These are magical moments, brief segments of time during which you are transported beyond the limits of your body into the much larger, universal world of rhythm and movement.
In reality, when you respond to a piece of music, nothing actually changes in the world around you. Do you respond to a happy tune with a smile because that song somehow fixed all your problems? Of course not, your life condition remains the same, with or without the song. But something did change something within your brain—that allowed your perspective on life to change as well.
Did you know that I am a musician? I have not received training in the usual way, but I often play instruments during my lectures, including flutes, ocarinas, gongs, chimes, and other sorts of folk instruments.
