Sound

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There are sounds all around us. As a mater of fact, if we would want to experience silence, we need to really search for a place that has no sound. And even then, while it may not have the sounds we are accustomed to hearing, like cars, airplanes, trains ~ or even the neighbor’s kids playing in the garden, or a dog barking in the distance, there are still sounds...

The more quiet the place we have found, the louder the other sounds are...
The sounds of nature ~ the wind rustling through the leaves of the trees. The sound of our own heartbeat; or the sound of blood coursing through our veins.

When we start ‘listening’ in meditation, we might hear an entirely different set of sounds ~ the sounds of the universe... Of the sun, the moon, and the stars...

The other meaning of the word ‘sound’ is being whole ~ undamaged. A term that might be used n relationship to being healthy ~ being of sound health, or being of sound mind ~ yet basically refers to everything that is whole.

Nowhere does this principle show better than with checking the ‘wholeness’ of pottery. The sound the pottery makes when tapped upon becomes vastly different when it has a crack, no matter how well hidden the crack is.

Sound is a vibration, and when something has changed ~ for instance when the pottery has been damaged ~ its vibration changes.

Everything has its own vibration.
Objects, places, trees, plants, animals, and yes, each of us has a vibration that is uniquely ours. In a sense our own sound ~ or even our own song...

Have you ever chanted your own sound? Sung your own song?
And did you like the vibration you put out? Did you like what you heard?

Or did you want to change your vibration, your sound, into a vibration or sound ~ song even ~ that sounds more whole to your ears? Happier, healthier, or perhaps more productive?
The vibration of sound is the key to create those changes in your system!

In a world where a lot of our interaction with our environment ~ the world around us ~ takes place through sound, being aware of our own sound and how it can be affected by the sounds and vibrations around us can help us a great deal.
The more aware we become, the easier it will be to discern which sounds we would like to incorporate into our own unique sound ~ and what started out as a single vibration pretty soon becomes a song. A song with a melody that may sound discordant at times, yet can be changed to a different chord that is more pleasing to our ears.
The more aware we become, the better we can hear the music of life!
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