I sing in a chorus, started and directed by a professional singer, that requires no auditions. Anyone can come and sing. Its mission is twofold: to allow anyone to experience the pleasure of singing as part of a group, and to heal the community through singing.
I hope the community is healed, but I certainly am sure that I have been. The joy of participating in this group for the past several years has been tremendous. I have learned a great deal and for sure have stretched my musical limits and capacities. Joining my voice with those of others to produce (at best) a beautiful sound brings me into contact with both the ineffable and the tangible. Those waves of sound carry us beyond ourselves and also back to our own heart centers. The feeling is one of losing and of finding oneself at the same time. For me it approaches what people seem to mean when they describe something as sacred.
May the blessing of this music enable my light to shine a little brighter in times of darkness.
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