Hello all

I have just re-joined Music and Psyche having been a member a few years ago. One
of the
reasons I left is quite complex and came from a place in me where I did not feel
able to
function in the group. I left because I felt it was an organisation
predominantly in the head
rather the heart. Coming from words of the mind rather than the Spirit within
working
through flesh, bones and blood. I realise this was all part of my own personal
journey and
i have come back to renew my connection in a different way.

I resonate with the things written by Alexander for this was/is surely my
experience. It IS
beyond words, indeed it is and yet, given this forum, how do we meet in this
space of the
felt sense without these words?

I don't know. Food for thought or dare I say feeling.....

Namaste
Flick



--- In MusicPsyche@yahoogroups.com, Alexander Massey <amassey@...> wrote:
>
> Max wrote: "How come we never use this group to discuss anything anymore?
> It's just become a space where people announce events. Is it worth keeping
> open?"
>
> Fair question. Having just posted some event information, I would like to
> respond.
>
> I suppose email is considered to be primarily a verbal medium, and
> discussion groups are set up, presumably, to discuss. However, my interest
> in the relationship between music and psyche is also to get beyond words -
> into intention, energy, relationship to and expression of the Source.
>
> In Kabbalah terms, there are many levels of creation that happen before
> words or even audible sounds take place. There are the worlds of pure will
> (Adam Kadmon), nearness (Atzilut) to the Source before Source and other/idea
> are even differentiated, creation (Beriyah) where the sparks of
> inspiration/wisdom/understanding initiate, and formation (Yetzirah) where
> these stirrings begin to take shape as idea/structure/concept/feeling; all
> these precede articulation or the physical artefact.
>
> I suspect that those of us writing and performing would like people to
> engage not just with our artefacts, but also the spirit behind them, the
> voice within the voice, or the silence within the voice within the voice.
> How are we to let each other know what work we are doing? Who should we
> tell? How do we initiate, to encourage people to come forward and engage /
> dialogue with our music and spirits?
>
> Could the M&P discussion group provide such a forum? I hope so. I hope that
> by informing members here of what we are doing, there will be a response, an
> engagement with our work, so that others can tell us what our work means to
> them. I-Thou.
>
> For me, there is a level where an audience is simply not relevant. My
> engagement with the principles and the energies of the kabbalistic system
> are a deeply personal, private, intimate process. And the journey into it
> through sound energy and music is mine alone; through the project, I have
> also deepened my relationship to Philip, how I experience the Source, sound,
> myself etc. And there is another level where it is about relationship to a
> wider audience. What does our music and the meditational process offer
> others. We will only know that by sharing it with others.
>
> Max, thanks for the challenge!
>
> All the best, Alexander
>
> http://www.kabbalahmusicmeditation.com
>