kirtan at temple

I went to kirtan tonight, at temple. Wednesday is the day of love and one of the people leading it said that in the culture of death, eros, the erotic is separated from the heart. But in the culture of life, they are joined. I liked that connection, it relates to the book I am reading.

When I settle in Ithaca, I am going to seek out a good kirtan group, or maybe the Sufis. They have some beautiful chants and melodies, and I find it much easier to transcend my mind chatter through kirtan than through sitting meditation.