Using the Songs of the Dao effectively in meditation

[Anonymous]

Hi Folks

Long
time ago I experimented with the ‘Songs of the Dao’ for meditation
purposes. The problem I had was a technical one. On my ipod I could
either chose to play a song once and then stop it manually or loop it
forever. But, once is not enough and forever is too much.

So I
developed the idea to use playlists and a set of tracks which
consists of recorded silence only to give me the option to use one or
more songs of the ‘Songs of the Dao’ CD for energertic stimulation in
meditation.

And this
is what I did. I recorded a set of silence tracks with garageband,
put them together as an album, and started creating playlists like
the following one:

1. Finding the Heart Mind (Eat – neutral start with a base technique)
2. Silence 15 Min. (Digest)
3. From Fog to Enthusiasm & Joy (Eat – the subject I am working on)
4. Silence 15 Min. (Digest)
5. From Fog to Enthusiasm & Joy (Eat – the subject I am working
   on)
6. Silence 15 Min. (Digest)
7. Signal (tells me that a hour has passed)

Playlists
allow not only to use silence tracks between the songs to create an
eat and digest pattern, they also allow to mix songs in a reasonable
manner as shown above.

So, I am
writing this not just to inform you guys about the possibility, but
to give you the opportunity to download the album of silence tracks I
have created from the following link:

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B64On2yHUB1UQVVWeW9YMDlPQ3M

so you
don’t need to do the work to create the tracks yourself. You have to
download every single file manually, and when you have saved them in
a directory you can add them for example to iTunes, and they should
show up as an album named ‘Breaks 1 – 30 Min.’. From this album you
select the silence tracks to create your own playlists.

I am
working with this scheme since january and found it very helpful. I
also distributed the package amoung my german friends, and beneficial
results have been reported to me.

If you
are not using the ‘Songs of the Dao’ please think about doing it
because they are indeed helpful, and if you are using them please
download the tracks/album and experiment with the duration of the
break, because you need to find out after which time you need a new
impulse. I started with 5 min. and then progressed to 15 min..

There
is also a signal track included, which enables you to set an acoustic
marker, like in the example playlist. The silence tracks can be
freely used and redistributed as is stated in the info tag of the
files.

Please
try and report how it worked for you.

Good
practice

Joerg

How to download:

If you click on the link you’ll be forwarded to the google docs page. There every single track is visible. If you move the cursor on a line with a track this line will be hilighted and on the far right end you’ll see a box with a downward arrow. If you click on that arrow a menu appears, which enables you to download that single file. Just download them all and when you have done this, add the files to your itunes (cmd key O).

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks Joerg,

I could use “silent” breaks in my playlists.

I run a hybrid taiji/ Dance for Parkinson’s class for Seniors.

So I’m switching back and forth between meditative music (Tao of Healing) to dance music with 4-4 timing
(“I’m going to Wash that Man right out of my Hair”)

But it is disruptive to be holding a taiji posture in wuji with some soft meditative music and automatically have it change to gospel “Kum-By-Yah”

A few minutes of silence/signal would give me time to get out the iPod and switch to the next selection manually exactly when I want it.

Threshold problem:
I don’t know how to load your links into iTunes.
(iMac5 & iPod)

Thanks

[Anonymous]

Hello Joerg,
Many thanks for this. I use Songs of the Tao to support both meditation and qigong practice, so your efforts are most welcome (I’m not up to speed on the editing technology). Please can you explain how to download these files. On Internet Explorer they don’t appear as files that can be downloaded.

[Anonymous]

Hi Robert

If you click on the link you’ll be forwarded to the google docs page. There every single track is visible. If you move the cursor on a line with a track this line will be hilighted and on the far right end you’ll see a box with a downward arrow. If you click on that arrow a menu appears, which enables you to download that single file. Just download them all and when you have done this, add the files to your itunes (cmd key O).

[Anonymous]

Hi Colin

If you click on the link you’ll be forwarded to the google docs page. There every single track is visible. If you move the cursor on a line with a track this line will be hilighted and on the far right end you’ll see a box with a downward arrow. If you click on that arrow a menu appears, which enables you to download that single file. Just download them all and when you have done this, add the files to your itunes (cmd key O).

[Anonymous]

Just joined the forum after having received the Songs in December last year and also getting the Dragon & Tiger set and the Tao of letting go set. This is a great idea not only for this material but in general…many thanks
Majid

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