Spinning, I never cease to discover new ways of taking care of mind and body together. This time, rather than wishing away the loud music, I switched to making it the object of my sole attention. Being - or at least trying to be - one with the music, eyes closed, I got transported for a moment, to another place, another time. Bodh Gaya, and the roaring chant of monks by the Bodhi Tree.
Techno, chanting, same thing almost . . . An object of attention too compelling to be ignored. Hearing taking over and drowning all the other senses, thinking included. Purifying the mind, one beat at a time.
Until irruption of strong vedana from soothing music at the end of the class. Wishing for those moments to last. Knowing better than to cling too hard.
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I dont know what the Y is (we dont have one in the UK as far as I know) but Im not sure why you need loud music in your spinning class. Spinning is becoming a lost art. I knew some nuns very well who spun every day mainly for Priests vestments.They were real artists in many ways but now I think they are mostly dead. However I have always tended to think the quality of silence in any place is so important. I think it was Meister Ekhart who said that the only place we can truly meet God (or Ultimate Reality etc.) is in silence.
ReplyDeleteY stands for YMCA, a popular gym in the US. And spinning here refers to an indoor bicycling exercise class with music . . .
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