Sometimes I wish we were all slightly more automated, just
push a button and download the information into our mental hard-drive -- kind
of like they did in the Matrix movies… “I know Kung-fu!” But nooooo, you have to keep working at it,
constantly. Practice, practice,
practice. At my age sometimes it feels
like it’s not as much about getting better than it is just not losing what you’ve
already got. The Law of Diminishing Returns keeps trying to raise its ugly head, but
I’m playing Wack-a-Mole with that mother.
In truth, it’s actually a very stimulating exercise practicing that mental
discipline to play music every day, to improve on what you did before, to learn
a new tune, to expand on an existing arrangement, to write a new song. Hell, who needs Lumosity?
I am more and more coming to understand the magnitude of that
old saying, “…luck is preparation meeting opportunity. The more you’re prepared, the luckier you
get.” It only took me (insert no. here) years to figure that
out. Hmm.
Well anyway, the songs are coming along quite well, and my
dedication to the process is starting to pay off. The big focus at the moment is staying in the
NOW while I play, and not allowing stray thoughts to creep in and distract my
mental focus in the moment. The truth
is, we as Soul essence, are not our thoughts.
We can claim a thought as much as we want but the cosmic stream of
consciousness is connected to us all, or more accurately, we are connected to It. So my practice is as much about mental
discipline as it is about learning new music.
Funny how everything you do has a spiritual significance, a life lesson
attached. That’s one thing I love about life,
there’s always a plus element; you never stop learning (re-learning). In truth, the knowledge has always been
there, we’re just re-membering it. Well,
got one more song to work on, so I’m out for now. Until next time, you decide what you want to think next. Later.
