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A really very long time in the past once I was enjoying guitar concert events, I got here up a kinder manner for me to memorize items for the live performance. I’d play a bit 50 instances, earlier than I examined whether or not I had memorized the music or not.
It labored fairly properly. I wasn’t stressing about getting the piece memorized, and I discovered after 50 repetitions I used to be starting to get the piece memorized. So I performed it 50 extra instances with out testing my reminiscence, and I had memorized much more of the piece.
This essay isn’t about this explicit course of I used, however about what was happening in my thoughts as I did the repetitions.
I made a decision that it didn’t matter the place my thoughts was as I performed, so long as I did the enjoying. I allowed my thoughts to wander, and figured I’d get the piece memorized anybody.
Altering path right here:
I’ve a shopper who memorizes simply, however all the time has issues when he performs for me. He forgets the place he’s within the piece. I requested him what’s happening, and he mentioned his thoughts was interested by issues he must do, has carried out, ought to have carried out, and so forth.
This received me to considering.
We’ve got minds which can be wandering in every single place, and WE’RE STILL ABLE TO PLAY A PIECE OF MUSIC WELL, OR RUN WELL, OR GOLF WELL.
This appears problematic to me, and perhaps it’s not an issue, if we’re not making ourselves responsible or afraid of what we’ve carried out or must be doing. This implies destructive feelings, concern and/or guilt, will not be interfering with the exercise.
Besides, one way or the other I feel this can be a drawback, if we’re not absolutely current in an exercise that requires nice method and/or memorizing.
It’s like studying a web page of a guide, and also you’re so distant, you don’t even know what you’ve learn.
IF YOU DO SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARILY WELL AND RELY ONLY ON MEMORY TO GET IT DONE, AND YOU’RE NOT PRESENT, THEN YOU’VE MISSED THE JOY OF THE MOMENT.
YOU CAN ONLY REWARD YOURSELF WITH HOW MASTERFULLY YOU’VE DONE WHAT YOU’RE DOING OR WON, GIVEN YOU MISSED THE JOY OF THE PERFORMANCE, WHETHER IN MUSIC OR A SPORT.
Being completely current and targeted on what you’re doing modifications what?
On the very least, it reveals you you may be completely conscious within the second, and your thoughts leaping round isn’t all the time calling the pictures.
I consider there’s something life alteringly profound whenever you understand you may be current for lengthy durations of time, and never should be pulled in every single place by a thoughts by no means fairly capable of focus.
IT IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE TO BE PRESENT WITH A QUIET MIND AND IN JOY FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME.
TRY IT, YOU’LL LIKE IT.