The Music of Spirit

We've all had experiences of listening to a beautiful piece of music and being carried away on its melody or rhythm. Sometimes, when the piece ends we seem to "snap out of it" and say to ourselves, "What happened? Where was I?" or "I don't know where I went but it sure was great!" Regardless of the precise thoughts that brought us back to our physical worlds, we knew, without doubt, that we'd been or had gone somewhere; and that the "somewhere" certainly wasn't here.

For me, this was what happened when I journeyed "to the other side." I don't want to call it a "Near Death Experience" (NDE) or a "life after death experience, because I learned - I experienced beyond any possible doubt, that life never ends. When life never ends, there's no such thing as "near death," or "life after death," or even "life after life." There's no after-life because there's no end to life. We've all heard this. We all mentally or intellectually understand this. But, how many of us wonder what really happens? How does it feel to exchange the physical form of life for an energy form? What is the experience like?

We are energy beings. It's just that our energies are condensed and vibrate at a "lower" level than spiritual energy. From my perspective, it's the same theory as light. We see a partial spectrum: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. Yet, at the lower end of the light spectrum there's infrared and at the higher end there's ultraviolet. They exist and are as real as all the other wavelengths, but we don't see them. In the same manner, we can't hear the ultra low tones that whales can hear or the ultra high tones (whistles) that dogs can hear in the spectrum of sound. In the spectrum of spirituality, there's physical form (imbued with spiritual energy) and there's pure spiritual energy. We're much more aware of the physical form because we experience it through our five physical senses. It's only when we're conscious of "higher" vibrations that we become aware of spiritual energy.

So, my "journey to the other side" was simply being conscious of the shift of my energy vibrations. These journeys happen to people who achieve deep levels of meditation. They can also happen when you hear a piece of music, or whenever you experience a deep, peaceful bliss and you "go away somewhere." During these times, we're spiritually aware of the journey but, we may not be mentally conscious of the shift and of the journey. It's all about maintaining consciousness. This explanation takes away the "magic" and "mystery" of spiritual transcendence, but there's nothing magical or mystical about spirituality. We are spiritual beings and being spiritual is our natural state of being.

When my journey "to the other side" began, I heard music. As I lay in a hospital bed and gazed out at the pre-dawn gray of the world, I heard classical music. At first, it seemed so faint that I wasn't sure whether I heard it or only imagined it. So, I focused on it more intently and began to shut out the rest of the world. As the music grew louder, I thought it was being played over the intercom system. I silently applauded the hospital for having the good sense to play classical music and I also applauded their taste in it. It was like no music I'd ever heard - celestial, straining, and beautiful beyond description. It seemed to tug at my heart, so I followed it - with my heart.

We've all experienced tugs to our hearts; perhaps when we've held a sleeping baby or watched a kitten tussle with a ball of yarn, or gazed at a puppy through the window of a pet store. These "tugs" are the callings of our souls and are the energy wavelengths which we use to communicate with the spiritual nature of sentient beings and inanimate things around us. We communicate through resonance. Those vibrations that tug at our hearts (souls) are what vibrate within us, are generated by each of us, and characterize in part, the make-up of our souls/spirits. If we find ourselves responding in anger to someone else's anger, it's because our vibrations resonate with the vibrations of anger. If we relate to and respond to vibrations of harmony or compassion, it's because that's the resonance and vibration, or energy "wavelength" of our consciousness. Whatever it is - however it is structured or composed, it is ever-changing.

We respond to what we resonate with. We resonate with whatever we carry within us. This is why it's possible to be instantly attracted to, or repulsed by someone we've never before met. This is why it's possible to walk into a room or a home and sense the negative or positive energies within it, or to begin a course or series of actions and then sense or feel that they just aren't right. Many times, we have no proof or explanations to validate our feelings but we know, without doubt, they are true.

We are receptors as well as transmitters of energies. We are energy beings and we respond to whatever energies resonate with us. If we experience a negative situation and react to it with more negativity - even if we do something constructive (such as clean the house or chop wood to blow off steam), we are still transmitting and continuing to generate energies of negativity. If we take a moment to love and bless the food we are getting ready to eat, or the clothes we're getting ready to wear, or the car we're getting ready to drive, those energies of love will bless us again in return because we resonate with the energies they contain.

The energies that we maintain become our consciousness. They are, in a sense, the music of our spirit and the song of our soul. Our consciousness is our identity - that sense of self within ourselves; the eye of the I. When we physically die, we leave behind physical matter, but we take ourselves - our identities - our consciousness with us. The composition of our consciousness is always our choice. If we spend our lives focused on fear, responding to it, and dwelling in it, then fear is what we'll experience because it is what we resonate with. We all know that we can't run from our problems. So, what makes us think we can run from our fears when we transition? Likewise, if we spend our lives focused on love, then we'll experience a transition of love, because we recognize and resonate with the energies of love; they are what comprise the content of our consciousness.

So, look within to your own consciousness. If you feel peace and joy, strive to maintain an abundance of it. If you feel disquiet or discomfort, seek to change the composition of your consciousness. Focus on love. Focus on coming to know yourself - with love. Focus on the music of your spirit and let your soul sing.