“Iran’s anthem for changing rusted minds” — this editorial headline pulled me in immediately! The writer tells us how a protest song became an anthem. The song is “Baraye” and was composed by a young Iranian man named Shervin Hajpour after the death of Mahsa Amini, a young woman who was arrested by Iran’s morality police for not covering her hair sufficiently. The song reflects “exhaustion with theocratic rule, gender inequality, economic sanctions, and lack of opportunity”. A professor at Berkeley College of Music in Boston, Christian’s Karam, who grew up in Lebanon during the civil war, speaks from her experience: “Music has that ability to cut through our defenses and go straight to our hearts. It brings us to a place where we’re reminded of our shared humanity.” It’s inspiring to see how music in general, and this song in particular, reflect changes in thinking. As Ms. Karam says: “It goes beyond ideology; it goes beyond politics. It becomes a human affair. This is how momentum is built. A momentum for positive change and momentum where we are reminded that we are all in this together.” I pray that we listen and learn from each other, finding ways to celebrate our commonality and bypass the need to be always right. Namaste, dear ones…
“Eternal Truth is changing the universe. As mortals drop off their mental swaddling-clothes, thought expands into expression. ‘Let there be light,’ is the perpetual demand of Truth and Love, changing chaos into order and discord into the music of the spheres.” Mary Baker Eddy - Science & Health Page 255:1-6
“The song of freedom, which sings the praises of another world, brings to it hope of peace. For it remembers Heaven, and now it sees that Heaven has come to earth at last, from which the ego’s rule has kept it out so long. Heaven has come because it found a home in your relationship on earth. And earth can hold no longer what has been given Heaven as its own.” A Course in Miracles T-21.IV.7:4-7
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