IN RESPONSE TO DANCING ELEPHANTS PROMPT 8 OF 52
When I Practiced With Devotion Opportunity Showed Up
This week, I am grateful for this (a special moment, an event)
Luck is when opportunity meets preparation.
What was my preparation?
I love and enjoy singing and specifically chanting Sanskrit slokas (hymns) with a tune. I am a self-learner. When I hear a song or hymn, I will search on YouTube and watch how the same song or hymn is chanted in different tunes by different artists. Then I would search for the lyrics in Sanskrit if it were a Sanskrit language hymn and the respective language, say if the song is in Tamil, I will search for Tamil script/lyrics, and if it is in Hindi I will search for Hindi script/lyrics. If the song is in a language unknown to me, I will search for lyrics in English. Then I would open YouTube in one window and the lyrics in another window and learn the song/hymn.
Sometimes I record my songs in Anchor Podcast.
Here is the link to my audio chanting a hymn called “Vaidhyanatha ashtakam”
Where was the opportunity?
Yesterday I attended a beautiful and Divine function called “Rudrabhishekam” in a temple. It is an event where the priests and devotees chant hymns called “Rudram” and “Chamakam” eleven times and Lord Shiva is offered milk, honey, fruits, etc. It is a beautiful event filled with Divine vibrations. After the event when Lord Shiva is being decorated, the devotees volunteer to sing or chant. I am shy to sing in public and one of my volunteer friends had an intuitive feeling that I can sing and nudged me. All I did was just hold the mic and chant with devotion and after I chanted the first hymn, I kept getting request after request to chant more.
I am truly grateful for this lucky unexpected Divine chance to chant solo in public. This prompt from Dancing Elephants Press in itself surfaced perfectly to hear my story.
Key message: I am neither a Professional singer nor did I get any formal training. However, I listened to my soul by singing and chanting with devotion. I did not push myself or market myself to sing Solo and that was not even my soul’s intention. I just showed up for the Divine event with devotion. My Higher Self or God or Universe as you may call had a better plan by asking my friend to nudge me to sing in public, believing in me. I trusted that and organically accepted that opportunity. To me, that is a lucky and Blessed event. I suggest keeping doing what you do with devotion. A perfect opportunity will land on your lap.
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