resonance In_Bloom Yes, that's what it is As I lay still Trying to fool with my breathing Fooling no one I feel a story wafting off your skin There aren't any pictures but something there is speaking To me, I have tested it to know I've asked that much of the damp sheets Hope beckons to my stamina 091118 ... unhinged connection vibration if you play it just right, old things will still be ringing at the beginning of new things. om_mani_padme_hum when i chant, my lips vibrate with the sound. tingled, like buzzing my lips together. there is a deep resonance that goes all the way into my chest. it loosens things that are not supposed to be there and strengthens things that are just where they are supposed to be. 091118 ... Ouroboros Yup, chanting gets my brain buzzing in that special way, as does holding my quartz cluster in both hands, as does moontribe dj's music, as does the right food at the right time. 091119 ... unhinged when i first started practicing, something about sitting and trying to still my mind was very unappealing. so since sound has always had an obvious resonance with me, i chanted instead. the classes i've been taking at the meditation center have really helped me. i always thought if my mind drifted in meditation i was doing something wrong...i know right, well duh. but still...coming from a catholic/christian family didn't prepare me very well for the idea that i have inherent goodness in me that i can find anytime anywhere. i used to hate it when people told me i had to learn to love myself first. but being gentle with myself has made all the difference. sometimes my more perceptive students say 'it tickles me' when they hold their violin correctly and especially when they play on their lower strings. i look at them and smile 'it's supposed to do that' 091119 ... ergo Ideas that resonate tickle my fancy. 091120 ... unhinged i know i'm old because i am beginning to see the bigger circles in my life 100901 ... h|s|g it's supposed to do that 100902 what's it to you? who go blather from