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LISTENING DIFFERENTLY
July 28, 2005
Dear friends,
This has been a month of interiority for me. In my case,
this doesn’t mean that I am not occupied, but it means that
I conduct myself differently through all my tasks. I would
like to share a meditation practice you, one that I have
been using very much at this time. In the practice of Nada
Yoga, it is vital to train the mind to listen The challenge
though is to listen without thinking or describing or
associating what one is listening to. In other words, we
must learn to listen without interfering with the process
of listening. Through this method we can absorb the full
impact of energy that is present in the timbre, intensity,
pitch, intelligence, power and vibratory quality of a
sound. When we learn to listen in this manner, a vast
spaciousness opens up in the field of our awareness. As our
consciousness begins to expand exponentially in this
altered state, it is invaluable to have at our disposal the
community of mantras we have each personally built. All the
techniques of sonic mysticism that we have assimilated
through the streams of Shabda, Shakti and Bhava Yoga are at
our disposal to sculpt and refine the energy we encounter
on our interior journey of expansion.
I hope to see some of you at Hollyhock on Cortes Island in
British Columbia next month. This is for the Ecstasy of
Chant weekend. I have described Hollyhock’s pristine
environment in several of my earlier communications to you.
I can’t help feeling that this chanting retreat is going to
be special as it will be filled with many of the new
insights that have been coming to me in my recent studies
and practice of sacred sound. As always, I try and keep up
with this regularly, for what use is it to teach others
something that I don’t regularly practice and know the
value of firsthand?
I hope these summer months are encouraging to your own
practice. I often feel that the heat outside the home is a
good metaphor for the heat that should be built inside the
heart. The fire of knowledge and spiritual practice must
always be kept burning brightly. May yours shine like the
sun.
In One Spirit,
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