Sharing a paragraph from a book about healing through music -

Read the last line or read throuth to the last line.

"Recently, I made my third visit to the Sisters of Mercy Convent and Retreat Center in Burlingame, near San Francisco, where every month Sister Suzanne directs an evening of Taize chant in that large and splendid chapel. Half an hour before the music began, I noticed a young girl about fourteen who had brought her teddy bear and sleeping bag, resting just outside the door. I was remineded of the medieval churches, where people would sleep near the highly ornamented portals of the greatest cathedrals ever built merely to be close to the comforting energy of sound, incense, and prayer. I asked the girl why she didn't go into the chapel and she replied, "I am not a Catholic, but I am very spiritual. I don't know shy, but I feel protected and loved by the sounds of the music. I'm a little afraid to go in, and I'm afraid to live in the outside world. I try to come every month, but I don't want my firends to know. It makes me feel there is something holy here on this earh."

It's from a chapter in a book about The Power of Gregorian Chant. I needed that last line. Perhaps someone else does, also?

It's from the book The Mozart Effect : Tapping the Power of Music to Heal the Body, Strengthen the Mind, and Unlock the Creative Spirit. By Don Campbell, published by Avon Books.

me outside of myself in a way nothing else can.

It's a wonderful paragaraph, higher class. Thanks for the inspiration!

It is said that certain tones and types of music balance the chakras.

And we respond differently to certain kinds of music depending upon our predominate energy levels and astrological signs. For example Gregorian chants make me want to scream, but I know that others love it.

We are energy beings. The energy from the universe comes to us thru our chakras, which are our energy centers, then the energy is dispersed to the body via the meridians, which is the energy grid. (These are the sites where acupuncturists balance our energy.)

It is also said that when groups of people come together to pray, very special energy is created, hence the reason people are attracted to churches and feel special holy energy there.