O Siem
Posted By David on June 5, 2009
I’ve always found O Siem, by Susan Aglukark, to be a very inspirational piece of music. The song includes the words “Take the hand of one close by …. And watch the walls come tumbling down.”
Why do we find that so difficult to do? Human beings are social creatures – and yet it seems that we would rather maintain our suspicions, our “walls” both literal and figurative, than reach out to one another.
O Siem has a powerful beat. This music was never intended to lull us into contemplation. We do need time to reflect of course. But more often we need to be stirred and moved to action. Our spirituality was not intended to be lived out only with silence and immobility, cloistered monks and vows of silence.
Like the music of O Siem, Creation is vital and dynamic, a living expression of the Creator and the Created. That life and that vitality call us to “dance in the burning flame” of a world that is ever changing.
If it is to be a universal principle, the Golden Rule must be equally able to function in the high moments of life as well as it’s quiet byways. To fuel the “fires of freedom” with an understanding of each other and the things that make us unique.
As the refrain of O Siem says, though diverse, we are all family.
Susan Aglukark performing O Siem
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