Listening meditation

Continuing our series on different meditations we get to a very simple meditation. Sit down somewhere comfortable and make sure you will not be disturbed for the duration of the meditation.

Close your eyes. Take a few deep breaths and exhale slowly allowing your mind/body/soul/spirit to relax. As you relax allow your consciousness of your hearing to expand.

Listen – just listen without any commentary. By commentary I mean without calling any sound any name ("birds singing, car driving past, airplane") or characterizing the sounds as harmonious or disturbing.

As in all other meditations at times you may notice that your mind is wondering – perhaps you notice that you are thinking – when you notice your concentration is not on the sounds you here simply and gently return your mind back to the sounds.

Blaise Pascal (French philosopher, scientist and mathematician) once said that all human evil comes from a single cause, man’s inability to sit still in a room for half an hour. In this meditation as well as many others you learn to site still….

Other posts in this series include:

• What, meditate me? – describes what is meditation and the uses of meditation.
• Meditate on your breath – a variation of Zen sitting meditation or Zazen.
• Mantra meditation – repetition of a word, phrase or sound – Transcendental Meditation is a commercialized mantra meditation.
• Ahh meditation – a form of Japa meditation.
• Body scan meditation – a great meditation for becoming in tune with your body.
• I am meditation – a meditation on the Spirit.

A couple of recommended books on meditation:

The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle.

The Mindful Way through Depression: Freeing Yourself from Chronic Unhappiness by Mark Williams.

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