Dance Your Heart Open

Last Wednesday I went to my meditation class. I was early. There was just one person sitting there, quietly. It was Marlyn, the tutor. I said ‘hi’, and found myself a seat to sit down.

A song was being played, very softly and gently, filling the room up with love and peace.

Dance your heart open, feel the love deep inside
Dance your heart open, let your love come outside...

I just sat there, quietly. It felt so nice and peaceful. I didn’t want to break the silence between Marlyn and me and start a conversation. To talk over a beautiful song like this didn’t feel right.

In that moment, a sense of serenity and solemnity emerged. It was a very familiar feeling. I began to search through my memories on when and where I had this feeling before. Ah I remembered! It was the same feeling I experienced at the funerals!

Like everyone else, I would go to a funeral a little early to be respectful. I would find the room filled with loving and peaceful music. Also I would find that nobody is talking. Instead, everyone seems pondering about something - perhaps about the meaning of life, perhaps about the happy memories they’ve had about the deceased, or perhaps about the love he has left behind, etc. That moment of silence, prompts everyone to realise, that death is a sure ending to all of us and whatever mattered to us before doesn’t seem to matter now. All the juggles and struggles, all the moments while we were busy chasing our own tails all come to an end. At the funeral, we realise that there is nothing more real than death. We ask such questions to ourselves: What have we got to take away when we leave this world? What has the deceased got to take with him?

The deceased may have made a few mistakes or upset a few people in his life. But every speech delivered is about what a great and loving soul he was when he was alive. Why? Because when we compare the flaws of a person to his achievements and love he’s left behind, we know that love can wipe out any unpleasant trivialities. In love, we are all forgiven. In love, we all find peace. In love we all rise above and beyond.

Dance your heart open,
Give your heart wing to fly
Dance your heart open
soaring into the sky...

The words went deeper and deeper into my heart, into my soul. I felt my heart was dancing with the music, flying and flying… It is true! There is no better dance than a dance with the heart! And there is no better moments than now, when we can open our hearts, let the lights in, and dance whenever we feel.