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The choir sings during a Christmas concert at Ananda Sangha in Palo Alto.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

by Nayaswami Rambhakta<\/p>\n

The singers in the choir at the Palo Alto Ananda Sangha temple<\/strong> would meet early on Sunday morning to practice before the service began. I would attend the early rehearsal, then I would get in the car and drive for an hour on the back roads of the foothills and chant.<\/p>\n

I found that I could sing the best, with inner focus, and a sincere desire to serve as a channel for the music to bless others,\u00a0 when I was able to go deep in a chant.<\/p>\n

There was one practice where I stood next to Chaitanya, one of our most experienced singers. I had returned from an hour of \u201chighway chanting,\u201d and after the practice Chaitanya said, \u201cYou should be singing in an ensemble.\u201d This was a surprise, because I had sung with the choir no longer than a month. But I understood that it was because I had offered myself to serve as an instrument of blessings. The greater the inspiration I felt in chanting, the more easily and beautifully I was able to sing.<\/p>\n

Yet there came a time when I began to feel that Paramhansa Yogananda no longer wanted me to chant, but to turn my focus instead to singing Swamiji\u2019s music.<\/p>\n

One Sunday morning, as I was driving I realized that I was finding little inspiration in chanting, and so I prayed, \u201cDivine Mother, I\u2019m going to practice Swami\u2019s songs. I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s right, but here goes!\u201d<\/p>\n

I began singing a song that was difficult for me \u2013 it was in the high tenor range, and the words were tricky. Our music director, Karen, a professionally trained musician, had told me how she practiced. \u201cMy voice is often rough or thin at first, and I\u2019ll do some scales to get warm, then I\u2019ll just sing the song for a long time until it gets smooth.\u201d<\/p>\n

Karen sings beautifully, and like many who are good at what they do, she makes it seem effortless. To discover that with all her experience she still had to work to prepare her voice was heartening. As I drove on that particular Sunday morning I began singing the first song on the program, and I immediately noticed that my voice was quite rough, and tight and thin on the high parts.<\/p>\n

I prayed to Yogananda and Swamiji, \u201cWhat can I do to fix this?\u201d I then recalled some tricks that Karen had suggested, like singing only the vowels of the song. I did that for a while and the song got a little easier. Then I sang the problem parts over and over until I could feel which areas needed special help, and I prayed again to know what to do.<\/p>\n

I found that it helped to sing a song that was equally high but easier to sing. For example, I\u2019ve been practicing \u201cThree Wise Men\u201d for a Christmas concert, and I\u2019ve had trouble with some of the parts where my voice gets thin and reedy. But I\u2019ve found that if I sing the tenor part from the Hallelujah Chorus first, it\u2019s a lot easier to sing \u201cThree Wise Men.\u201d<\/p>\n

What seems to work generally is to pray for help, then do whatever comes to mind. Often it will be a matter of simply praying then singing the song many times until it \u201cgets smooth.\u201d<\/p>\n

It also helps to sing the song for a while, then take a break and be quiet. Somehow, when I return to the song, it\u2019s easier, as if a superconscious part of my brain had worked on the music during the silence.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s wonderful to find that if I sing for a long time, the roughness and thinness go away and the problem spots get \u201cfixed\u201d and easier. Nowadays, I\u2019ll pray for help, then warm up with a little chanting, sing a few scales, and finally sing the song many times until it\u2019s fixed. It\u2019s as if a higher power recognizes my sincerity and steps in to help. It feels as if Swamiji and Divine Mother are finally able to sing through this instrument, and there\u2019s a better understanding of the music.<\/p>\n

The feeling that something higher is singing through me has persuaded me that it would be a blessing for everyone at Ananda to sing this music, and to try to go deep with the songs.<\/p>\n

It helps me remember that the music is at the core of our work. It carries the special ray of inspiration that is the Master\u2019s mission through Ananda, and singing it helps deepen our attunement with its divine source. The more faithfully people prepare to receive that power, the more powerfully they\u2019re able to feel it flowing through them.<\/p>\n

When I listen to the practice recordings of the tenor parts, I think \u201cMy goodness!\u201d Because there is no resistance in Dambara and Chaitanya, no diversion. They are fully immersed in the song.<\/p>\n

Early in my life at Ananda, Swami urged me to chant as a way to open my heart in devotion to God. When I took up chanting, I mostly chanted while driving. In five years I chanted for at least an hour and a half every day, mostly in the car. I put lots of miles on our cars, and I wore out three cassette tapes of Swami\u2019s recording, \u201cKriyananda Chants Yogananda.\u201d<\/p>\n

I noticed that when I sang for a long time, it did interesting things to my body. It made me sit upright and it expanded my chest. I would feel energy rising into my heart, and at the time when I was singing daily, my practice of Kriya Yoga grew richer and deeper.<\/p>\n

In a talk that Swami gave in Los Angeles, he said that he had never suffered from stage fright, because he always had an attitude of giving. Similarly, I\u2019ve never felt self-conscious or nervous when I got up to sing, if I was wanting to share God\u2019s beauty and inspiration with the audience; if I was stepping aside from the ego and not just wanting to sing beautifully or draw attention to myself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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