Drums

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Drums are many things. They are the heartbeat, they are communication, the are rhythms. Drums tell stories, they are the combination of the wood that gave the drum its frame and the animal who gave the drum its sound. The maker of the drum being sometimes the master, and other times the slave... And yet, to each their own drum, their own rhythm...

That individual, very personal drum may or may not be and actual drum. It may or may not be a drum that is heard by others ~ although perhaps those sensitive enough to pick up on it will have an inkling as to what type of rhythm that other person’s drum is beating.

It is that quiet, private drum that sometimes only we ourselves can hear that sets the pace to which we live our lives. It is in the beat of our hearts. It follows the rhythms of nature from our innermost perspective. It shows us the way in which we connect with our environment ~ with the world around us.

And as soon as we come to realization, drums move to a different realm entirely. At that point drums are magic; they are power, they are movement, and balance and healing.
They become an energy following an intent.

Ultimately it is the intent that sets the tone for how the drum, and therefore the energy is used. In other words, neither the drum, nor its energy are good or bad ~ they just are. The intention that is put behind it will determine whether the result will be beneficial or not.

There have been war drums, healing drums, trance drums, drums that take you on a journey and on and on. Drums can break an energy ~ much like laughter can break an energy. Or they can build an energy. Drums can set a rhythm, yet they can also alter a rhythm. How and where it is used makes all the difference...

Keeping that in mind, it is no surprise that drums have been important instruments throughout the ages. The tools of shamans and healers ~ of sorcerers and magicians. Because the drum has the power to alter that which is to its new space. This is not only true for situations, perhaps even more so for the people involved in those situations.

With all the things drums are ~ all the things drums can accomplish; that still doesn’t mean that everybody needs to go out and make their own physical drum.
It would be a good idea however, if we would take some time every once in a while to listen to the beat of that intimate drum inside ourselves ~ to let it set the tone and the rhythm for how we live our lives...
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