Song Of The Day: Courante from Bach's Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV1007 / Mstislav Rostropovich
Word Of The Day: Fideism / Reliance upon one's religion instead of reason for beliefs and truths.

Today I woke up and all I wanted to listen to is Rostropovich. Just Rostropovich, unaccompanied, no orchestra, no chamber ensembles, not one single thing besides him. I think he's my favorite cellist of all time. If I could only listen to one instrument for the rest of my life, I think it would be the cello. I've thought about that question my whole life, and I've always "thought" the right answer should be the human voice. Of course, you'd want the human voice, right? But if I look deeply and sincerely and answer honestly, it's the cello. Who knows why. Intellectually I realize I should say the human voice, but I have never in my life sat around listening to an a cappella singer. In contrast, I've spent hundreds and hundreds of hours listening to solo cello. I spent several months listening to nearly nothing but cello when I was in college. Today I woke up and it was weird. Do you ever get sudden, instant, undeniable cravings for some odd item? Like a pregant woman, I woke up at 2:30am this morning, desperate to hear cello. I meditated till 3:30am, and could hear it the whole time I was doing zazen (I am not the music in my head. I am the empty awareness in which all music comes and goes.). Which makes you wonder what the fuck is music?

Why can I hear music when there is a total absence of sound? It's not memory. I write music even where there is a complete absence of sound. What the hell is music if it does not require sound waves?

My friends (mainly this one dude) who are very often in subtle realms of experience tell me about the music there. Music of the spheres. It really blows their minds. It's a higher mode- to follow a logical extension- of vibration. Somehow the "sound" emitted from a being corresponds perfectly to its level of awareness, awakening, etc. Angels make angel music, so to speak, Dakinis and Bodhisattva's make Buddha music, demons and hungry ghosts make their music. Makes sense, we're all just vibration. Of course God tunes them all, plays every note, is the instrument, the performer, the performance, the audience. God has access to all notes, all frequencies, all instruments, all performers, because that's what What is. Is. ?What is music?