Bob “Birdman” Price

@drbirdmanbob.bsky.social

2844 Followers 15482 Following

Musician who plays woodwinds including clarinet and shakuhachi…improvises new music, Indian music, bird song, etc. Citizen of the Tsalagiyi Nvdagi.

I was Baptized as a Baptist Christian, but am a practicing Universalist Christian because I was also raised as a Freemason. I'm a 32nd degree Scottish Rite Freemason and a Past Master of my lodge.
I am also a Knight of Purity of the Inayat Order (Inayatiyya) of Sufis.
I'm known as Mandeep (Light of the Mind) Singh among my Sikh friends, but when I was initiated in Yoga/Vedanta through the Bihar School of Yoga, my name was/is Atmadhvani (Soul Sound) Saraswati.
I became a Komuso through my study and practice of the shakuhachi and my name is 鳴童 Meidō (Birdsong Child).
I am also a citizen of the Tsalagiyi Nvdagi (Texas Cherokee) where my name is ᏥᏍᏆ ᎠᏍᎦᏯ Tsisqua Askaya (Birdman).
I see no conflicts or contradictions in studying and following the principal teachings of Universal Christianity, Freemasonry, Sufism, Sikhism, Vedanta, Zen Buddhism or my tribe as well as the universal teachings of the intertribal Keetoowah Society.
If these can coexist in me, they can coexist in the world.