Listening
The forest breathes. Listen. It answers.
I have made this place around you.
If you leave it, you may come back again, saying Here.
~ David Wagoner
Listening
The forest breathes. Listen. It answers.
I have made this place around you.
If you leave it, you may come back again, saying Here.
~ David Wagoner
Listening
The acoustic interplay of Nature’s sounds—whether animals singing, streams gurgling, or leaves rustling—is a dynamic property of all Natural landscapes.
Deeply listening to these Natural soundscapes can awaken primordial relationships, ancient memories, and shamanic intuitions… as well as a wondrous array of animal, plant, and elemental familiars.
This deep listening creates what Rilke called a temple deep inside our hearing—a temple of harmonic rapport between the Natural World and our True Nature. We can begin to build this temple by simply going for walks in Nature sanctuaries, parks... or even a vacant lot. Not trying to hear anything... just gratefully receiving whatever sounds may be offered.
Heron
Each step into Nature brings a subtle change
in the soundscape… shifting as we pass through forest
into open field... or onto seashore.
Heron
Each step into Nature brings a subtle change
in the soundscape… shifting as we pass through forest
into open field... or onto seashore.
Some songs fall silent
as the day progresses…
as the seasons turn… or as lives end.
Newborn Lamb
Other songs vibrantly proclaim a new arrival.
Newborn Lamb
Other songs vibrantly proclaim a new arrival.
By listening to these changes, we come into harmonic resonance with each moment of our existence.
Over time, we may come to know the song of the American robin… of the Pileated woodpecker… of the Chestnut-backed chickadee… or the Great blue heron—a unique beingness reverberant within each unique song. Every now and then, we may even be blessed to perceive the unique auditory signatures of all the singers uniting into a magnificent expression of
Nada Brahma (God Sound)...
Soundscapes
Nada Brahma—God Sound
Soundscapes
Nada Brahma—God Sound
Soundscapes
A Meditation on New Beginnings
Salmon spawning streams offer us the opportunity to behold the mystery play of transformation…to witness how the surrender of old forms is intimately linked with the appearance of new possibility. As you surrender to the flow of this soundscape, you may feel yourself effortlessly releasing old patterns and perspectives that no longer serve the unfoldment of your life… and you may feel new potentials emerging...to be bathed and nourished by the gentle flow of the stream’s fresh clear water…
The full 20-minute soundscape is available for meditation purposes.
Englishman River Rhapsody
Throughout the Spring season—as the days grow longer and warmer—forests fill with birdsongs. Some sing to attract a lover…others sing to claim territory. All seem to proclaim, “What I do is me…for this I came!”
By listening to these songs, we can physically and psycho-spiritually attune ourselves to this season of renewal…and the awakening of unimagined possibility. By doing so, we may effortlessly come into greater accord not only with the rhythms of Life—but also with the rhythms of our own life…
The full 16-minute soundscape is available
for meditation purposes.
bunny
Listening to Nature’s songs builds a temple
deep inside our hearing…
bunny
Listening to Nature’s songs builds a temple
deep inside our hearing…