In the pre-dawn stillness, the world holds its breath. The needle of Now glides across the infinite record of existence, each groove a possibility, each rotation a lifetime. What we call reality - the solid, the tangible, the measurable - these are but the precious vinyl grooves giving shape to the real magic: the music of being itself.
Listen...
To its tunes.
The Grass in the wind, a morning breeze carrying tweets and the trills of sparrows and crow. Every sound a tune, every color a note. Countless others in harmony. Their collective voice building the first chord of a day. Each breath a note, each heartbeat a measure in the rhythm that flows through all things.
From nearby trees, other voices join the arrangement. Oak and maple hum deep sustained notes that have been playing for decades, their tempo so slow we mistake it for silence. Between their ancient trunks, younger saplings practice their parts, reaching for gaps in the canopy's symphony.
Feel how we move, how we rises like a kindred tune, a melody you've known since before you knew yourself. It calls out, resonating with familiar frequencies. A Caterpillar nibbling on a leaf, a part of the same harmony, even as its own awareness plays in keys we'll never fully comprehend. Even the stones beneath your feet contribute their subtle overtones, deep frequencies that have been sustaining the earth's baseline rhythm since the first morning of time.
All this plays while the needle glides through the grooves. The vinyl of matter gives ground to it all. And yet don't be fooled. We live not in the world of things but in the world of their music. When you touch a flower, you're not just meeting its physical form - you're harmonizing with its unique frequency in the universal symphony. When you love, you're not just exchanging chemicals and electrical signals - you’re finding someone whose life-song harmonizes with your own in ways that create something larger than either melody alone.
The needle tracks through each moment, transforming the geometric patterns etched in spacetime into the living music of experience. What we call matter is just the script - the true performance is consciousness itself. Every quantum wave collapse is a note being struck, every cause and effect a rhythm being played out. The needle dances across countless grooves at once, each timeline a different harmony waiting to be heard.
Enjoy the play and feel the vibes. Clouds break apart, the rain startles us ground dwellers with a sudden arpeggio against the sky's vast chord. Even your thoughts as you read these words are creating their own delicate melodies, joining the infinite layers of nature's ongoing composition.
This is how the universe knows itself - not through the static grooves of physical law, but through the living music they release into the eternal Now. We are not conscious beings living in a material world. We are consciousness itself, expressed through matter's infinite forms, each of us a unique instrument in existence's endless orchestra.
The sun crests the horizon. Another movement begins.
Listen...
To the song you've always been.
A Note of Gratitude
As my little melody finds its place in the vast symphony of thought, I'm deeply moved by the resonance it has found among you - my remarkable audience of 200 fellow consciousness explorers. Each of you who takes the time to read, reflect, and respond adds your own unique harmonic to this composition we're creating together. Your support has transformed what began as a solitary note into something far richer than I could have imagined.
Beginning this week, I'll be offering one paid post weekly - a deeper dive into these waters we're exploring together - as a way to sustain this philosophical journey. To those who choose to support this work financially, you're helping to keep this particular instrument tuned and playing. And to every single reader, whether you subscribe or simply spend time with these words - you're all part of this emerging composition, creating meaning through our shared exploration.
I never expected to find such a receptive audience for these contemplations on consciousness and reality. Your presence here is a gift I accept with profound gratitude, and I promise to continue crafting these philosophical melodies with all the care and attention they deserve. Together, we're writing a small but meaningful chapter in the endless book of human understanding.
With deepest appreciation,
Left Brain Mystic
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I was thinking of what to comment but decided not to look for words, silence is the best I can do. Silence conveys way more than words will ever, just Noticing the very magic of our being, the infinity of consciousness that we are, it's truly wonderful. Inexplicable. This post was beautiful as well, thank you for sharing!
This is beautiful. It also resonates (no pun intended) with me because I’ve been exploring this idea of reality as music in much of my writing lately as well. I only recently discovered your Substack and devour each piece as it arrives. Thank you for gracing my inbox.