3 posts tagged “meditation”
Found Michael Gelb mentioning meditation in his book – how to think like Leonardo da Vinci.
Listen for silence
Practice listening for the spaces between sounds – the pauses in a friend’s conversation or your favourite music and the silences between the notes in the song of a bluebird. Make silence a theme for a day and record your observations in your notebook. Do you have access to a place of complete silence, away from the humming of machines? Try to find such a place. How does it feel to be in a place of complete quiet?
Practice Silence
Experience with a day of silence. For a whole day, don’t talk, just listen. It is best to spend your silent day out in nature, walking in the woods, hiking in the mountains or strolling by the sea. Immerse yourself in nature’s sounds. This “verbal fasting” strengthens your ability to listen deeply and is wonderfully refreshing for your spirit.
Source:
How to think like Leonardo da Vinci
Michael Gelb
Page 113 & 114
Delacorte Press
ISBN: 0385323816
Found Paulo Coelho mentioning meditation in his manual of the warrior of light.
The warrior of light needs time to himself. And he uses that time for rest, contemplation and contact with the Soul of the World. Even in the midst of a battle, he manages to meditate.
Occasionally, the warrior sits down, relaxes and lets everything that is happening around him continue to happen. He looks at the World as a spectator, he does not try to add to it or take away from it, he merely surrenders unresistingly to the moment of life.
Little by little, everything that complicated begins to become simple. And the warrior is glad.
What is a warrior of light?
A warrior of light is someone capable of:
understanding the miracle of life
fighting to the last for something he believes in
Source:
Manual of the warrior of light
Paulo Coelho
Page 183 & 184
HarperCollins
ISBN: 000715
Date: 11 - 14 May 2007
Place: Hollyhock, Cortes Island, BC, Canada
Experience: seaside, sea view, Red Forest, nature, garden, meditation, Yoga, decent accommodation, delicious vegetarian food, great company from intellectual curious, peace of mind seeking, interesting people.
