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Thursday, March 31, 2011

Within this Structure, One is Free

“And in that moment I understood that everything I had gone to Thailand to look for, to search for, I had it already in my singing — the calm, but alertness,the focus, but awareness, and being totally in the moment. When you're totally in the moment, when I'm totally in the moment, the vessel of expression is open. The emotions can flow from me to you and back. Extremely profound experience.”

~ Claron McFadden, from “Singing is the Primal Mystery,” TEDxAmsterdam, November 2010

[Thanks, Kit!]

Posted by Daron at 8:54 PM  

Labels: breath, Claron McFadden, concentration, John Cage, meditation, music, musicians, mystery, silence, singing, TED

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Daron Larson

Daron Larson
Freelance Contemplative

"The primary focus of this path of choosing wisely...is learning to stay present. Pausing very briefly, frequently throughout the day, is an almost effortless way to do this. For just a few seconds we can be right here. Meditation is another way to train in learning to stay or...learning to come back, to return to the present over and over again."

~ Pema Chödrön, from Taking the Leap: Freeing Ourselves from Old Habits and Fears
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