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"The Earth has music for those who listen." — R.V. Holmes In the stillness of Plum Village, I could finally hear this music again after a long, long time. In every breeze that caresses the leaves, In the gentle rustling of the grass... See more

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The Listening Book

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Encounters with the sacred that radiate from the core of the ordinary embolden you to cultivate stillness and simple awareness. In the midst of a world that is begging you to distract yourself, this is no easy practice. Yet you keep showing up. You are indomitable. You are thirsty for wonder.

Mirabai Starr • Wild Mercy: Living the Fierce and Tender Wisdom of the Women Mystics

“Slow down and tune into our seismographs.” The invitation is to practice “sensing to the depths” by finding one’s own inner still point, dropping through the layers of white noise, or using a finely-tuned instrument to hear the subtle signals.

What do we sense from our different perspectives? What do we “hear” and what are the different qualities... See more

Nancy Zamierowski • Slow down and tune into our seismographs

🎧 God as Sound Designer

Idea:
God didn’t just make the world visible — He made it audible. He designed the soundtrack of creation: rustling leaves, crashing waves, trickling creeks, songbirds at dawn. These aren’t random noises — they’re intentional compositions tuned to soothe, focus, and delight.

Connection:
We know this instinctively — millions of

In great music, the ancient longing of the earth finds a voice. The wonderful conductor Sergiu Celibidache said, “We do not create music; we only create the conditions so that she can appear.” Music ministers to the silence and solitude of nature; it is one of the most powerful, immediate, and intimate of sensuous experiences. Music is, perhaps,