Dude...My Hands

Have you ever experienced a magical journey that can only explained by weightlessness, euphoria, detachment from the physical and drifting into the metaphysical. You know what I'm talkin' 'bout. That's right, gettin' high. High on music of course, totally not drug related. *Ahem*.

When I get the chance to, I go in my room, shut off all the lights and doors, close my eyes and turn on my music. More often than not, I crave the blues or a slow, sexy rock groove when I'm in this mood. I'll make a little playlist beforehand, and the last time I did this, the songs in my playlist were as follows: 1. Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V) - Pink Floyd.  2. Alchemy (Live at Rockpalast) - Philip Sayce.  3. Beautifully Broken/When Doves Cry - Gov't Mule.  4. Since I've Been Loving You - Led Zeppelin.  and 5. Porcelain - Red Hot Chili Peppers.  I usually start off with Shine On You Crazy Diamond because it starts off slow and spacey, to get me in the right state of mind, and then everything else kicks in and it's this wonderful, and huge song until it calms back down at the end of the sax solo and gets all spacey again. Alchemy is one of the greatest instrumentals I've ever heard. The first time I heard this was live at their concert and I'm really happy I was sitting down. As soon as the first note hit, my eyes instinctively shut in the dark room. My body began to sway with each passing note and I was seeing deep tones of blue and swirls of black; pretty much my ideal colors to see in a song. When the song reached its climax, my eyes released their woeful hostages and I felt as if the music was all around me and running through my veins. This was one of the best musical highs I've ever had. I got a chance to talk with the trio after the show was over and got to express what that song made me feel. They were so happy that I got that feeling from the music, such down to earth guys. Beautifully Broken offers me almost the same escape. Warren Haynes on guitar is like my Buddha. He knows exactly what to play and when, with extremely melodic solos that could rock anybody. Same with Since I've Been Loving You. The guitar tones soar through my being and force me to move and groove and form that tender unity with the music. Sometimes I loop these songs and when I'm ready to come back to reality, I break with Porcelain. Soft and soothing, it brings me back and I'm calm. And that is really how I meditate. I've tried meditating in silence, and sometimes I can reach the state of actual meditation, but I so much more prefer my way of doing it.