Listening Until There Is Only Sound

Find a continuous, gentle sound. Rain on the roof, the ceiling fan, a tanpura recording, a stream if you live near one. Sit comfortably nearby, eyes open or closed. Let the sound come to you, instead of going out to follow it. Slowly the boundary between your ear and the sound becomes less clear. There is no longer 'me listening to rain', there is only the rain itself, full and present. Stay there as long as it stays. The one who hears and the thing heard rest in the same place.