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When
snow has fallen and you step outside, you sense the silence that
comes when hard surfaces are covered by a soft blanket of white
splendor. This sensation can change your perception of well-known
surroundings - everything sounds different, all sounds are absorbed
by the delicate snowflakes that line every contour of the world
around you.
This is not unlike what music can do - creating a space to rest
within and letting the tensions of the day dissolve into a silent
alertness.
I love the grandeur of Aotearoa New Zealand's Southern Alps and
their majestic way of looking over the lands below. Seeing the sunlit
mountain peaks on a winter's day gives me a sense of proportion
in my life - the mountains have been here so much longer than I
will be and have seen so many events unfold and disappear in the
valleys and plains below.
This quality of watchfulness is a good metaphor for my own process
of reflection. Whenever I can, I sit silently with my eyes closed,
watching how events are unfolding, without being there to cast a
stone of judgement - just being there in a space of acceptance -watching
thoughts float by like clouds in an empty sky.
It is from this space of reflection that the music of Reiki Mountains
is created - may it help you to create a similar space to look inside
yourself -to be in a space of self-nurturing. This process of watching
and meditation that I have learned from my spiritual master Osho,
has brought more light, love and laughter into my life. If you give
yourself some time to learn the knack of meditation, I see no reason
why the same celebration cannot become part of your life.
Sambodhi Prem
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