Are You a Good Lover? Most Prefer to Skip This Test!
It is a silly test, but… Are you alive? Let’s do a quick check.
You’re alive when every fiber of your body is livid with stimuli. Let’s check your auditory perceptions, just for starters. Can you hear:
Groans the house makes?
Creaking of the furniture?
The murmur of the lectrical appliances?
The humming of the computer?
Animal sounds?
Weather sounds?
Trucks, cars, trains, planes, skateboards criss-crossing the space nearby?
The kitchen/bathroom/ bedroom noises people make?
Have you just heard at least one sound you had never heard before? Or heard a familiar sound in a new way?
If so, congrats.
You’ve discovered how to live here and now, giving your world your loving attention.
A close attention to the sounds coming from outside is a loving attention. Why not pay an equally loving attention to your inner sounds? Can you hear:
The static in your ears?
You heartbeat?
The rumbling, grumbling, and sliding of your innards?
