No Goal but This
Lou Ann and I went to a Deva Premal chanting concert tonight. Her partner Miten sang a song with the title of this blog. At our core, there is nothing to do, but be. We don’t need to accomplish anything. We are connected to our essence and just being is enough. I realize that when we are in this temporary thing we call life on Earth; we feel the need to do and have. It is not necessary. We entered life without anything and we will leave in the same way. In between birth and death we get to choose whatever we desire. However, we are Oneness being Oneness all the time. When we realize our divine nature, than we really do not need any goal except to be.
Deva Premal and Miten use a process of “natural selection” to choose the mantras on their albums. Premal has said she gravitates toward Sanskrit mantras, rather than mantras from other languages. She says that, for her, removing her ego from her understanding of the mantra allows the creative process to express the true meaning of the mantra.
The purpose of her work was explained: “Our objective is to be open to the Goddess of music – to be true to ourselves, as musicians, as ‘teachers;’ as partners, and ultimately, as individuals – fellow travelers. We accomplish this by not ‘trying’ to accomplish anything. We take very little credit for what is happening around our so-called success (we have sold over a million albums now!) – we see our selves as messengers of a 5,000 year old tradition…so, our part in the process is simply to show up and chant.
Deva and Miten warmed our hearts and inspired us to remember who we truly are. We chanted along with them and danced and laughed and were filled with joy. I wish for all of you to experience them sometime. From my en-chant-ed heart to yours, Thomas