Music in the Background - August 16th, 2009
The universe is a multi-tasking
whore, just like everyone in our generation (thanks to the
internet). Since it has its mind on so many things at the same
time, it's often distracted and overwhelmed by potentialities...which
in turns causes it to not SEE the possibilities present. As
above, so below. The macrocosm mirrors the microcosm. The
same applies for most of us.
Anyway, my point is that the Universe has music on constantly in the
background to stimulate it's senses, to keep it amused. Just like
most of us have on our computers. But the Universe has an
infinite variety of music.. . and it only really listens to the songs
it's in the mood for, when it feels like that particular music fits the
moment. Same with us, our favorite song could be playing on the
computer or ipod and if we're busy or distracted we'll tune it out. .
but if we're in the mindset for it, we'll groove into it immediately
and it'll change our perspective automatically. Since the
Universe constantly has music going on in the background that we're
unaware of, I think those great moments in life are when we're "tuning
in" to the music that's playing at that moment. When we really
jive with the soundtrack of the cosmos, and we're one with the idea and
the melody that the Universe is entertaining at that place and time.
Or maybe the music of the Spheres is perfectly suited to every instant,
every location, and every situation. It's we who either dismiss
the song of Spirit, ignore it outright, or refuse to embrace
it.....whether out of ignorance, apathy, fear, or laziness, I can't
say. But perhaps choirs of angels are declaring their love of
creation in an eternal hymn that subtly echoes throughout eternity, and
varies depending on where you are both physically, and in your
consciousness.
This song is the very fabric of reality, and it unites everything in
the universe with a sublime, ineffable grace. If we allowed
ourselves to truly hear this music, to be open and receptive to it's
beauty and power, than we would transcend the threshold of time and
space and once again merge with the Infinite.
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Deterring Bliss - August
13th,
2009
I make piss-poor analogies, but
that doesn't stop me from trying...and as I haven't updated in a month,
I figured why not take another crack at one? Sometimes I hear
really great music at my work. It happens very seldom, but
sometimes one of my favorite songs will come on. And I'll usually
be like C'MON!!! I don't wanna listen to music I adore while
working at a place I disdain. It takes away from the power of the
song. The energy is diminished, and it feels like it lessens the
impact of how transcendent the music would otherwise be in an
environment I preferred. But occasionally I throw myself into the
song simply because it's on and I LOVE it...and I'm like, what the
hell, why not?
Well, UNDOUBTEDLY, my song will be interrupted by some asshole paging
another person on the intercom for god knows what reason. And
this happens time and time again, usually only during songs that I
ENJOY!!! And so I've learned to instinctively tune out the music
I love because I know it will invariably be interrupted by loud-ass
irritating voices making announcements on the god damn intercom.
Maybe that's like life. Our greatest joys, our biggest
pleasures....are mitigated by our unconscious because we know that, in
life, something will always FUCK IT UP, or make it less wonderful
somehow. It won't live up to our expectations, or something will
come crashing down, and our happiness will ultimately turn into
frustration. So we don't allow ourselves to feel our passions
fully, to embrace our ecstasy completely, and to live our loves
unconditionally. We know that we'll always be let down somehow,
so we keep invisible walls around us which both protects us from
disappointment but also keeps us from truly feeling our emotions.
It's fear, of course. Fear which we willingly accept and in fact
create in order to keep unwanted experiences at bay. But rarely
do we realize that our vanguards are seldom serving us as much as they
are preventing us from living freely within our own beings.
I guess my point is that we have to relinquish this safety-mechanism
that we've employed in our subconscious, because bad stuff is gonna
happen regardless of whether or not we construct deterrents to pain in
our behaviors. Since things will go wrong despite our
precautions, we might as well let down our guard and embrace things as
they are...so that when bliss presents itself in our lives, we can
really FEEL it and appreciate it's beauty, it's rarity, and thus it's
significance.
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