A chant to lean into Elul in three parts

Part one: I'm going deep, deep within, mmmmmm (inspired by the practice of cheshbon hanefesh and teshuva during Elul)

Part two: I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine (acronym of Elul from Song of songs 6:3)

Part three: Whom shall I fear? Nobody! (inspired by Psalm 27, the psalm read/chanted daily during Elul)

Elul Chant 5781

This land is sacred
The earth the rivers an the sea
This land is sacred
And so are we

Return, return, return
To the heart of the mother
Return, return, return
To the mystery

My heart is beating
Beating like a drum
My heart is singing
The sacred song

Grow your roots
Into the center of the earth
Grow your roots
Into the mystery

This land is breathing
Breathing through your lungs
This land is singing
An ancient song

Return, return, return
To the heart of the mother
Return, return, return
To the mystery
To the mystery
To the mystery

© ANA HATA 2022
Published on Ana Hata's Album Motherland

Composition & Lyrics: Ana Hata
Framedrum & Vocals: Ana Hata
Percussion: Aquario
Recording, Mix & Maser: Aquario
Photo: Tatyana Kronbichler

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04 - This land is sacred

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37. CHILD OF THE UNIVERSE

I am as old as the Universe 
I have been here before 
And I'll be here again 
I am a child of the Universe 
A part of all women  
And a part of all men

Once upon a somewhere 
And once upon a somehow 
And once upon a sometime 
There was a big bang 
Energy revolving and 
Energy dissolving and 
Energy evolving and That's who I am
 
I am as old as... 

I am a little flower  
That blossoms in the hour 
And in me there's a power 
That goes on and on
Power in the roots of me 
Power in the shoots of me 
Power in the fruits that 
Will pass my seed on 

I am as old as… 

I am not a nobody 
I am not a somebody 
I am a cell in one body  Filling this space 
All I ever could be 
And all I ever should be 
And all I ever will be 
Is here in this space

I am as old as…

Child of the Universe - Diamante 37

Justicia. (writen by Prem Agni)
Home recording by Vito Gomez Ballesteros and Prem Agni.
Agni: Guitarra y voces.
Virani: Voz.
Vito: Percucion.
Recorded in La Cumbre Valle. Colombia.
November 2017

JUSTICE.

My air envelops you and you can breath
And my burning fire has warmed you
I gave you sons from my water for you to raise
You can take everything from my land.
I appreciate your effort and your willingness
Although looking for goals to reach
You run without sense in one place.
History doesn't move forward, it just changes.
All what you believe in for not knowing how to simply be
Clouds what you have, and imagining
Possible futures you want to save yourself
from your own fear to freedom.
You dare to enslave to your sibling kingdoms
Your misery grows and you call it power
Your arrogant species didn't know how to be
Humble harmony worthy of deserving.

A river doesn't need to want or not to go towers the sea
The bird's trill was never out of tune
In the spontaneous and polyphonic storm
The nature of the trees is to dance

Listen, I'm your mother in pure omnipresence 
And I've been watching all your incoherence
And although I do not judge you, justice is my essence
You provoke and then you fear your consequence

And here I am patient in my condition
With my own laws chaos and intuition
Always embracing you in this present 
Fused in my body be a conscious god.

Death and life are not divided
subtle balance in its precise measure
You will have to accept them and to be flexible enough
To get to the level where you can give thanks to them.
What you destroy is your own existence 
Dishonoring, wasting and ignoring your heritage
Chasing treasures that are escapisms
Blind to see the richness that you are yourself.
Although for what you have done, you shouldn't blame yourself
Come and forgive yourself in my infinite compassion
There is no danger in such incessant healing
This what we are now is also transforming
Thus purifying each moment is born by mutating
As it has always been, the universe, and so will be
You can resist it and fight in grief and pain
Or in peace and grace let yourself be filled up with love.

Agni.

Justicia. (Agni, Vito and Adri version)

This is one of the simplest and most satisfying layer songs I've ever found. It can be taught to a group of novice singers and sound beautiful within minutes. The arrangement inspired by Sara Thomsen deviates quite a bit from the original song by Sophia Songhealer of Hidden Waters Sound, who gave her blessing for the song's use in this way.

Original song by Sophia Songhealer - http://heartwindmusic.com. Arrangement inspired by Sara Thomsen - https://echoesofpeace.org/track/804931/contemplation-chant. Used with permission.

For lyrics and details, please visit: http://thebirdsings.com/contemplation-chant/

Contemplation Chant

Oh boy, what a joy... meet your next favorite infectious and inspiring singalong.

Original song by Laurence Cole, with adaptations in the section section by Zan Moore & Glen Phillips. Lyrics by Thich Nhat Hahn. Brief mashup with Sly and the Family Stone's "If You Want Me to Stay".

Recorded by Glen Phillips & Lisa G. Littlebird.

For lyrics, parts, teaching notes and more, visit:
http://thebirdsings.com/presentmoment/

Dwelling In The Present Moment by Laurence Cole

Adapted 2016 from Chance the Rapper’s ‘Blessings’, by Momentum Trainers from Black Lives Matter, Movimiento Cosecha, IfNotNow, and more!

LYRICS: 
We're gonna rise up, rise up till it's won.
When the people rise up, the powers come down.
They tried to stop us, but we keep coming back.

A team of cross-movement leaders adapted “Blessings” for use by social movement organizations. Sunrise is part of an in an interconnected network building for a just world and social transformation brought together by Momentum.

A team of cross-movement leaders adapted “Blessings” for use by social movement organizations. Sunrise is part of an in an interconnected network building for a just world and social transformation brought together by Momentum.

If singing this song for performance or recording for profit, you must get permission from and pay royalties to the composer.

Heartiest thanks to Scot Brenton at 9 Below Productions for graciously donating his time & studio space to help us record!

Rise Up

Sanctuary

Reb Dovid Karliner’s Nigun(from a 1914 Ukrainian wax cylinder recording)

3/22/20 
Batya Levine, Rena Branson, Aliza Schwartz, Tamar Sandweiss-Back, Becky Havivi

Simcha Nigun/Yifrach B'yamov (Chabad? Vizhnitz?)

https://thebirdsings.com/fall2020-playlist/

As I Relax - Lyndsey Scott

Sunrise is building an army of young people to stop climate change and create millions of good jobs in the process. We call ourselves Sunrise because we know this dark hour in America, when fossil fuel executives and climate deniers run our government, cannot last. The sun will rise again.
We have a 4-year plan to make climate action an urgent priority in every corner of the country, expose the fossil fuel executives who have purchased politicians and blocked progress, and lift up champions who will work for the people at every level of government.

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