Now, more than ever, we need integrating sound and music experiences to awaken the connection to our hearts and spirits, as well as to the one great heart and spirit that unifies us all. When we engage in deep listening, we can connect to the power of sound itself, which is essentially made up of the common denominator of the Universe—vibrations. When we align our awareness to the level of vibrations—especially those infused with an intention to support healing, gratefulness, and life itself—we align to the connective tissue of life that unifies us to love, because love is the vibrational frequency that the unitary field is made of. Every spiritual tradition on the planet believes in this.

While we all need to learn how to be able to work things out on the level of personality to learn about kindness, respect, and social intelligence, the bottom line is that we’re only separate from one another from the perspective of the personality. What’s remarkable about engaging in music is that when we start creating, making or listening to music together, it becomes obvious that we are all connected. When I engage in the experience of making or sharing music, I am connecting to the unitary field of consciousness where love is the common denominator, the vibrational frequency underlying all things.

When you use life-affirming music to awaken your awareness with a loving and healing intention, you are literally aligning yourself on a molecular level with the vibrational equivalent of love. Using the power of music and sound as one of the world’s most potent carriers of intention, music becomes an accelerated modality to step into the oneness of the loving universe. That’s what is meant when the Bible says “In the beginning was the Word.” In the beginning was the vibration. In the beginning was the Big Bang. In the beginning was that first sound and that sound is comprised of the unifying field of love.

One of the most powerful byproducts of music is the capacity to radically bring us into the present moment unlike any other art form. In these times of constant digital distractions and incessant busyness and multitasking, learning how to truly reside in the present moment could very well be the greatest gift that music can offer us today. That’s why music is perhaps the most powerful integrative modality for our time.

When we tap into the full use of vibrational expression through sound, music and images, we can tune, deepen, and align ourselves as the multi-dimensional beings we are, capable of experiencing the multiple languages of the heart, body, mind, spirit, and soul, which often comes in these other ‘languages’ like music, poetry, and media. When this occurs, we all become blessings to one another as embodiments and articulators of love. The more we share and embody this information, we can start shifting our interests focused on entertainment, towards being focused on the world of “Inner-tainment.” We’ve only scratched the surface of what’s possible for the world of sound and music when using it to remind us how unified we are. There’s no limit to how it can deliver this unifying experience as individuals or as a culture.

In order to align with this limitless experience of love, I would suggest that you step into these courageous questions: What makes your heart sing? What brings you joy? What are you passionate about? What are you inspired by? What is your life purpose? Who do you love?

When we choose our life experiences based on what brings us joy, we demonstrate that when we can draw upon that which touches, moves and inspires us, everything often moves in the direction of flow, ease, and connection. When music is part of the picture, this experience is exponentially multiplied.