Tonight’s global sing-along went really well. It was clearly meeting a need for many people…including me!
Later I was reflecting on how “healing” this music is. And I realized I should add “for me” at the end of that sentence. Because, in truth, there are many varieties of “healing music”; I’ve experienced that myself more than once.
But the music of Ananda — Swami Kriyananda’s music — is, for me, the ultimate healing music. Jeannie put it beautifully when she gave a class recently. I don’t recall her exact words, but she described how…out of all the possible sound vibrations… Yogananda, and then Swami, gave us the gift of music that is perfectly calibrated to Master’s ray, perfectly attuned to Swami and Ananda…and the creation of spiritual community.
So it’s not that I don’t appreciate and value “other” music. As a lifelong musician, I have been exposed to, and truly like, an extremely wide range of music (I think many of my current friends would be surprised if they knew).😎
It’s like Swamiji’s analogy about the futility of trying to decide who’s got the best mother: it’s not something you can weigh dispassionately — your mother is your mother. Of course you love her best. Same with your Guru; other people’s gurus are perfect for them, but your Guru is your Guru. Of course you love him best!
And that’s how it is for me with Ananda Music. It’s my music, in the sense of being my dharma and very possibly my surest path to God. Of course I love it best!