My wife is a musician and professional music teacher. Trust me when I say I have listened to a lot of instruments being tuned. I have learned some truths about being in tune that are profoundly applicable to living a life in tune with our highest, best self in the present moment.
The first truth is: Close and “good enough” in tune…never is. An instrument is either in tune, or it is not. There is no middle ground. The most beautiful music in the world will sound awful if it is performed a half-note out of tune.
A key to understanding how simple yet powerful our choices are is the fact that we live in a dualistic universe where nothing is static: Everything has an opposite (light and dark, cold and heat, centeredness or chaos) and we are constantly choosing between, thus moving towards, one state or the other.
We are either following our path towards our highest and best self, or we are not. In the present moment we can only act upon one choice at a time. That single choice we make moves us closer to, or farther away from, realizing who we are and fully embracing our power to create our lives.
There is no such thing as a neutral choice.
The second truth is: The more we practice being in tune, the better we become at being accurately and consistently in tune. My wife now has the ability to listen to a complete orchestra and not only know if she is hearing a note out of tune, but which instrument in which section is playing the discordant note. Her physical ears have not improved, but her ability to understand what she is hearing has dramatically increased.
The more we apply ourselves to being in tune, the better we are able to make fine adjustments in our lives that we were unaware of the need for before. This inner vibrational harmony in turn allows us to refine our lifesong ever more closely in tune with our best self and the power that surrounds us. We become in tune with the power of the universe, and great things happen in our lives as a result.
And the final truth is: The best music is played together. One thing my wife emphasizes to her students is the need to listen to the playing of others so that the whole piece blends seamlessly together. Each student plays as in tune and with the tempo as possible, while following her direction as the orchestral leader, so that the harmony of the piece might shine through.
When everybody is in tune, balanced, and playing in harmony, the power of music approaches the divine. Our lives are the same way, none of us live in complete isolation where the choices we make are not impacted by the choices of others and vice versa. We also help each other stay in tune when we mindfully listen to the lives of others.
As we bring our lives into tune with our highest, best self; practice being ever more in tune with our ideals; and incorporate the beauty and power of others into our own lives, we can truly live a life of harmony and peace in the present moment.
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This was originally published on Beingpresentminded November 6th, 2016 at:
https://beingpresentminded.wordpress.com/page/4/
