"What Is"
Sunday/August/2009 05:13 PM Filed in: Music
What Is
(Macrina Wiederkehr, Velma Frye)
"I stand before what is with an open heart and dwell in possibility."
Sometimes I have to take in this lyric in small bites. I sing the first word of the song, pause and ponder, then repeat. Then I sing the first two words, standing, inviting the whole body to participate, and repeat. And so on, to the end of the phrase:
I (the larger self, beyond just the ego)
I stand (with strength, not crawling away, grounded)
I stand before (safely at the edge of)
I stand before what is (awareness in the present moment, acceptance)
I stand before what is with an open heart (feel it)
I stand before what is with an open heart and dwell in possibility (listen to intuition).
This way of singing lets the song go deep inside. Sometimes when I most need to remember this wisdom, the tune starts playing in my head, and then I notice what the words are, and that reminds me to stand before what is with an open heart and dwell in possibility.
And that can make all the difference.
"I stand before what is with an open heart and dwell in possibility."
Sometimes I have to take in this lyric in small bites. I sing the first word of the song, pause and ponder, then repeat. Then I sing the first two words, standing, inviting the whole body to participate, and repeat. And so on, to the end of the phrase:
I (the larger self, beyond just the ego)
I stand (with strength, not crawling away, grounded)
I stand before (safely at the edge of)
I stand before what is (awareness in the present moment, acceptance)
I stand before what is with an open heart (feel it)
I stand before what is with an open heart and dwell in possibility (listen to intuition).
This way of singing lets the song go deep inside. Sometimes when I most need to remember this wisdom, the tune starts playing in my head, and then I notice what the words are, and that reminds me to stand before what is with an open heart and dwell in possibility.
And that can make all the difference.