“the relentless touring and endless repetition of the same songs over and over again promoted a creeping awareness that my music had begun to sound like my washing machine.” SongSoundMusicAwarenessMachinesEndlessRepetitionTouringRelentlessWashingWashing Machines Book:Simple Dreams: A Musical Memoir Source: Simple Dreams: A Musical Memoir
“When you chant "Aum" or any mantra, do so softly and gently. Extend the sound. Focus your awareness on the sound of the mantra and become absorbed in it.” SoundFocusMeditationAwarenessBuddhismMantras Author:Frederick Lenz
“To meditate, you need to feel, and feeling is a lost art. You need to feel the stillness of existence and also the sound of existence. You need to feel that which lies beyond your awareness field, and that which is within it.” NeedsFeelsArtFeelingsLyingLostSoundExistenceMeditationAwarenessFieldsBuddhismStillnessLost Art Author:Frederick Lenz
“Esse est percipi, to be is to be perceived, said good old Berkeley; but, according to most philosophers, he was wrong. Yet, obviously, there are things for which the adage holds. Perception, trivially, to begin with. If elements of conscious awareness--pains, tickles, feelings of heat and cold, sensory qualia of colors, sounds, and the like--have any existence, it must consist in their being perceived by a subject.... This shows, of course, that such experiences are epiphenomenal, at least with respect to the physical world.” IfsWorldSaidShowsFeelingsPainCoursesSoundExistenceSubjectsAwarenessColorColdElementsPerceptionConsciousPhilosopherHeatAdagesSensoryConscious AwarenessBerkeleyHeat And Cold Author:Zeno Vendler
“It seems to be the special peculiarity of human beings that they reflect: they think about thinking and know that they know. This, like other feedback systems, may lead to vicious circles and confusions if improperly managed, but self-awareness makes human experience resonant. It imparts that simultaneous "echo" to all that we think and feel as the box of a violin reverberates with the sound of the strings. It gives depth and volume to what would otherwise be shallow and flat.” IfsThinkingKnowsGivingFeelsHumansMaySelfSeemsSoundHuman BeingsSpecialAwarenessSelf AwarenessDepthBoxesCirclesConfusionFlatsStringsVolumeEchoesShallowViciousHuman ExperienceFeedbackViolinImpartSimultaneousVicious Circles Author:Alan Watts
“When the music created by the sounds and ordering of the words matches the thrust of the meanings of the words, then a radiant state of awareness can occur.” StatesSoundAwarenessThrustRadiant Author:Pattiann Rogers
“Self-awareness is your awareness of the world, which you experience through the five senses (sound, touch, sight, taste, and smell). Pay attention to your sensory impressions and be aware of those five ways that the world comes to you.” WorldWaySelfSoundPayAttentionFiveAwarenessTasteSightSelf AwarenessSmellSensesImpressionPay AttentionSensoryFive SensesTaste And Smell Author:Deepak Chopra
“Deep listening is experiencing heightened awareness or expanded awareness of sound and of silence, of quiet, and of sounding - making sounds.” SoundSilenceAwarenessListeningQuietDeep Listening Author:Pauline Oliveros
“There is something in every one of you that waits and listens for the sound of the genuine in yourself. It is the only true guide you will ever have. And if you cannot hear it, you will all of your life spend your days on the ends of strings that somebody else pulls.” IfsLifeInspirationalEndsInspirationWaitingSoundAwarenessListeningMindfulnessHearingSpendingGuidesGenuineStringsPullingThrough The EyesListen To YourselfGenuineness Author:Howard Thurman
“Do not avoid contact with suffering or close your eyes before suffering. Do not lose awareness of the existence of suffering in the life of the world. Find ways to be with those who are suffering by all means, including personal contact and visits, images, sounds. By such means, awaken yourself and others to the reality of suffering in the world.” PeopleIfsWorldWayMayMeanHelpingRealityEyeSufferingSoundLosesExistenceAwarenessMovedIncludingContact Author:Nhat Hanh
“Time seems to pass. The world happens, unrolling into moments, and you stop to glance at a spider pressed to its web. There is a quickness of light and a sense of things outlined precisely and streaks of running luster on the bay. You know more surely who you are on a strong bright day after a storm when the smallest falling leaf is stabbed with self-awareness. The wind makes a sound in the pines and the world comes into being, irreversibly, and the spider rides the wind-swayed web.” KnowsWorldSelfMomentsLightSeemsHappensRunningFallStrongSoundAwarenessWindSelf AwarenessWho You AreStormSmallestLeafsGlancesSpidersStreaksQuicknessLusterFalling LeavesBright Days Book:The Body Artist Source: The Body Artist