds I use they are also incorporated into one main ray; or sometimes a series of rays can be seen working independently of the lower astral colours (of the individual sounds); these are from the higher ethers and Spirit spheres of existence. This is the work that I have been preparing consciously and unconsciously for some years.

The need for playing solo is that Ive not encountered any other musicians who are willing to adapt to these requirements, or are interested in becoming potential healers through this form; if willing, then musical capacity has not been compatible on all levels. It would appear to be the difference between being an artist and a medium. And so my aim is to construct a hanging garden of (incense, colours, and sounds) little flowers.

PEACE BE WITH YOU ALL

Quotations: 1 BASHO. 2 INAN. 3 BUSON. 4 IZAN. 5 SEIBI. 6 BASHO. 7 WHITE EAGLE.
First published in MICROPHONE Number 3 April 1972.