– Gathering in Song and Silence
The Ceremony of Peace is a sacred time when we come together to honor the stillness at the heart of all life and the music that flows from it. It is both a celebration and a remembrance – a way of returning to the truth that peace is not something we create, but something we awaken to.
In song, our voices rise as one. Each note carries our hopes, our prayers, and our longing for harmony. Song is how we give shape to the joy and resilience within us, and how we share that spirit with one another.
In silence, we rest in the deeper current. Silence is the ground of all sound, the place where divisions fade and the heart opens wide. In the quiet, we remember that we are held by the same breath, the same earth, the same eternal presence.
To gather in song and silence is to walk the middle path between expression and listening, between giving and receiving. It is to embody the truth that peace is not the absence of struggle but the living presence of unity, reverence, and love.
When we enter the Ceremony of Peace, we do not only seek calm for ourselves – we create a space where the whole world can breathe easier. Our songs and silences ripple outward, reminding all beings that peace is possible, and it begins here, with and within us.