Songs And Spirit

MON., JULY 12, 1982, 5:36 AM
STONIER HALL, RUTGERS

You have had another experience, o son, in making a presentation in song and story. You prepared yourself well, and you did it as well as you could. You offered it to Me, and I accepted it, with pleasure. Let this be a motivation to continue to practice, to learn some new songs, even to take another crack at those two you must finally write.

This morning, therefore, let Me teach you something more about songs and spirit, for they certainly have a relationship that is partly evident and partly not. I have told you before, and I’ll repeat it for (evidence) emphasis (you don’t often make mistakes like this… it is important to keep these original copies as unblemished as possible)… the words of a song can have spirit, the music can have a different spirit (with more or less intensity), the singer can exude spirit, the listeners can contribute spirit to the process, and the place in which the singing takes place can add or detract from the total spirit. Last evening most of the songs you used were full of spirit (and to have a few that are marginal gives a better rhythm to the total experience). I shall continue to guide you in finding and in revising songs so that the words and music have comparable spirit qualities.

You had and exhibited a fine spirit, partly as a natural attribute, partly from conscientious preparation, and partly from your prayers and dedication. (The incident in Evansville was one to keep this spirit factor and your relationship to Me high… and you see that it worked!) Listeners are never going to be completely “with you” in spirit, but last night’s group was above average in response.

The “auditorium” has a nice, special significance, because the people are voluntarily coming back to a place they have been before. With each performance there you can feel more accumulating spirit also.

Now… how am I involved in the origin of this manifestation of spirit? Again, the Holy Scriptures do not present a clear and direct picture of this, so I shall elaborate. Music and songs are part of other realms of being, particularly the heavenly ones. If you have an ear to hear you can be aware of this “other worldly harmony”, even here in the earth. This earth was created as a physical realm, so the music herein is generally produced by physical means. Singing is the most basic… the physical body creates sounds that manifest as songs. Instruments of various kinds contribute (or detract). The era in which you live now certainly is symbolized by electronic music, which can have tremendous volume, can come in many nuances of sounds… and can be marvelously harmonious or grossly discordant.

It is important for you to remain with the simple guitar (maybe even the four string model) as a representation of your commitment to the less technological aspects of life. From this shall come sufficient music to give a “fullness” to the spirit of your songs.