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Daily Question, March 18

How am I listening today? How might I listen more fully?

  • Michele

    At the moment, I am listening to the hum of the refrigerator and can hear cars driving outside. To listen more fully one needs to be focused. This makes me grateful that I can hear, not everyone can.
    Happy Friday ya’ll:)

  • Iamme

    I am listening to myself by journaling, meditating and being present. I could listen more fully through movement, creating and by observing how I react to my daily experiences, and by being present in the momentI can listen more fully to others by switching off from my inner dialogue and what I may be engaged in physically, and giving them and their words and how they are expressing themselves my full attention.

  • Hermann-Josef

    Keeping my inner and outer mouth closed. Keeping to be focused on listening. Like listening to renaissance music. There are so many voices, timbres and rhythm at the same time. Hearing it all. Recognizing inner silence,space and joy. . And again I am talking to much. Sorry

  • Christine

    In an hour someone will come and sing with me. We are practicing for a performance that will take place soon. I am now arranging “Summertime” for flute and vocals. Normally I accompany with piano, but I want a bit of variety in the program. I’m not very good on the flute, so…. I’m going to listen to myself very carefully.
    How listen more fully? By using the ears of my heart.

    • Hermann-Josef

      It is a pity that I can‘t listen to your music. I am shure you are good enough on the flute. Summertime, when the living is easy…

      • Christine

        Good morning Hermann -Josef, And how I would love to hear your music. I am an amateur with a huge passion for music. I think I live my passion. The best thing is that you can make music with others and also share it with others. I share that in nursing homes. I always get happy faces in return. And…….. music is a universal language. 💞

        • Hermann-Josef
          Christine. It makes me so happy to reed your lines. Yes to make make music together is an incomparable experience. Singing or clapping with elderly or sick people is the best thing we can do to bring happiness and aliveness into their day. I did that also for a while. By the way my musical skills are very rudimentary. But it doesn‘t matter. If a daisy wants to be a rose, drops of its leaves and so on, all its beauty is gone. It should try to be a beautiful , shining daisy and everything is per...

          Christine. It makes me so happy to reed your lines. Yes to make make music together is an incomparable experience. Singing or clapping with elderly or sick people is the best thing we can do to bring happiness and aliveness into their day. I did that also for a while. By the way my musical skills are very rudimentary. But it doesn‘t matter. If a daisy wants to be a rose, drops of its leaves and so on, all its beauty is gone. It should try to be a beautiful , shining daisy and everything is perfect. My music teacher said: be happy that you are allowed to make music. With any note you sing or play, you move one step closer to god. Music is a universal language. I thank you from my heart Christine. Have a good session..🎶💕

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          • Mike

            I, too, have just rudimentary skills in music. I play the bass and have so missed playing with people during the pandemic. I can imagine joining Summertime with a simple bass line. Music is indeed a universal language. I often think of the lines from the poet T.S. Eliot who said this about the effect of music: “music heard so deeply, that you are the music, as long as the music lasts.”

          • Christine

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