“I’m taking you to a place beyond your imagination.”

Music and the Heart

“Come with me, young lady. I’m taking you to a place beyond your imagination.”

There, in the middle of a dark room, is a cozy chair swaddled in a single beam of light. Back in the shadows is the fuzzy outline of something inanimate giving off the whiff of a faint glow.

“Please, take a seat.”

The seduction of the chair’s soft padding is heightened by the coarse texture of its upholstery against my palms. Not knowing what to expect, I draw in a breath. Suddenly, the overwhelming sound of music radiates from deep inside my heart, moving out to my ears.

I inhale what feels like the first breath I’ve ever taken.

For the next ten minutes I sit feeling the vibration of the music start in my heart, then make its way out to my ears, where the vibration is transformed into melody. The clarity of the sound lets each instrument in the orchestra expand to its full potential.

This magical room is outfitted with vintage McIntosh stereo equipment, including an amplifier whose tubes are giving off the glow behind the chair. The acoustic geniuses at McIntosh know how we should experience sound. I am hearing the music from the inside out, not the outside in.

The moments I spend in that chair forever transform my relationship to life. I now understand that a real connection with life never comes from anything outside me, no matter how comfy and consoling that fellowship might be. I know, instead, to listen to the promptings of my heart . . . the ones that become music to my ears. Sometimes the tempo and progression of the notes counter my earthbound expectations, but the beguiling sound always takes me to a place more beautiful than I can dream of on my own.

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