Marsha,
I mean the quietness present even while you listen
to music. This quietness that allows the music to
have a presence. I'm not so much talking about the
silence absence of noise. I'm talking about the
quietness that is a presence that all kinds of sounds
can be heard.
SA
[Marsha]
> 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)
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> > >
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