Music to meditate to

[Dodo]

Post here music with perhaps deeper meaning, for mini-meditations.

Some pop songs for example can be interpreted in deeper way than originally intended. And even if the text is not that deep, a beautiful song can make you feel a certain way.

For example this Shakira song, one can contemplate their true self of naked awareness underneath the clothes of appearances. It is also stunningly beautiful.

 

 

Another beautiful song with deep meaning

 

So share here songs for mini meditations, from any genre, whether with text or not doesnt matter,  what matters is the feeling it can give.

 

 

 

Edited June 18 by Dodo

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[Yimpa]

 

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[Yimpa]

 

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[Yimpa]

 

[Someone here]

It’s better and more effective to meditate WITHOUT any music, mantras, or objects of concentration. Confront the silence and emptiness head-on. Just sit in silence, externally and internally, with zero distractions.

The mind will go crazy. It will want ANYTHING but that.

At first, it will be difficult, but if you sit long enough, you will gradually begin to enjoy the silence and discover the peace within.

 

[Yimpa]

 

[Dodo]

On 09/08/2026 at 11:06 PM, Someone here said:

It’s better and more effective to meditate WITHOUT any music, mantras, or objects of concentration. Confront the silence and emptiness head-on. Just sit in silence, externally and internally, with zero distractions.

The mind will go crazy. It will want ANYTHING but that.

At first, it will be difficult, but if you sit long enough, you will gradually begin to enjoy the silence and discover the peace within.

 

To be perfectly fair, there is always some sound, unless you are in a sensory deprivation tank. Having music on, is kind of like a way to shut your ears for the external (random) noise with specific noise you have chosen.

Without music, you are still not meditating in complete silence. You don't have to be concentrating on the music, but just let it be in the background and act on your subconscious without any conscious effort. 

Lets ignore the title, this is a nice playlist.

 

 

 

Edited 5 hours ago by Dodo

[Someone here]

27 minutes ago, Dodo said:

To be perfectly fair, there is always some sound, unless you are in a sensory deprivation tank. Having music on, is kind of like a way to shut your ears for the external (random) noise with specific noise you have chosen.

Without music, you are still not meditating in complete silence. You don't have to be concentrating on the music, but just let it be in the background and act on your subconscious without any conscious effort. 

Lets ignore the title, this is a nice playlist.

 

There is not much noise where I live past midnight. It’s completely silent in my neighborhood late at night . Which is also when the mind naturally is less active and more ready to meditate and relax.

[Dodo]

3 hours ago, Someone here said:

There is not much noise where I live past midnight. It’s completely silent in my neighborhood late at night . Which is also when the mind naturally is less active and more ready to meditate and relax.

Isn't one of the main ideas of meditation to find the silence in the midst of noise

[Someone here]

2 minutes ago, Dodo said:

Isn't one of the main ideas of meditation to find the silence in the midst of noise

There are two types of “noise “ :External noise like the sounds of cars and dogs and loud music . And internal noise which is the monkey mind thinking thoughts nonstop .

You can’t stop external noise by stopping internal noise . But it’s helpful to stop external noise if you want to stop internal noise .

[Dodo]

2 minutes ago, Someone here said:

There are two types of “noise “ :External noise like the sounds of cars and dogs and loud music . And internal noise which is the monkey mind thinking thoughts nonstop .

You can’t stop external noise by stopping internal noise . But it’s helpful to stop external noise if you want to stop internal noise .

I don't quite enjoy the self-assured smiley face at the end of that statement, as I do not agree with it. All noise is internal, it is all happening within awareness.

[Someone here]

2 minutes ago, Dodo said:

noise is internal, it is all happening within awareness.

I understand what you mean . And you understand what I meant .

[Dodo]

7 minutes ago, Someone here said:

I understand what you mean . And you understand what I meant .

The Parable of the Empty Boat

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A monk wants to find a completely quiet place to meditate. Frustrated by the constant noise and distractions at his monastery, he decides to take a boat out to the middle of a lake where no one can bother him. [1, 2]

He sits in the boat, closes his eyes, and begins to meditate. For a few hours, it is perfectly peaceful. But suddenly, bump—another boat crashes right into his. [1, 2]

Without opening his eyes, the monk feels a wave of intense anger rising. He thinks, "How dare someone be so careless? I am out here clearly trying to meditate, and they run right into me!" He opens his eyes, fully prepared to scream and yell at the person who disrupted his peace. [1, 2, 3]

But when he looks, he discovers the boat is completely empty. It had simply slipped its tether from the dock and drifted across the lake with the wind. [1, 2, 3]

In that exact moment, the monk's anger completely evaporates, and he achieves enlightenment. He realizes that the anger was not caused by the boat; the anger was already inside him. The collision was just the external trigger that brought it to the surface. [1, 2, 3]

From that day on, whenever anyone tried to provoke him or get on his nerves, he would simply smile and think, "They are just another empty boat.