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Meditation Reflection
What is the sound of listening?
This phrase came to me in my own meditation yesterday morning, and it interrupted a cascade of noise.
The words snagged my rational mind. Listening isn’t supposed to make a sound. It receives sound. It holds silence. And yet, when I asked myself to tune in to the sound of listening, something curious happened. What my experience was isn’t relevant. But I offer the question as a prompt to experiment with.
Like the famous koan—What is the sound of one hand clapping?—this question seems to break the surface tension of habitual perception. It cut through my need to understand and opened a space to be with.
This week’s practice explores that space. We begin by humming, then release into the echo that remains. Noticing not just the sounds that arise, but the awareness that listens. The nobody who listens through the somebody.
Drop me a comment below; let me know what you find.
To your practice, from scratch,
Josh
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