Earth's Heartsongs

The elements of planet Earth are wind, water, fire, and ground.

These elements give us air to breathe, water in our bodies that keeps us from withering away like a dry prairie desert, uses the fire in our internal heating system to offset the water in our cooling system that regulates our body temperature, and absorbs the elements of the ground on which we stand and from which every atom, cell, tissue, bone, and marrow in our physical bodies comes from.

The elements that cause us to live and thrive make us belong to Earth as much as it belongs to us. T he planet also makes its own music; it has a natural intonation all its own. Maybe sometimes, if we are not so busy, we hear it and don't realize we hear it.

Earth scientists have recorded the stars "singing," or humming. The elements of earth are also very much in tune with one another. They hear one another's beats and rhythms and they hear us even when we do not hear them.

People have gotten so far out of touch with nature, and out of touch with one another that they can barely hear themselves 'sing' any more. The "ringing" noises in our ears may not need medication, it may be our inner ear picking up on the core underneath us. Our bodies may even vibrate from time to time because of this natural connection to earth.

We can make music without instruments. Acapella, moaning, humming, groaning, we may make music sometimes and not even realize it. Instruments only mimic the sounds that others hear vibrating in the earth. Both of my parents were musicians, so I must have inherited the ability to hear perfect pitch in my soul, though I haven't been tested to see if I can mimic it.

Music is called the universal language for a reason. Even the animals are sensitized to it; that is why they become very alert at even the slightest noise that sounds familiar or "off key." They can sense friend or foe coming from distances before it arrives in their element.

Death is the day the body stops harmonizing in sync with earth.

When we hear loud music, we want to kick something; but when we hear carefree flowing harmonic melodies, our spirits lift and move into another mental zone. It tends to calm or momentarily "free" us from the cares of life. We may even forget things that we were thinking only seconds before. We don't have to listen directly, sometimes it's just a sound in the background that we are hearing with a non-conscious ear, including that mall Muzak® or elevator noise as it hums its way to the destination. We cannot even watch movie scenes without musical enhancement. No one has to say a word, but the music helps us "get the picture."

Disease ( dis -ease) is a disconnection to earth and disharmony with one another because humanity has lost its way. City lights drown out stars and birds and cicadas are heard mostly when people are asleep. Unnatural interference keeps us from hearing the nature of earth's heartsong.

But if we hear a church bell or carillon ringing in the distance, or a carousel's twinkle or march, or even a band striking up at a jazz festival, we run toward the sound; and there is no medication or psychological counseling available that is a match for the sound of music.