Bowls of Psalms: Portals to Presence: OpenSpirit Sunday Evening
November 15, 2009; 7-8 pm; Performing Arts Center of MetroWest
Sound and silence, Psalms and Himalayan Singing Bowls. How are these connected? Join us as OpenSpirit welcomes a special guest this Sunday evening, Dr. Doug Koch from Curry College. It promises to be a moving experience. 
“As a deer longs for flowing streams, so my soul longs for You ,O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I enter and behold the face of God?” Psalm 42:1,2
The Psalms articulate so many facets of human yearning for companionship with God. These relational poems utter the anguish, the ecstasy, the self-rightness, and ego transcendence of persons aiming their lives into God’s. Are we so aimed? How shall we “enter and behold?”
In our meditation this Sunday evening we will explore ways we may enter more deeply through one particular psalm into God’s Presence. Psalm 42 will be our “portal to the Presence,” facilitated by the intriguing and transcendent sounds of Himalayan singing bowls.
What do these sounds, bowl and psalm, reveal to us about prayer and practicing presence? How might we express our yearning for God in this duet of sacred sounds?