I'm not talking about listening to a guided meditation, although those are certainly good.
I'm not talking about listening in a way that I might pause to note the travel talk of geese as they fly north in the spring in their arrowhead formations.
No, I'm talking about this → for five minutes, with eyes closed, I actively listen, with the intention of meditation, to the ambient sounds wherever I am at the moment:
- In my bedroom.
- In a coffee shop.
- In the woods.
- On the beach.
- In my parked car. With the windows up. Or the windows down.
- In my yard, my patio, my porch, my balcony.
Intent and action are the keys for me in a listening meditation. Intent: mindful meditation. Action: For five minutes:
- Be still
- Sharpen my focus on hearing
- Blur my other senses
Credit for this video:
"An eight-part series (Poetry of Perception) on representations of perception and sensation made for fundamentalsofneuroscience.org. "We speak not only to tell other people what we think, but to tell ourselves what we think." Oliver Sacks
Words by Walt Whitman
Animation by Daniela Sherer danielasherer.com
Narration by Peter Blegvad
Sound + Music by Skillbard skillbard.com
Produced by Nadja Oertelt nadjaoertelt.com"
Brought to my attention by The Marginalian.
