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A really very long time in the past after I was taking part in guitar concert events, I got here up a kinder approach for me to memorize items for the live performance. I might play a chunk 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 taking part in. I allowed my thoughts to wander, and figured I’d get the piece memorized anybody.
Altering course right here:
I’ve a shopper who memorizes simply, however at all times 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 serious about issues he must do, has executed, ought to have executed, and so on.
This acquired me to considering.
We now have minds which might 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 possibly it’s not an issue, if we’re not making ourselves responsible or afraid of what we’ve executed or must be doing. This implies detrimental feelings, worry and/or guilt, aren’t interfering with the exercise.
Besides, one way or the other I feel it is a drawback, if we’re not absolutely current in an exercise that requires nice approach and/or memorizing.
It’s like studying a web page of a ebook, and also you’re so far-off, 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 adjustments what?
On the very least, it exhibits you you will be completely conscious within the second, and your thoughts leaping round isn’t at all times calling the photographs.
I consider there’s something life alteringly profound while you notice you will be current for lengthy durations of time, and never need to 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.