Hearing What Is Already Here

Sit quietly with eyes closed. Most meditation begins by trying to find quiet. Today, do the opposite. Open the ears completely to whatever sound is already present, the hum of the ceiling fan, a child laughing somewhere, a car horn down the gali, a pressure cooker whistle from the next flat. Receive all of it, the whole soundscape, without choosing. Let the city, or the village, or the silence, be your meditation, exactly as it is. The sound of life itself becomes the doorway, with no need to escape anywhere.