The Journey Within….the Gateway Through Harp Music.
Recently I was invited to a Women’s Gathering where they partook in the process of meeting together, honouring a space in which they as women were strong enough to engage in their own healing journey supported by group energy and a Harp played in a therapeutic mode by myself.
Some experienced a deeper letting go of the mind, instead of being part of the mind chatter unable to step away from that space, the music allowed them to move into a place of observance. Therefore bringing about a more relaxed state of being, and maybe the first’s steps to experiencing a new awareness…. the gap between the thoughts. Perhaps a new ability to invite the observer to sit on one’s shoulder a little detached…like looking in on oneself…..a freedom from judgement….just an observer allowing space for change.
It is not always easy for everyone, as the harp vibration works on the energetic body connecting to emotions that are held within the body, I have seen some people experience huge resistance as these emotions come to the surface. But in the duality of the experience the music continues to support the one journeying, and relief and a space for insight is experienced as the emotion releases. Hence the reactive behaviour that happens unconsciously to the suppressed emotion, maybe harbored since childhood, no longer holds it’s power. The mind looses it’s ability to hold the emotions down, the mind believes it has to protect the emotion and has the ability to take on many dysfunctional behaviours in the belief that protection is needed. The same happens for those who have experienced any kind of trauma, as the energy is released, at the same time mind is often opened into a higher awareness.
For some it was obvious that they had been given the bridge-way within to experience something of a spiritual nature which needed no words or art to express. Many of us long to experience something of a higher nature. And there is no word in the given language to be able to express but it is indeed felt, and somehow changes your inner platform from where you direct your life experiences.
Others were given a bridge-way which continued to be beautifully expressed through their artwork, a space for the heart, to allow deep inner transformation as their awareness shifts from an outer projection to an inner journey. For some experiencing painful inner lives this can be difficult. It is here that the soul starts to experience a richness. As space for the heart is allowed, the voice of the mind starts to loose its power. One feels safer to allow space for the emotions to be expressed knowing that sadness is part of the quilted experience of life. It allows for an embodiment of all colours within the psyche.
Such is the journey of the harp therapeutic music that allows individual and unique healing experiences.
I have found, as a Counsellor, there is much resistance for some people to engage on a verbal journey of inner exploration and I am sure that some of you have loved ones, unable to take on the journey of Counselling. Sometimes the emotional pain is also beyond the expression of words. The mind has become too strong in protecting the emotions. The inner awareness has become clouded, and the knowing has been lost. The closing inner down happens subtly and the behaviours can become more erratic.
We watch our loved ones take on all sorts of avoidance behaviours even to the point of suicide.
The harp music played therapeutically offers a gateway to access inner healing. A medium that moves beyond the control of the mind. It stimulates the brain to open up into a new path of awareness. It becomes many things for many people as they engage with the therapeutic music.
Work with this medium needs to be supported by one who is trained in the knowledge of a Counselling format, so that participant’s are supported on every level.
I invite you to respond with questions if you or a loved one who is experiencing mental / emotional difficulties or you wish to experience an inner gateway to your spirituality in what ever form that is right for you, as to the name you give it.
