The easiest way to get into the meditative state is to begin by listening. If you simply close your eyes and allow yourself to hear all the sounds that are going on around you. Just listen to the general hum and buzz of the world as if you were listening to music. Dont try to identify the sounds you are hearing, don’t put names on them, simply allow them to play with your eardrums and let them go. In other words, you could put it: let your ears hear whatever they want to hear. Don’t judge the sounds. There are no, as it were, proper sounds or improper sounds, and it doesn’t matter if somebody coughs, or sneezes, or drops something; it’s all just sound. And if I am talking to you right now and you’re doing this, I want you to listen.
I want you to listen to the sound of my voice just as if it were noise.
The so-called outside world and the so-called inside world come together. They are a happening. Your thoughts are a happening just like the sounds going on outside, and everything is simply a happening and all you’re doing is watching it.
