Greetings SA, Formal meditation is in silence. There are also long periods of silence throughout the day. Remember there is no one in my life to make noise besides a little dog and four cats. I listen to the birds when I'm out, and occasionally hear a fish jump. There are no other people living with me. No job with co-workers. I'm out a few days a year because of voting business. I spend one day playing with my grandson (lately Legos). And I must shop for food, etc. There is plenty of silence. But I do love music. It is a gift.
Marsha At 02:52 PM 1/10/2008, you wrote: >Marsha, > > I'm curious. Have you recognized the quietness >while you meditate? When I meditate, if I find myself >walking the maze of thoughts carving something and >this is not my intent, I'll not just focus, but bring >myself back to an experience of quietness. In this >quietness all is happening, such as the music, that I >too play at times, if I'm not outside meditating. >Outside, the birds, wind, and/or creek are as the >music. I mention this quietness for it is an >experience that is always with me, so even in moments >when I'm not near music or birds, I can allow myself >is metaphorically sit back and experience this >quietness that is a real experience, as real as >kicking a rock. With this quietness always present, I >find it more continuous and reliable, one might say, >due to its' ever-presence. Due to practice and thus >familiarity with this quietness, when I'm at work or >anywhere that I want to allow myself to 'sink' into >this quietness I can. It is 'below' the surface as >the ground in which I find refuge in all situations. > >just wondering. > >SA > > > > > > [Marsha] > > Been thinking about music. Maybe thanks to Jorge > > Goldfarb, Ham and > > some wisdom that lies within myself. > > I don't want to chase cars in my head!!! I wrote in > > the 'Music as > > Intellectual?': > > "Most of the time I use music to accompany or > > manipulate > > my own daily rhythms. I have a different > > relationship with > > classical music. I am not a sophisticated listener. > > But I > > do prefer to listen to classical music as > > meditation. The > > moment I recognize thoughts, I bring the experience > > back > > to the music. Maybe this is wanting to be enveloped > > in > > the whole without regard to the individual jigsaw > > pieces. I > > do make an exception for visualization. I will > > allow images > > until thought breaks into the experience." > > > > Why aren't I lifting my daily rhythms to a > > meditational level? > > > > I'm going to listen to Bhagavan Das for a few days. > > His music always > > puts me in a place where I feel truly at home. > > > > Marsha > > > > > > > > At 03:46 AM 1/5/2008, eye wrote: > > > > >Greetings, > > > > > >I only have the title for my next painting: Chasing > > Cars. The song > > >below is for my little dog Bebe, and my teddybear. > > > > > >"Chasing Cars" > > > > > > > > >(recorded by Snow Patrol) > > > > > > > > > > > > > ************* > > DEFINITION of Marsha, I, me, self, & etc.: > > Ever-changing > > collection of overlapping, interrelated, inorganic, > > biological, > > social and intellectual, static patterns of value. > > > > > > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > > >http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > > Archives: > > >http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > > > > > >____________________________________________________________________________________ >Be a better friend, newshound, and >know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it >now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > >Moq_Discuss mailing list >Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. >http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org >Archives: >http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ >http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ ************* DEFINITION of Marsha, I, me, self, & etc.: Ever-changing collection of overlapping, interrelated, inorganic, biological, social and intellectual, static patterns of value. Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
