Snatam Kaur came to New York City last week as part of her Spirit Voyage kirtan concert series. I arrived early for the concert and waited for her to come on stage. I knew I wouldn’t be able to stay for the whole show as I was teaching a shamanic workshop the following day and needed to get up early. The thoughts starting running through my head about not being able to stay for the concert, how late I would get home, and early I had to get up.
I was starting to feel really anxious and then Snatam Kaur came on stage, bowed and sang:
Oh my beloved
Kindness of the heart
Breath of life
I bow to you
And I’m coming home
And I’m coming home
I started to sing the words and couldn’t get them out because I was moved to tears. With all my anxiety, all I could hear was the beginning line of the song, “Oh my beloved.” Then as I whispered the words to the song, I heard inside my heart, “Breathe, beloved. Chant, beloved. Sing, beloved. Come home, beloved.”
As I sat, I imagined the whole room as if it were the beloved.
You Are the Beloved – always.