Play It Again...

[cedar_grove]

From The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have.

In keeping the center of the I empty,
the miracle of life can enter and heal.

it is only when we are emptied of all noise and dreams of ego that we become truly teachable.

This is something I have always had a problem with... the need for silence and nothingness, particularly in meditations, and learning/study.

I've always been one of those people who struggles with 'empty' meditations, but find guided meditation and visualisation really quite enjoyable, and relaxing/satisfying. Also very productive. That said, I understand the notion of stilness within - try to practise that quite a bit, so... maybe that's the way I compromise.

I'm the same when I study. People I talk to say they always have to have silence, they can't work or study if there is noise. For me it's all about music... or nice sounds, for example the crackling fireplace that Mir gave to me the other day. I suppose something in that stimulates the two halves of my brain to work in harmony with each other and somehow improves my memory, or capacity to learn or something - I don't really understand it. All I know is that I retain things better, and I'm more creative if I have music or sound - and it has to be appropriate 'noise' - playing as I work.

Comments

[mirrani.livejournal.com]

Certain things inspire me to write... certain things inspire me to draw... I can /not/ meditate. I have never been able to "imagine" anything people tell you to imagine when they guide you.. "Picture" this or "see" that... I can't do it. They talk about how everything should be clear in your mind and I just have a general idea of something.. Woods or flame... I can't /see/ it any brighter or stronger than the memory of the woods in the back yard or the flame on an icon of Oded's picture from Deuce Bigalow.

I also can /not/ clear my mind. I mean come on... Me? Can you imagine it? All that happens if I try to clear my mind is I start thinking about all the things I'm /not/ thinking about. And you don't realize how much of life you /don't/ think about until you start listing it. Wow the world is vast! ;)

All that said.. I do not at all know why it is I can't read and watch TV at the same time the way you can. (meaning can't type on lj at the same time either)

[cedargrove.livejournal.com]

Not sure about that last one myself, because otherwise you seems to be very good at multi-tasking - much better than I am at any rate.

You're my guy and I love you, and however we need to do things, we'll do things. I just want to be there, and that's good enough for me for now.