As I write the title to this essay I’m well aware that there are many people who do not sing
because they either feel they can’t carry a tune or they are never in circumstances in which
they can join in singing. I feel that community singing was discouraged during the thousands of
years of colonialism to erase Goddess worship so patriarchy’s power-over paradigm could
dominate. I believe during the pre-history of matrifocal Goddess times we used music and song
consistently to bring people together in Unity. We inherently knew that sound, rhythm,
resonance and vibration is creation.
The multiverse is alive with sound. Our physical ears can’t hear it; however scientists now have
the instruments to record the sound of creation. We sang to create and join with love. Then
matrifocal times slowly gave way to matriarchy as some women leaders became obsessed with
gaining and holding power and started discrediting and demeaning men. This degradation
sowed the seeds of patriarchy.
Even though those with power tried, singing can’t be silenced. We are now in a time when
music and song can be easily accessed. The nature of song is diverse: classical, rock and roll,
country western, blues, jazz, and metal which express romantic, spiritual, religious, political and
other messages. Some songs reinforce patriarchal control and conditional love and some songs
open our hearts to unconditional love and light.
I read Maya Angelou’s poem and book, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Maya wrote that the
caged bird sings of freedom, which symbolized for her, freedom from the cage of racism. Most
of us living within separation consciousness feel as if we are caged in some way and singing can
free our voices to express the deepest yearnings of our Soul Self. And when we sing with others
our hearts have the opportunity to break free from the cage of our limited perceptions to soar
into oneness. When I sing spiritual songs that resonate with me, the words settle into my heart
more easily than just reciting the words.
I think about all the parakeets and parrots we have caged and my heart aches. Can we feel how
our wings have been clipped so we can’t be free? And I realize we have literally caged people by
putting them in prison or locking them into human trafficking situations. Prisoners of war have
been and still are caged and brutalized. People are tortured in cages. We even caged children at
the border to Mexico. I’m guessing, but I feel sure that singing is not allowed in these situations
because it is a radical act of hope.
In this lifetime I’ve not been physically caged. However, the emotions and feelings of all of us
living within this world of separation consciousness have been conditioned to the power-over
paradigm—effectively caging our feelings. Now is the time to heal, let go and fly free from the
cage of patriarchal programming to sing our songs of divine freedom—the truth of who we are.
Our programmed mental mind and perceptions wants to stay caged because it’s familiar. It’s
when we allow out heart to open fully that we dissolve the cage around our Soul Self.
I sing when I’m happy or feeling peaceful or joyful. However I also sing when I’m panicky,
confused, sad or struggling because I find it’s the easiest and most useful way for me to access
my Soul Self and return to peace. Yet there are times when singing out loud might elicit lots of
frowns and annoyance. Try singing in the library or while walking down the street. Many would
think the singer was crazy or we’ll be asked to stop. So I sing silently to myself all the time when
I’m out and about among people. As an introvert I’m often overwhelmed in crowds. Singing to
myself calms, lifts my spirit and reminds me to breathe and pay attention to the love light in my
heart. I know why the caged bird sings, why we sing—because it brings hope and adds to the
creation of a new world based on all-encompassing love and harmony. The great tuning to love
is happening now. It can’t be stopped. Join me in song.
