One Song at a Time:A Healing Service
“In the beginning was Sound, and the sound was with God and the sound was God… All things were made by Sound, In Sound was life; and the life was light of men.”
But in the original Greek text, legos meant not only, “Word” it also meant sound or vibration. For me, it makes more sense that in the beginning there was a vibration. In fact, the creation stories that begin the western traditions of Judaism, Islam, and Christianity all imply an “a priori”, a movement or vibration.
In essence, every Thing is a made of vibration.
Today we’re going to be talking about vibration in the form of music and its ability to heal us both physically and spiritually. Without a doubt, music has a profound impact on our lives, and as you saw in the quotes this morning, music is being used all over the world in very unique ways, as a means to decrease stress and improve quality of life for all living creatures.
You would think, being a musician, I would have no difficulty preparing a talk on the healing nature of music. But in fact, my life is so intertwined with music, and I am so fascinated by the subject, I found it difficult to focus on what I thought were the most important elements to address today. Finally, I remembered that all I needed to do was tell my story. After all, that’s what we do here at Journeys, we share our stories, and I do have stories of both physical and spiritual healing through music to share.
