The Music of Buddy Comfort - Buddy Comfort - Blog http://buddycomfort.com/blog.html Buddy Comfort: Blog Jannis' PHPRss class - http://www.jannis.to/ Sun, 01 May 2011 11:48:04 -0700 I Believe in the Human Heart http://buddycomfort.com/blog.html/i_believe_in_the_human_heart I believe in the human heart as the center fire of our spiritual existence in a human body on the earth plane. That as we all breathe to live, these are our common connections around the globe. And in the peaceful centered mind in our hearts breathing in gratitude we connect with our common source, which has many names. And through this prayerfulness we can reach others in compassion and hold them safely, and guide our way to peace upon the earth in the winds of grace.


 


I believe in walking the beauty way in service to others, and singing universal songs and chants to bring all together in peace, joy, love, beauty and light.


 

]]> http://buddycomfort.com/blog.html/i_believe_in_the_human_heart Sat, 26 Mar 2011 11:44:33 -0700 The Music of Buddy Comfort - Buddy Comfort - Blog Peace http://buddycomfort.com/blog.html/peace

Peace is a state of the heart that is steady when all that rushes in from the mind of the worldly pulls us and distracts us from that which is inherently ours. A connection with the Divine, the Universal, the stillness that is always available to us if we but remember – to follow the breath as it comes in and goes out. Watch the breath’s independent ebbing and flowing to connect our bodies, hearts and minds with the unlimited present. It is knowing that now between the past and future is all that is real, is expandable and accessible if we but take the time to sit, to be, to connect with Source in love and beauty in the silence. The stilled and quiet mind can manifest peace in this dimension.

]]> http://buddycomfort.com/blog.html/peace Fri, 24 Dec 2010 11:48:04 -0800 The Music of Buddy Comfort - Buddy Comfort - Blog Speaking of Sound and Silence http://buddycomfort.com/blog.html/speaking_of_sound_and_silence
From the field of silence all sounds can spring. It is the space of breath and the place of listening. In the silent spaces among between and within sound is the place that allows the assimilation of what is heard. The nervous system, heart and cells of the body of necessity are slower to know what is experienced than the mind.

Creating breathing spaces in music allows deeper listening and an opening by the body on all levels to allow the sound in. Too often sound is perceived as an attack, a bombardment and the body defends itself against the onslaught of loud and monolithic sound.

The ears will over time if the decibel level (energy of the sound) is too intense protect the nervous system by going deaf through the withering of cilia in the inner ear that transmit certain frequencies to the auditory nerves.

In our youth we stand in close proximity to high stacks of pa system speakers to feel the thumping of the base notes in our chest and the high lines of the lead instruments that stimulate our feet to frenzied movement.

Tribal instincts and abandonment of the body in an age of technical know how that exposes us to too loud sound can leave our ears ringing for hours in the aftermath and over time can create deafness.

Wearing stereo earphones or ear inserts will result in the same if the volume over time is not mindfully adjusted. If you can hear someone else’s music coming out of their earphones while you are across the room you know they are listening at dangerous levels.

Becoming mindful of the sounds around us and the sounds we make, and the effects they may have on others and ourselves is important in a world out of balance.

From listening can come learning.

To be continued...]]> http://buddycomfort.com/blog.html/speaking_of_sound_and_silence Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:20:19 -0700 The Music of Buddy Comfort - Buddy Comfort - Blog