LOVING KINDNESS

In November of 2004, a friend dropped one of my Mother of Pearl and Platinum crystal bowls onto a tile floor. Needless to say, it broke into many little pieces, never to sing again – or so I thought. Months later, I offered the pieces to my dear friend, Daniel Statnekov, who makes beautiful clay Peruvian Whistling Vessels. Daniel ground the broken shards of the crystal bowl into fine powder and began mixing the crystal powder into the clay for his whistling vessels. On the fall equinox of 2005, at approximately 3:15 pm PST, Daniel and a group of sound healing practitioners were gathered in Vancouver, B.C. to play a set of these magical crystal-infused whistles as part of a global peace meditation. At the exact time they were doing their meditation, I was in Los Angeles recording the drones for this song. The beautiful Mother of Pearl and Platinum D bowl that is the main drone in “Loving Kindness” is the sister bowl to the one that was mixed into the clay of the whistles.

Loving kindness for all beings from the One beyond the stars
Through the darkness into light
We behold the gift of peace