Carpe Diem #1139 - Listening

My Response to Carpe Diem #1139 - Road to Santiago - Listening

Listen to the sound of the wind it will reveal you the sacred wisdom of the Road to Santiago.

Petrus, Paulo’s guide, asks him to sit down and then he told him about the 

                                     “Listening Exercise”

[...] 'Relax. Close your eyes. Try for several minutes to concentrate on all of the sounds you hear in your surroundings as if you were hearing an orchestra playing its instruments. 

Little by little, try to separate each sound from the others.

Concentrate on each one, as if it were the only instrument playing. 

Try to eliminate the other sounds from your awareness.

When you do this exercise every day, you will begin to hear voices. 

First, you will think that they are imaginary. 

Later, you will discover that they are voices of people from your past, present, and future, 

all of them participating with you in the remembrance of time.

This exercise should be performed only when you already know the voice of your messenger.

Do this exercise for ten minutes at a time. " [...] (Source: The Pilgrimage by Paulo Coelho)

Photo Credit            Squirrel listening for sound in case he needs a quick get-away.

© Chèvrefeuille Say’s

You just have to try it to experience it, and I think it's not really necessary to know the voice of your messenger, your guardian angel. It's like listening to the wind, close your eyes, experience the spring breeze, you can feel it on your face, you can feel it playing with your hair ... the spring breeze (by the way all kind of wind) whispers his/her message in your ear. You can listen what the wind does tell you, it is the word of the Creator, Higher Self or what ever name you will give it. My Tanka for Listening

listen with your heart

silence is peace to enjoy

open up your soul

voices within are true sounds

only I know why - listen

Photo Credit

Pilgrimage souvenirs seen in Santiago de Compostela, Spain