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May 2009 
An Old Friend Comes Home
Posted on May 19th, 2009
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Mark Jordan
Mark Jordan
I know this is going to sound strange, but last night an old friend came home in a FedEx box. A small Tibetan Singing Bowl, in the note of F (the Heart Chakra), was the last one out of the box. And it immediately became my favorite.
Outwardly, this seems to make no sense. It's a little 5-inch plain bowl. I have beautiful bowl that are 8, 10, and almost 12 inches in diameter, wonderfully inlaid, with deep resonant sounds. But this little plain bowl is the one that makes me smile.
The more I sat with it, even putting this bowl by my bed, I realized that this was an old friend. I have used this bowl before, many times, to calm the noise and to heal. Suddenly it all started to make sense. This is why these bowls are so easy for me, so utterly fascinating, and so compelling.
Intuitively, I have practiced rituals with these bowls since they first came into this lifetime a couple weeks ago. I have cleansed them and filled them with my energy. I have tried to share their beauty with others, even with people I don't know.
My old friend leaps to song when I touch it with the wand. And it reverberates long after I'm done. It gently leads me to listen for the silence when it ends. And it plays at the right level for me at any given moment.
It surprised me. I'm glad I was open to the messages. And to its song.
Namaste
Outwardly, this seems to make no sense. It's a little 5-inch plain bowl. I have beautiful bowl that are 8, 10, and almost 12 inches in diameter, wonderfully inlaid, with deep resonant sounds. But this little plain bowl is the one that makes me smile.
The more I sat with it, even putting this bowl by my bed, I realized that this was an old friend. I have used this bowl before, many times, to calm the noise and to heal. Suddenly it all started to make sense. This is why these bowls are so easy for me, so utterly fascinating, and so compelling.
Intuitively, I have practiced rituals with these bowls since they first came into this lifetime a couple weeks ago. I have cleansed them and filled them with my energy. I have tried to share their beauty with others, even with people I don't know.
My old friend leaps to song when I touch it with the wand. And it reverberates long after I'm done. It gently leads me to listen for the silence when it ends. And it plays at the right level for me at any given moment.
It surprised me. I'm glad I was open to the messages. And to its song.
Namaste
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Very cool…sounds comforting and familiar. Reminds me of how I feel with my frame drum. Great that you're open to your new/old friend and its lovely song.
Enjoy!
Thanks. Good to know I'm not alone in this feeling. The cool thing is that this little bowl could be old enough to be from somewhere in my past.
Very cool feeling/thought. Have you done any sort of past-life regression? Do you know any of your past lives?
Hmmm…I'm getting some blog ideas from this. :)