extraordinary

What made it special was that the ordinary sounds were being experienced in an extraordinary way – with deep equanimity. In other words, I was simply being with the sounds exactly as they were; Free from expectations – I didn’t need the sounds to be special, unusual, or in any way different than they were.  Free from comparison – I wasn’t comparing them to sounds I’d heard in the past, or an idea of how I thought they should be. There was no good or bad, right or wrong, better or worse, ordinary or extraordinary. Free from ego – I didn’t make it about ‘me’ or an identity as ‘artist’ or ‘musician’. And free from control – I simply let the sounds come and go without resistance.