Songs and images coming to mind, on the seventh day of Shaktipat

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Well today (oops..now it's yesterday- I just realized I'm writing at 2:40 a.m.

LOL)

Anyway, all day long I was hearing songs in my head. They are the songs I used

to sing with the charismatic prayer group to which I belonged years ago.

 

I was hearing Mercy Is Falling, which goes like this:

Mer-cy is fall-ing is fall-ing is fall-ing.

Mer-cy- it falls like the sweet spring rain.

Mer-cy is fall-ing is fall-ing all o- ver me.

-repeat-

O-o-oh..sweet rai-ain...fall-ing down on me.

Mer-cy is fall-ing is falling is fall-ing.

Mer-cy it falls like the sweet spring rain.

Mer-cy is fall-ing is fall-ing all o-ver me.

Hey-O I receive your mer-cy! Hey-O I receive your grace!

Hey-O I will dance for e-ver more.

 

Then I was hearing a few others. I couldn't get them out of my mind.

I had to have that charismatic singing again..but the prayer group broke up

years ago, and I don't know of another close by. I tried to meditate on the

crown chakra, and I was successful, but it took work on my part. I had a hard

time focussing. My mouth would open seemingly on its own, and although my mind

was trying to focus on the chakra breathing and crown chakra meditation..my

voicebox kept singing- just out of nowhere, there would come another song.

I finished my meditation(I was out on the porch), and when I looked up- I saw in

my mind's eye..a tree full of angels. They were small and hanging upsidedown

like bats, but they were angels. When I looked with my full consciousness, I saw

the tree with brown leaves dangling where the angels had been. I envisioned the

brown leaves as cacoons holding little angels inside. It was interesting.Maybe

it's suposed to symbolize rebirth. Songs kept coming to my mind, and something

told me to look through my drawer of old tapes.

I figured I was going to look for something similar, that would wind up leaving

me dissapointed, because what I really wanted was that song Mercy is falling!

Well..I went into my room and opened up that drawer...and guess what?!!..THERE

IT WAS!!!

I had tapes from a charismatic conference I attended (years ago)with that prayer

group- at Fransiscan University in Stubbenville Ohio. I looked at them one by

one thinking " Well, what will I do? " Low and behold, one of the tapes had Mercy

is Falling. Another had Shine Jesus Shine, and Holy Spirit (which I LOVE!!!) It

goes like this:

Holy spir-ir-it (echo)-holy spir-ir-it---

Come with you fire.

Holy spir-ir-it (echo)-holy spir-ir-it--

come with your fire.

Holy spirit co-ome with your fire.

Holy spirit co-ome with you fi-i-ire.

Come holy spi-ir-it..set my life on fire! Come Holy Spir-ir-it ..set my life on

fire.

Set my life on fi-i-ire! set my life on fire!

 

Then it goes on to holy spirit purify my heart.

Then there's another verse, but I can't remember it from the songbook, but I

think it basically means reshape my mind..my will..conform it to yours.

It's a really great song, and totally appropriate for K!!!

While looking through my selection of tapes, I found one of Rebecca Saint James.

One of her songs is so beautiful. The music reminds me of that group Enigma, and

it is basically a blessing prayer made into a song. The verse that repeats goes:

May the grace of our Lord be with you...now and always, may you

stay--blameless..till he comes. May the love of our Lord be with you..now and

always, may you stay---blameless..till he comes. Some of the words of another

song by her are- You say if I will come, I will pray to you. You hear me..you

hear me when I pray. Melt me away till only you remain.

All of these things jimped out at me, seemingly screaming for my attention.

 

The funny thing is..I've been asking myself for the past few days, how I will

change my music selection to accomodate K. I also asked God to help mold me,

where molding is needed. I didn't want to fall back to my old ways of listening

to music that sets me free emotionally, but leaves me feeling hurt or like there

is nothing beyond what ever I am going through at the moment..nothing beyond

this world. I was hoping I could grow to like some music that will nurture K,

and I received my answer!

It was right there waiting for me all along, and I already know it and like it,

I'd simply forgotten about it.

Love,

Tara

 

 

 

 

 

 

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