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Singing, Music and all other of life's little pleasures
Posted on Aug 13th, 2006
by 
Juan
Juan
I love it.
I love that I love to sing. I love that I still do not have what you would call a tuned voice. Singing is one of the things I do even though people would rather I didnt. Music causes so much joy in my heart that I cannot contain it. And here I get comments on how I dont sing well or how I should not sing as loudly and yet I know the joy that I get from singing and therefore I sing anyways.
Isnt that the point. Know what you love to do and do it. Not for the sake of others but for the sake of doing something that is joyous. Bring celebration into anything you do. And do not worry about the outside appearance. If you dont sing well or whatever it is you enjoy doing - dont worry if you do it well or not. The voice in itself is only an outside manifestation of whats truyly going on within - joy and love. So its not as important as how it comes out but where it comes from. So I love singing and how I sing regardless of others or what I have been told to believe (I had a bad voice). I sing to sing. I sing to love. I sing to be at peace. I sing to experience joy.
Speaking of singing, I found a song on my ITunes I had forgotten I had. Its a beautiful song called No Matter What by Boyzone. And before you think its a superficial song from a superficial boy band remember things are only as superficial as we think we understand them to be. For me it is a beautiful song about love. I had forgotten how much I enjoyed it and I had forgotten it is a song I want to play at my wedding. So lover, where ever on your journey you are on your way to get to me, I dedicate it to you as I sing it now....
The weekend went well. Yesterday I went to the Miami Sea Aquarium. Pictures about the event will be up. I enjoyed it with my friend Carmelo. Its amazing what we humans have done and what the animals of the world have allowed us to do. Incredible that a beautiful mammal like a dolphin or the beautiful killer whales have such a strong connection to us and to their trainers. Think about it. How does a trainer train a dolphin to jump in the air and do two flips. Its not like the trainer can do it and give the dolphin an example of what is wanted from them. And we dont speak the same language. There has to be a deeper connection. A heart to heart language is what allows them to communicate. So if a trainer can convey to a dolphin that he wants it to do a triple flip and fall in the water with as much splash as possible, how come we fail to communicate the simplest things from human to humans? Could it be our language rather then making it easier to communicate allows us the chance to forget how to communicate at the deepest level? Language may really be a divider than a unifier. And I am not even speaking of hateful speech but even the "hello, i hope you are having a great day" can allow us to only put the emphasis on the words rather than the heart connection that should be underneath it.
Today I chose to talk heart to heart. For the coming week I will make a conscious effort when I want to convey something to go into my heart. Once a day at least I will choose not to verbalize something to someone but rather put it into prayer and know that it is through Spirit that it will be conveyed to that person. I trust in this. I trust in Spirit and I trust that the person will be open and receptive to Spirit. Yay! What a wonderful project for me this week.
Lots of love,
Juan
I love that I love to sing. I love that I still do not have what you would call a tuned voice. Singing is one of the things I do even though people would rather I didnt. Music causes so much joy in my heart that I cannot contain it. And here I get comments on how I dont sing well or how I should not sing as loudly and yet I know the joy that I get from singing and therefore I sing anyways.
Isnt that the point. Know what you love to do and do it. Not for the sake of others but for the sake of doing something that is joyous. Bring celebration into anything you do. And do not worry about the outside appearance. If you dont sing well or whatever it is you enjoy doing - dont worry if you do it well or not. The voice in itself is only an outside manifestation of whats truyly going on within - joy and love. So its not as important as how it comes out but where it comes from. So I love singing and how I sing regardless of others or what I have been told to believe (I had a bad voice). I sing to sing. I sing to love. I sing to be at peace. I sing to experience joy.
Speaking of singing, I found a song on my ITunes I had forgotten I had. Its a beautiful song called No Matter What by Boyzone. And before you think its a superficial song from a superficial boy band remember things are only as superficial as we think we understand them to be. For me it is a beautiful song about love. I had forgotten how much I enjoyed it and I had forgotten it is a song I want to play at my wedding. So lover, where ever on your journey you are on your way to get to me, I dedicate it to you as I sing it now....
The weekend went well. Yesterday I went to the Miami Sea Aquarium. Pictures about the event will be up. I enjoyed it with my friend Carmelo. Its amazing what we humans have done and what the animals of the world have allowed us to do. Incredible that a beautiful mammal like a dolphin or the beautiful killer whales have such a strong connection to us and to their trainers. Think about it. How does a trainer train a dolphin to jump in the air and do two flips. Its not like the trainer can do it and give the dolphin an example of what is wanted from them. And we dont speak the same language. There has to be a deeper connection. A heart to heart language is what allows them to communicate. So if a trainer can convey to a dolphin that he wants it to do a triple flip and fall in the water with as much splash as possible, how come we fail to communicate the simplest things from human to humans? Could it be our language rather then making it easier to communicate allows us the chance to forget how to communicate at the deepest level? Language may really be a divider than a unifier. And I am not even speaking of hateful speech but even the "hello, i hope you are having a great day" can allow us to only put the emphasis on the words rather than the heart connection that should be underneath it.
Today I chose to talk heart to heart. For the coming week I will make a conscious effort when I want to convey something to go into my heart. Once a day at least I will choose not to verbalize something to someone but rather put it into prayer and know that it is through Spirit that it will be conveyed to that person. I trust in this. I trust in Spirit and I trust that the person will be open and receptive to Spirit. Yay! What a wonderful project for me this week.
Lots of love,
Juan
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