Present Moment Focus

Everything arises from silence, but not everything is heard from present moment focus. Freedom from the known can happen, but only when it’s learned how to truly listen from present moment focus…

It matters little what you hear, but how you listen does matter in the sense if it comes from present moment focus. There’s all kinds of noise around us most of the time, but what’s mostly heard is labeled from our impulses and opinions. Freedom from the known can happen, but only when it’s learned how to truly listen, and you can only listen from when you’re present moment focused; this is when you truly hear. Present moment focus arises from silence, there’s nothing to think about in this state. A dog barking, a car beeping its horn, a helicopter, a waterfall, a plane, all sounds can be heard and as with any sound they can annoy you or the can anchor you in the present moment. There’s so much noise that goes on in the head, but it has nothing to do with the surrounding sounds.

Everything arises from silence, but not everything is heard from present moment focus. As I was sitting in my backyard the other day listening to birds chirping, the neighbor preceded to play music very loud to where my opinionated serenity was disturbed. I immediately took a deep breath and realized that although I was enjoying listening to the chirping birds, I wasn’t in present moment focus. If I was when the sound changed to what arose from the silence, in this case my neighbors music, I wouldn’t have been disturbed. One deep breath showed me this and it allowed the present moment focus of the sounds that were happening at that moment instead of the mind agitations of my impulses and opinions…