Amazing Grace

I adore “Amazing Grace” and have used it over the years as a comfort, a release for emotion, as a lullaby for my babies. This and “Rock of Ages” have long been melodies that I depend on when I feel a hum coming on; ever since childhood when my mother would sing them.  She had a very tense life, becoming a mom at eighteen, three kids by 24 and living through tough times for years.  She overcame her trials, including agoraphobia and undiagnosed lupus (long called a hypochondriac) and a lack of education.  She took the GED classes and test when I was in 7th grade and progressed from there on to a Bachelor’s in English Literature (all classes taken while we were in school – never left home alone) and became a high school teacher. These songs got her through as, I am sure, they have many, many of those whose souls are exposed to negative energy.

A client and new friend, thank you Crystal, has sent this video link to me and I was pleasantly surprised that she would think of me in this regard. We have not discussed music before now.

The pentatonic scale is a scale of five tones used in African, Far Eastern, and Native American music.  A thought just flew in…humming sounds, the om’s and hu’s used for meditation, actually massages the thymus and thyroid glands. This is relaxing. I wonder what role the pentatonic scale plays in the notes that we each choose for our healing humming?  There’s a power in the stride between them and a fulfillment in the feel of five notes.

Isn’t it amazing – the grace we receive when it is most needed? Something as simple as a melody raises our spirits and relieves our souls; allowing us to feel love and comfort; bringing us closer to creator God who is truly within us.