Good Vibrations

Totally out of my comfort zone. That's what I did about three months ago. I participated in something totally outside of my comfort zone.

While I have a very ecumenical background and have even meditated before (how I came to do that is a completely  different story), I never sat in a circle with people and chanted the word "OM" for any length of time, let alone 45 minutes. But I believe it is important to step outside of our comfort zone as it is one of the ways we learn and grow.

Before the chanting began, a man spoke. I really enjoyed listening to his teaching. Having grown up attending church every Sunday, I was exposed to weekly teaching/preaching. I learned to discern who was solid about what they were saying and who was just talking. This teacher seemed like the real deal which always makes listening easier.


Once the session started, I thought, "I have no idea how to "do" this but if what the teacher said is true, there really shouldn't be any "right" or "wrong" way for me to do this. I will chant and sit as I've been instructed and do my best not to "get in the way" of whatever happens during this session. Therefore, I sat comfortably, didn't worry about what note my chant was or whether or not it was "in tune" with anyone else.  Then I spent most of the time staring at the jeans of the woman sitting in front of me.


As I stared at the jeans of the woman in front of me, several images came into my mind. I speculated that perhaps this was an indication that I was thinking too much. So, I just stopped thinking, as best I could, anyway. I started to just listen.


I could hear and even feel vibrations. I noticed that there were times when we all seemed to be "in tune" with each and other times I actually heard harmonies. I found this delightful. I have heard that can happen. Sitting in a room and listening to the way things changed tonally over the course of 45 minutes... it was beautiful, lovely and... good.


On that NOTE (pun in tended)... this is a pretty cool thing to watch. 


For me, this demonstrates how important it is to be mindful about who and what we allow to surround us. Eventually, we end up becoming more like the things and/or people around us. These metronomes demonstrate this phenomenon. Ask any woman old enough to have her menstrual cycle and she will probably be able to share examples of how she eventually came to share the same menstrual cycle as the other women with whom she lived or even worked.

A few days after my participation in this OM Healing session, people were killed and injured in the Boston Marathon bombings. Those bombs sent off vibrations that impacted all of us, to varying degrees. 

Throughout that week, I remembered things the OM Healing teacher had said. Love is what is between us. We plug into it or we don't. We practice it and live it out or we don't. I was sad, angry, overwhelmed and at times scared. But then...  there was so much love all of us in Boston had shown each other and the nation and the world in the ways we lifted each other up. There are amazing stories of courage, sacrifice, heroism and love. 

Like the metronomes, menstrual cycles and marathon bombings, we influence those around us. 

What synchrony are you achieving right now? What is influencing you and who are you becoming?