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
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listen with your heart
silence is peace to enjoy
open up your soul
voices within are true sounds
only I know why - listen
Pilgrimage souvenirs seen in Santiago de Compostela, Spain
A lovely haiku to listen to, Elsie!
ReplyDeleteThanks Kim for the nice comment.
DeleteVery peaceful. We always need to be silent and listen, but many times, we forget...
ReplyDeleteThanks Nicola. I think we need to stop and listen to our own thought's more often. We will be a lot happier if we do.
Deletevery nice tanka, tuning in to the peace in silence
ReplyDeletemuch love...
Thank you Gillena for stopping by and commenting. Learning to listen to our own problems is a good start, then we will learn to listen to what other humans are talking about, because we will have peace in our own body.
DeleteOk, I hear you. Just had to have that bit of fun. Lovely take on the prompt.
ReplyDeleteThanks Janice. Happy days laughing, it's healthy.
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