Today, the morning of the 22nd, I joined a handful of Vashonites for a crystal bowl tuning session at VIA. Apparently the sounds coming from these bowls reflected similar sounding circles all around the world. We played the bowls, holding covered drumstick-like instruments and caressing the sides of white crystal bowls. Sound rose and rose and rose from within the little building. Signs on the mat between us spoke of our intention to send peace and acceptance and good wishes to others all around the room, the island, the area, the nation and the entire world. Candle flames burned within the bowls. Adults and kids alike came to the session. Some stayed. Some left. Perhaps 50 people came through in the entire morning, meditating, humming, tuning, stretching and just breathing. I felt the sound rising up from the bowls, and noticed the meditative peace illuminating the faces of the other participants.
The sound rang in my ears long, long afterward as I walked out into the sunlight of a late December morning on Vashon Island. How good it is to be alive, and to spend a bit of time thinking of others in a conscious space, and to allow that thinking to span far past self and family and even neighborhood and country. Over in the library a bit of the same spirit prevailed, as Vashonites send emails and computer correspondence to their loved ones. My belly rang happily with a gift of pizza and a ham and cheese croissant for my son, plus a little Christmas tree cookie which we shared out in the sunlight. Ah, late December morning, Vashon Island, bells ringing, sleigh bells singing.
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