LIQUID MIND®

Liquid Mind X: Meditation
Music for Relaxation, Meditation and Sleep

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Liquid Mind X: Meditation

Since its inception, Liquid Mind ® has been a reflection of my path from life in a too-fast lane to life on a slower, more sustainable journey. I thought it fitting to focus my tenth "studio" album on the one thing which, more than any other, influenced me to begin my slow music Liquid Mind series: Meditation.

I've found a simple clearing meditation, just counting my breaths, often quickly refreshes and restores me to sanity in our "information overload" world. The peace of mind and perspective I often experience after contemplation helps me more deeply understand the world I live in and my place in it.

I recall a seminal moment in 1987 when I was taken by the producer of ABC-TV's Max Headroom® series to an urgent care clinic while having a panic attack brought on by sleep deprivation from working twenty-hour days, seven days a week on that show. In addition, it was an emotionally challenging period for me, having lost more than fifty friends to the early HIV crisis in a short period of time.

After examining me, the doctor  held up two items, one in each hand: In his left hand was a bottle of anti-anxiety medication, in his right hand was a single sheet of paper on which were written instructions for a simple clearing meditation. I've never forgotten the doctor's words: "Take your choice, Chuck, medication or meditation, they both work about equally well to relax you". I've always thought it interesting that there is only one letter's difference between the spelling of the two words, medication and meditation.

The doctor's instructions were brief: I need only sit in a quiet place, breathe in, and breathe out, silently counting from one to ten with each subsequent breath. So, I began meditating in those early days with five minutes of just sitting and fidgeting, while trying to count my breaths. Though at first I couldn't stop my mind from being hyperactive, my hyperventilated breathing did slow considerably. The vice grip on the back of my neck and head lessened just a bit for a few minutes.

Thinking more might be better, I extended my "breathing" time to fifteen minutes, and then to one hour. I felt the first sensations of deep peace and insight in several years. At that time, my friend (composer, philosopher and inventor) J S Kingfisher suggested I visit a counselor he knew. That counselor challenged me to compose music that represented the way I'd like to feel, similar to what I felt during those interludes of meditational peace and calm. That moment was the birth of the Liquid Mind series.  Since then, Liquid Mind has been the musical representation of my own meditations.

Twenty-five years and twelve albums later, meditation remains an important anchor in my life,  a simple and easy tool that helps me retain balance and equanimity in my life.


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Track list

1. In Fields of Peace
2. Meditation
3. In the Silence of My Soul
4. When Time Slows
5. Soft Focus
6. The Joy of Quiet
8:06
10:05
14:09
12:24
7:25
8:47

Total Time 61:00


Review

December 13, 2012: Amazon Customer Review
by PMFPS

5-star rating

Spellbound!

As the title of this review states, I am absolutely spellbound by this guy's music!! I recently contacted him via the Liquid Mind website and am pleased beyond words to report that he actually answered me back! In my message of letting Chuck Wild (he *is* Liquid Mind) know how much I love his music, I also requested an autograph from him for my office here at home. Today, I received an autographed booklet to his "Meditation" CD and am still in shock that he actually took the time to do this for a fan. Chuck's music - on each LM release - immediately soothes and relaxes the senses in the most positive way possible ... whether or not those senses are stressed out due to workload or simply the everyday occurences that go on around us. Believe me, folks, if you want that baby to go to sleep ... PUT ON THIS MUSIC!! Chuck has even gone so far as to say that if anyone tells him his music puts them to sleep, he considers that a compliment to what he's trying to achieve through it. (You go, Chuck!!!) I've turned quite a few people on to Liquid Mind and will continue to do so as long as Chuck / LM keeps recording and releasing it. It is all simply amazing the effect it has on me as well as others who have experienced it. So do yourselves a favor, people ... BUY LIQUID MIND RELEASES!! You'll thank me later for this, trust me. :-)