To Linda and all family about singing

[Guest guest]

Namaste: Sing, sing, sing your heart out. Who cares how you sound.

I am not very good at all, yet I sing in the Mandir chorus and have a

great time. Anyway, as Maa tells us, it is not about the " sound " , but

the " heart " behind the sound which makes all the difference. I am

certain that your heart is full of love and that will flow out of you

like a great river.

Maa teaches that singing is a great sadhana because it opens the

heart. So sing, sing, sing, and sing some more, and whatever troubles

the body will be forgotten as you sing.

And afterwards, as you float on the joy from singing, your body will

feel the energy and light which comes from a full heart.

Yes, music is a gift from God, so we give back whatever we are capable

of, and with a full heart, be thankful for the chance to spread the joy.

 

Hope you can join us and sing along 6PM Pacific time Christmas eve on

the web camera. It will be a great time.

 

Jai Ma Jai Swami

 

Merry Christmas

 

Vishweshwar

 

 

 

 

, nierika wrote:

>

>

> Dear vish ~ this makes yet another " message " to me about my

creativity.

> Since " loosing " my voice several years ago (ENT said it was due to my

> Fibromyalgis), I have had so much loss and sadness that I can no

longer sing and perform

> my (original) music anymore. This has been huge to me because I felt

that my

> music was/is a gift from God, and that whenever I sang, whether

publicly

> during a performance, in a group, or in my home while practicing, I

was singing

> God's praises. I have picked my guitar only once in the past year

and more,

> and I could barely lift it.

>

> Your post, like srini's, gives me a wonderful message to not give

up. Even

> if I sound like a frog, will God love the gift of me singing the

songs that

> (S)He has inspired me to create. I think the Goddess srini spoke of

would want

> me to sing. Would Maa want me to sing? The part about Maa suggesting to

> everyone to open their throats brought tears to my eyes. So I will

begin again, if

> only singing for God/dess alone; it was always about God/dess in

any case and

> needs no other audience. Thank you vish. Jai Maa !!! Jai Swamiji !!!

> ~ Linda P. S. where on the website are the Christmas songs (or

where will

> they be)? Also, does anyone know if the Devi Mandir Songbook will

ever be put

> back for sale in the bookstore? It was there for awhile, and then it

was gone.

>

>

>

> vish wrote:

>

> We had a blast singing the

> Christmas songs. On Saturday night they were recorded and I think

> they are posted on the Mandir web site. If not, they will be soon.

> Maa wrote 2 new songs for this Christmas, and they are very beautiful.

> It is amazing to work with Maa as she constructs and edits a song,

> then leads us through the practice until we " get it " .

> Music is a universal shakti transmitter. Whether we sing in Bengali,

> Sanskrit, or English, the songs make everyone high. Maa laughs and

> jokes and pushes us to sing beyond ourselves, to " open our voices " , as

> she puts it.

> When we get to the point that we are all singing as one soul, Maa is

> overjoyed, and at the end of each song, she thanks us.

> I hope you all can join us Christmas eve and you will really feel the

> joy which comes through us all.

>

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