Attention
Many of us experience life as if we’re taking it in through a pair of headphones. We strip away the full register. We hear information, but don’t detect the subtler vibrations of feeling in the body. When you practice listening with the whole self, you expand the scope of your consciousness to include vast amounts of information otherwise missed, a
... See moreRick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being
A monk once went to Ganesha, and wanted to learn where the entrance to the path of truth was.
Ganesha asked him, “Do you hear the murmuring of the brook?”
“Yes, I hear it,” answered the monk.
“There is the entrance.”
Ganesha asked him, “Do you hear the murmuring of the brook?”
“Yes, I hear it,” answered the monk.
“There is the entrance.”
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But a warning is nonetheless worthwhile, as Byung-Chul Han cautions:
... See more“If the human being loses all capacity for contemplation, it degenerates into an animal laborans. The life which adjusts itself to the mechanical work process knows only breaks, work-free interim periods in which the regeneration from work takes place in order to be fully available
"Listening is something that gets more enjoyable the more you surrender to it. Exploring located sound has also made me a more attentive music listener. I think fine-tuning the ear makes you alert to other senses as well and that, if you let it, this could lead you to reflect on your perception and its limitations. Listening can be an exercise in e... See more
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Paying close attention is an art and an act of the spirit | Aeon Essays
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“There can be no experience of the world without the experiencer and that, my dear friends, is us.”
“Before anyone can make theories or get data or have ideas about the world, there must be the raw presence of being-in-the-world. The world doesn’t appear in the abstract to a disembodied perspective floating in space… it appears to us, exactly where ... See more
“Before anyone can make theories or get data or have ideas about the world, there must be the raw presence of being-in-the-world. The world doesn’t appear in the abstract to a disembodied perspective floating in space… it appears to us, exactly where ... See more
Adam Frank, Astrophysicist