"Chant ..." is to entone words melodiously, often in a simple musical scale. The Native American chanting, Arabic chanting, Tibetan Buddhist chanting. I have been enchanted by all three in person. The words touch the human consciousenss with their meaning, and the vibration of the human voice resonates in the ear, and in the heart of the hearer. I feel this is the most complete form of expression. What better way to address our Beloved, the Source of our being?
I think singing, or at least humming a simple melody of two or three notes, is the right and patrimony of all human beings. In traditional, tribal societies everyone is expected to sing, and no one is told to be quiet. When you hear a group of villagers sing all together, the individual voices and timbres are fused into one beautiful sound that touches the heart. Everyone can sing, to a greater or lesser degree, and should do so, and take pleasure in their own singing, and offer this to the Source of our being.
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