Next Drumming From The Heart Kootenay Community Drum Circle:
Tonight Tuesday Evening February 12th, 2008:
@ Nelson North Shore Hall
@ 7:15pm/8:45pm, $7.00
@ 675 Whitmore Road
@ Nelson BC Canada.
Greetings Drummers,
I have some real key issues on my mind today. Like what’s important in life? Money – nope. Fame – nope. Security – nope. Possessions – nope. What’s really important in life is CONNECTIONS. Connections with loved ones, family, friends, community members, the general public, and yourself. We are social creatures. We love to be loved and paid attention to. We love to pay attention to others and find out what’s going with them. We want people to know what’s going on with us. We want to share our hopes, dreams, failures and accomplishments. We want to share our experiences. That is what is most important in life. Those are the kind of “things” you can take to the grave with you and that others will remember about you after you’re gone. You can’t take a U-Haul to grave so forget about possessions, money, status, fame, and all that. None of those can enrich your life like relationships can. What is important is how we evolve through relationship.
Real relationship is a mirror - through relationships you learn about yourself. The relationship you have with yourself is the most important relationship of all. Are you a good friend to yourself? Do you love yourself? Can you look deep into your eyes in the mirror and say “I Love You” and really mean it? If not – why not? How do you expect to love others if you cannot love yourself? You are your original first relationship.
This is why the world appears to be in turmoil in so many ways – because people do not love themselves and therefore are not successful in attempting to love others. I don’t mean loving yourself in a selfish greedy gloating kind of way. I mean loving yourself so that you take care of yourself on all levels – physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. Do you have compassion for yourself when you are hurting or fail? Do you appreciate yourself and your many talents? Do you take care of your body and give it proper nutrition, exercise, sleep, and not pump it full of drugs and alcohol? Do you understand basically who you are? Do you know why you do the things you do? If you were going to marry someone wouldn’t you want to know all these things about them before you did?
That is why the first relationship with yourself is so important. How you treat yourself is the benchmark for how you treat others. It’s important to love yourself in an unconditional manner. This is also how true love works between lovers – you don’t possess your lover – you love them unconditionally in a non-co-dependent manner.
The famous poet Nathaniel Hawthorne summed it all up very beautifully:
Love is as a butterfly
Which when pursued
Is always just beyond your reach
But which if you will sit down quietly
May alight upon you.
You can’t grasp at loving yourself or others. True acceptance of yourself means loving all aspects of yourself including those parts of yourself that are hard to love like judgment, jealousy, anger, hate, arrogance, laziness, envy, greed, and so on. Real love does not place conditions on the love – like I will love you if you ______________ (fill in the blank with any verb or action). Real love does not imprison or possess another person like a trophy on the mantelpiece. You cannot love something just by owning it. Real love goes much further than that by letting the person you love live life as they want to live.
The same goes for loving yourself. Let yourself be who you are. Don’t get down on yourself because you can’t control your emotions or do some things successfully like other people can. Have understanding for yourself. Work on what you can change and forget about what you can’t change. Do something about the things that bother you, or walk away, or accept them – those are the only three choices you have concerning yourself, others, or any situation you encounter.
A drum circle is a fantastic place to practice all of the above. You practice loving yourself and others by listening and appreciating all the rhythms, sounds, skills, and personal preferences of each participant including yourself. You provide valuable input and be an important integral part of a community event that celebrates our individualness and our oneness at the same time. You listen to magical music created in the moment by yourself and your community friends – sharing the song. You create new friendships with people you meet at the drum circle. You practice acceptance by appreciating the musical and personal differences of each participant whether you like what they are doing or not. You find out more about yourself and how you interact with others listening to your “beat” as it mixes with the “beats” of others in the circle. You share your in the moment creativity with others and hear their creative inputs that create ONE whole creative entity of which you are an integral part. You celebrate community unity and heart. You learn love.
Love is not such a hard thing to do if you but only allow yourself the grace to allow it to come into your heart and smile as you give it back to the world.
Namaste
Kim
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Interesting links:
http://www.consciousmedianetwork.com/home.htm - A very excellent “conscious” media website.
http://www.dailyom.com/ - Inspirational relaxing website for nurturing your body and soul.
http://www.healingmusic.org/default.asp - Informative website on all kinds of healing music.
http://www.theresonanceproject.org/ - Carrying on where Einstein left off – incredible cutting edge scientific/spiritual information.
http://www.spiritofmaat.com/ - Excellent website discussing new age spirituality, human potential, and new science.
http://rhythmweb.com/circle/index.html - All about drum circles at the Rhythm Web.
http://drumbum.com/lessons/ - An incredibly diverse website with free drum lessons and instruction.
http://www.empire-music.com/Canada/English/ - Excellent online Canadian music/drum store.
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Thank you Esteemed Drumming Ones.
Peace and Synchronistic Rhythm to all.
See you soon Drumming From The Heart!
Namaste,
Kim Massé
Facilitator,
Drumming From The Heart
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DFTH Drum Circle Calendar 2008:
North Shore Hall - 675 Whitmore Road - Nelson - Tuesday evening 7:15pm - 8:45pm
Cost = $7.00 – or one Drum Dollar($5.00) – ask about them!
Feb.12th On Schedule
Feb.19th On Schedule – Lunar Eclipse Celebration
Feb.26th On Schedule
"Drumming From The Heart" public community drum circles are facilitated drum circles.
All ages are welcome. Absolutely no drumming experience required. If you own a drum please bring it, I have a limited number of drums I can supply. Any and all percussion instruments are also welcome, e.g. wood blocks, bells, tambourines, shakers, flutes, whistles, etc.. Remember - all you need is an open mind and an open heart. I encourage you to forward to this email to others or invite friends who you think may be interested in attending this community drum circle - the more the merrier! Drumming in your community is a wonderful healing process that strengthens and heals you, the community, and Mother Earth!
Thank You!
Kim Massé
Facilitator
Drumming From The Heart
2839 Lower Six Mile Road
Nelson BC V1L 6L6
Phone 250-825-4539
Cell 250-505-2684
Email kimmasse@shaw.ca
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