Release and Listen
In the Sumerian Language, the word for Ear and Wisdom are the same.
Deep Listening (Sunia - the Gurmukhi word for listening/listened) coupled with repetition of mantra (Simrit - meaning remembering, repetition, remembered) are key ingredients to experiencing that which we cannot contain with words.
Setting aside the details of these experiences, we can certainly say that they are ones that lead to wisdom. The type that provides a peaceful, still, oneness. It is calm and love. No need to prove a single thing. All is.
When listening not with the ear but with the spirit, one can perceive the subtle sound. By entering into that sound, we enter into supreme purity. That is why so many religious traditions pray, sing or chant as a prelude to silence. They understand that the repetition and absorption of sound leads to sacredness itself.
-Deng Ming-Dao
I’m sharing some songs that came through my mind during tonight’s Kundalini Yoga meditations, as we pass the first rising moon of the astrological new year, and approach eclipse season.
I have included a simple meditation you can do at the end of this post.
Simrit - “Sunia”
The Grouch and Eligh - Lake Release
This one came through, mainly the instrumentals. I listened to this all the time in my early teenage years. Brought a tear to my eye to hear it again. The emphasis on Release in the chorus, with the instrumentals, especially in the intro… you’ll understand.
“God holds my Soul like a pot of gold”
Meditation:
Be still, be quiet. Tune in. Ask your heart what it needs you to release. Ask your heart what it needs from you.
If you don’t hear anything, that’s okay. But you just might.
I was told to release isolation. I was commanded to LIVE. Then I heard the words, “Let Me Out” — ones I’ve heard when asking this question before.
This is of course personal, but if you do this simple meditation and feel like sharing, feel free to to do so in the comments.
The deepest sound is silence. This may seem paradoxical only if we regard silence an an absence of life and vibration. But for a meditator, silence is sound unified with all of its opposites. It is both sound and soundlessness, and it is in this confluence that the power of meditation emerges.
-Deng Ming-Dao
The Sunia is a very pleasant listen, those sounds appeal quite naturally I think and it becomes very easy to relax.
'Grasses Greener' has amazing lyrics and unlike most Rap, I don't like Rap, was an entertaining listening.
Asking yourself revealing questions appears to work for me, get the correct environment and ensure calm, it has helped me lots.
A friend suggested I go deep into some woods with nobody else about and then scream your own name repeatedly, he claims it awakens 'you' to yourself.
Thanks again.
Lovely perspective and nuance regarding meditation. It's not a struggle to blank the mind (to attain thought-less-Ness), not a competitive sport, and not itself the reward. It is about flowering, being receptive, letting go of judgement and fear. 🙏🙏🙏