Saturday, September 19, 2009
8:00 am to 10:00 am
Lyric Horseshoe Drive branch (#80 Horseshoe Drive cor N Domingo, New Manila, Quezon City)
Join us for a FREE community drum circle at the Lyric Horseshoe Drive branch from 8:00 am to 10:00 am on Saturday, September 19 (facilitated by Francis Gaspar).
HOW IT WORKSThe drumming will occur on Friday, September 18, 2009 at 7:00PM in every time zone moving from east to west. (Please note - the date will change to Saturday, September 19, as we cross the International Date Line.) Groups will gather in homes, in town squares, city parks, and country fields. Each group will drum for at least one (1) hour so that the next time zone will pick up the beat and our "joyful noise" will roll with the hour around the world. The right size group is you and everyone you can think to invite. This is a grassroots event - you and I are the grass.
To participate:
You don't need a drum. If you have a drum use it. If you have several share them. If you don't have a drum use an empty can, empty 5 Gal. water bottle, or a bucket. Two wooden dowels (rhythm sticks) or handy sticks you might find struck together work very well. Rattles and maracas are also great choices. Use what you have accompanied with the love in your heart and it will be fine.
Drum with reverence. Approach drumming as if you were praying or meditating. Imagine the highest good from your faith or spiritual tradition and let each beat be a physical prayer as you strike your drum. Then listen to the sound as if it has become a bridge between Earth and Heaven to carry your invocation.
Four (4) beats per second. Yes, that is fast. Four beats per second corresponds to the Theta range of human brain activity. When we listen to sound at a steady tempo, the brain synchronizes with the auditory stimulus and we reach a deep, calm, clear state useful in healing and creativity. We will use that state, along with our heart-centered supplication, to help heal the world and create a world we all want to live in through our focused intention.
Be the intention. If you don't feel you can drum for any length of time. You can clap along, tap your toe,or dance to the rhythm while you hold the intention in your mind, propel it with your heart (your heartbeat is a drum too), and contribute your spirit. You will be the intention.
The Intention: We will focus on a non-doctrinaire, non-political, non-religious intention. As we drum we will hold this thought sending it around the planet and beyond on a not so silent pulse. As we celebrate, there are no enemies only those for whom we wish the following.
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http://www.10billionbeats.com/The 10 Billion Beats is supported by Remo, Meinl, Gon Bops, Roland, Feel the Groove International and Lyric.
