A short spoken monologue advising mindfulness and presence by using music as a practice. The speaker notes that sitting in silence can be painful but necessary, and recommends listening to an instrumental song intently to notice the "silence between the notes" as a method for self-reflection and training presence.
You know, if we were more present with ourselves and if we could stop the noise, we would probably catch a glimpse of what it is that we're truly capable of as human beings. But sometimes it's painful, right? It's painful to sit in the silence, even when the silence is often what you need the most. So how do you train yourself to be more present? Well, here's my best tip for you. Go put on a song, preferably a song that's very instrumental, without a lot of lyrics, and listen to that song intently. And what you want to listen for is. And try to identify is the silence between the notes. The silence between the notes.
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