listening "hard" to the nadam...

from Rob Brezsny

listening to a source I love...over and over and over again.  the nadam sings me to sleep and awakens me into the waking life...and thrills every little cell in this wee body that eats and eats like there's no tomorrow but doesn't grow in any direction except inward:

week of january 17, 2008......................

I want to call your attention to a scene in the independent film Autism: The Musical. Neal is a 12-year-old autistic boy who has never spoken a complete sentence, not even to his beloved mother Elaine. He can barely form words. If you ask him to say "bar," he'll say "rahb." Elaine brings him to a therapist who guides autistic kids in using a machine that produces vocal sounds corresponding to words the kids type on a keyboard. For the first time, Neal's mom hears a message from her son: "Mom, I'm going to put you on the spot. You need to do more listening." I expect you will soon experience a metaphorically comparable event, Leo: A source you love will communicate with you in a novel way. Be receptive. Listen hard.