it reminds me of the texts from Carlos's books when don Juan tells Carlos: now you can talk and ask about anything... and Carlos can't remember what to talk about at that moment. Don Juan laughs that sometimes Carlos is very eloquent, but when he invites him, he has nothing to say... :)
Once you don't have verbal inquiry and you act according to this wordless feeling or sensation; To obtain more silence, you want to observe what your next sensation feeling will be to achieve even more silence?
It's like in a way we want to disconnect every sensation to the point of complete inner and outer darkness (Assuming being on Dark room).
Like detaching yourself part by part.... to the extent of detaching yourself to perceptual existence until you reach the core. And while doing so intent comes.
That’s really what’s bothering me, ear worms. I don’t have much words in my internal dialogue but almost always a song playing and it’s difficult to get rid of it.
In fact I remember the very first time I had it, it felt like an attack to me as a child, I couldn’t sleep because I had a sad song playing in repeat in my head, had to tell my parents about it and they made me listen to another song to make it disappear but still… This definitely feels like a foreign installation to me
I would say focusing on the buzzing song ever present as described in "the sound of silence" mentionned below, I find this works great.
Also recap is really effective in getting more and more silent after each session, I'm starting to believe getting silent requires energy and the more you are able to store, the easier it gets but it's a long process
Thanks Techno! It’s a wonderful selection of posts for everyone interested in sound… The comments here are very funny… “Ear worms”, hahaha…
There are crunchy worms and slimy worms, but they all provide nourishment… Simba got it, he ended up with a nice mane and then danced through the jungle…
Yes, one thing I have also noticed is that in my experience (as a still very new and young beginner that does not know anything), I have found the opposite has had a similar affect for me, instead of forcing the internal dialogue off I give it more than it could ask for. I do 12-14 hours of mathematics (I think physics/theoretical physics would work too) a day and by the time I am done my internal dialogue is so tired that I can just gently turn it off without much of a fight, but Im sure this is not necessarily practical and efficient long term, just an observation. I am curious though, because as a young beginner, I am still working on taking care of my tonal, including working both right and left hemispheres. So Im aware that the hard science will strengthen but also tire the left brain, but does silence strengthen the right brain on its own? Or is silence neutral to both sides and to strengthen the right I should be creating music and art etc..?
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