I originally wrote this article over two years ago as a set of principles for living in harmony was downloaded into my being. Since then, our outer world has become even more chaotic, violent, and inauthentic. The need for harmony to counter-balance this chaos is becoming even more essential.
You are a being that thrives on harmony. It feeds your heart and everything in your world. I know, down to the deepest corners of my heart, that this outer violence and control is not even close to the natural human being living in their divine expression and blueprint. I see that every time I look into a person’s eyes. I see their divine essence – their true essence.
Here is the story I shared with our beloved newsletter readers 2 years ago. I hope that it might rekindle that seed of divine essence in your heart if you have been struggling lately.
About five years ago, my friend and colleague, Stephen Hobbs, guided me through a process that he calls ‘Your Word for the World.’ It was no surprise to me that my word for the world turned out to be ‘Harmony.’ My life’s purpose boiled down to this one word.
In fact, when he asked me to imagine a world without harmony in it, I immediately started to cry. We were at a small business breakfast in a crowded restaurant at the time and I could not stop the tears from cascading down my cheeks.
This powerful experience led me to contemplate a few questions:
- How does Harmony show up in how I live my daily life?
- What does Harmony really feel like – in the heart?
- Can Harmony be cultivated in our daily life?
A few years of contemplation on these questions, and more, has spawned more clarity over the past six months. As a result, the Harmony Principles have emerged as an acronym based on the letters of the word. Especially, to answer the very practical questions I started with.
I have spent a lifetime in music, as a musician, composer, and teacher. Throughout that time, my being has been bathed in harmony, or lack of it. How fascinating that my life’s journey and choices have ripened through harmony into the soul work I now do through the Sound Wellness Institute.
Many years ago, during a period in my life when I felt like a hamster running at full tilt on one of those never-ending wheels, I made a choice to become a student of my mind. I must say that has been an ‘education’ in itself! As I became more mindfully aware of how I create separation or wholeness in my own thoughts, I began to understand that one of my biggest hindrances or successes in creating harmony resided in my own head.
As I became more aware of what thoughts created more separation or harmony, I found I could stop the ones I did not want and choose the thoughts I did want.
And the coolest thing happened – my heart expanded its capacity for compassion and love.
Harmony is completely at home in the heart. In fact, I believe that harmony is a human being’s natural state. We just have to find ways to return to that permanent part of our being.
What does harmony in the heart feel like?
- Belonging
- Community
- Less stress
- More clarity
- Save energy
- Save time
- Feel happier
- Perform better
- Worry less
- Feel confident
- Remember more
- Authentic
I am sure you could add more qualities to this list. As I continued to add to this list an acronym began to emerge. The words below were chosen from a long list. It is also interesting to note that the word ‘harmony’ has seven letters, which conveniently match up with the main chakra system.
Here are the harmony principles:
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H |
HIGHER SELF |
Crown |
Live from your Higher Self (and the heart). |
|
A |
APPRECIATION |
3rd eye |
Be in Appreciation. |
|
R |
REVERENCE |
Throat |
Show Reverence for all of life. |
|
M |
MULTIDIMENSIONAL |
Heart |
Acknowledge the Multidimensional you. |
|
O |
ONENESS |
Solar Plexus |
Oneness – we are all connected. |
|
N |
NURTURE |
Sacral |
Nurture your whole self. |
|
Y |
YOU |
Root |
Your world is created by You. |
I would like to close this article with some beautiful and inspiring words that come from the Hathors through Tom Kenyon. The Hathors are 5th to 12th dimensional beings who are masters of sound and vibration. They worked with the ancient Egyptians long ago and continue to support humanity with their wisdom and light.
“As a carbon based being your body is made of stardust. And your nature is very much like coal. Like coal if you experience enough pressure, you will either be pulverized or become a diamond. This sound mediation will strengthen you so that you can bear the cosmic force that is squeezing you from all sides. Thus, you may, with enough clarity of intent and persistence, become a multifaceted cosmic diamond. That is your destiny—but only if you choose it.”
https://tomkenyon.com/the-flower-of-life-tree-of-life-hathor-message
In Health and Harmony,
