GLOBAL DRUMMING CIRCLE WITH DAVID DI LULLO

I ATTENDED THE DRUM CIRCLE LAST SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING. DAVID DILULLO WAS OUR LEADER AND ABOUT 70 OF US GRABBED A DRUM AND BEGAN DRUMMING IN A CIRCLE. AFTER ABOUT 5 MINUTES HE DIRECTED US TO CALM DOWN AND USED A BELL AND A DRUM STICK TO TEACH US HOW TO USE VARIOUS TYPES OF RHYTHMS. WE CONTINUED TO FOLLOW HIS TAPPING INSTRUCTIONS PRODUCING DIFFERENT RHYTHMS. WE SPENT SOME QUIET TIME LISTENING TO HIS MESSAGE ABOUT THE SPIRITUALITY OF OUR CIRCLE AND HOW DRUMMING HEALS OUR INNER CONSCIOUSNESS. HE TAPPED ON A LARGE CHINESE GONG THAT MADE ECHOING SOUNDS THAT RESONATED IN US. HE ASKED US TO PRAY FOR SOMEONE WHO IS LIVING OR SOMEONE WHO HAD DIED.

HE SPOKE ABOUT THE HISTORY OF DRUMMING AND TOLD US ABOUT ALL THE TYPES OF DRUMS THAT PEOPLE WERE USING. THE VOICE WAS THE FIRST INSTRUMENT TO INDIGENOUS PEOPLE, THEN THE DRUM, THEN THE FLUTE. THERE WAS A FLUTIST THERE AS WELL. AT ONE POINT WE SENT OUR NEGATIVITY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH. HE HAS COLLECTED ABOUT 100 DRUMS AND MANY PEOPLE BROUGHT THEIR OWN.

DAVID IS A PERCUSSIONIST AND IS THE MUSIC DIRECTOR OF THE SAN JOSE CENTER FOR SPIRITUAL LIVING. THE DRUMMING IS A WAY TO REDUCE STRESS, TO RELAX, AND TO INCREASE INNER AWARENESS. HE HAS 2000 PARTICIPANTS PER YEAR IN GLOBAL DRUM CIRCLES. HE HAS HAD 2000 PARTICIPANTS IN GLOBAL DRUM CIRCLES. HE WORKS WITH STOKE PATIENTS AND BRAIN INJURY PATIENTS. THEY FORM COMMUNITIES OF HEALING TO ENGAGE THEIR SPIRIT. SHAMANS USE DRUMS TO HEAL PEOPLE IN THEIR CEREMONIES BY TAKING THEM INTO A TRANCE. HISTORICALLY THEY WERE USED FOR RITES OF PASSAGE. TODAY PEOPLE GATHER IN CIRCLES AS IF THEY WERE IN AFRICA GATHERING AROUND A FIRE. SHAMANS CALL DRUMS THE CANOE THAT CARRIES YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS TO A SPIRITUAL STATE. STA