Lucky recently spoke with More Than Sound about how his practice inspires and influences his creative projects.

In 2005 I was a part of a recording project in Burma. The goal of the trip was to document older monks, nuns, and lay people describing their meditation experiences. We called this The Wisdom Preservation Project. The vast majority of those recordings were in Burmese and have yet to be translated. Happily, we were able to record many jewels of wisdom for posterity before the these elder practitioners passed on (some of them have already).

Throughout this trip we stayed in monasteries and retreat centers and so I had the good fortune to record some young nuns as they were studying their lessons. Chanting is used as a memorization technique. Part of the training of Theravadan monks and nuns includes not dancing, singing, or making/listening to music or any kind of entertainment show.  So, while they don’t think of this chanting as music, there is voice and rhythm.  Though this is a more traditional Buddhist context than Dhamma Gita, they are both young people are using sound and Dhamma together. Here are the nuns and their chanting:

Section 5 – Social Connectivity in Preparedness Training

Leonard Marcus asks in the beginning of this podcast: “How do we get different groups of people to work together?” Once a group of people has learned to work as a unit by going through the processes outlined earlier, how does this group make sure that it will be able to reliably function when asked to work together with other groups of people with with distinct personalities, perspectives and methodologies?

Section 4 – Risk, Uncertainty and Experience

In the last decade, the public health profession has often been called on to prepare for unprecedented emergency events. As public health officials face off against global pandemics and the threat of chemical/biological weapons, the unpredictable nature of the emergency becomes a grave concern. And to compound this problem, the brain responds to uncertainty in the same way as it responds to a known danger.

In these new and ever-changing times, what’s the best way for an emergency worker to prepare for the unprecedented event?

Section 3: Getting and Staying “In The Zone”

In this section, Goleman discusses new neurological evidence that suggests that humans are more receptive to emotional signals than was previously believed. Therefore, it is very important for leaders to set an emotional tone that will serve each phase of the crisis management. Whatever the emotional tone is at the top, that tends to ripple down through the levels of command. What you as a leader have done (or not done) to establish chemistry within the group, will determine the functionality of the group when there are high stakes.