Thursday, March 16, 2017

Staying Optimystical

Greetings, dear readers. Today, MaGuru will impart an important principle that relates to music, and to life in the bigger picture. It is the concept of Staying Optimystical.

What is Optimystical, you may ask?

MaGuru defines it as the art of staying positive with a spiritual (or mystical) perspective. An old school expression that addresses this is: "An optimist is someone who sees the glass as half full, instead of half empty." We've all heard this phrase. An Optimystical person takes it a step further with the understanding that what is visible in the glass is topped off by an unseen mystical essence that makes life a richer, deeper, more positive and fulfilling experience.

In a musical context, an Optimystical person values the journey as much, or more, than the ultimate outcome. As Ram Dass has so eloquently said, Be Here Now

And, as MaGuru says, Be Here Now. And now . . . and now . . . And. Now.

There is no end to one's musical journey. As with enlightenment, when one "claims" to be enlightened, they surely are not. Similarly, when someone believes they've reached the limit of their own ability, they are just as surely mistaken.

Enjoy your musical journey! Stay Optimystical.


Oh, MaGuru, you've done it again.





9 comments:

  1. 1958: Pablo Casals, who performed at the UN recently, is 81. He agreed to have Robert Snyder make a movie short, “A Day in the Life of Pablo Casals.” Snyder asked Casals, the world’s foremost cellist, why he continues to practice four and five hours a day. Casals answered: “Because I think I am making progress.”

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  2. I needed this today. Thanks.

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  3. Music is the soul of a culture; musicology the history of the human heart. Performance is a magic carpet capable of carrying us effortlessly through time and space, up the staircase to heaven or down the highway to hell. Love it!

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  4. Lifting souls, MaGuru! Thanks for this.

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  5. MaGuru, thanks for the message. It reminded me that 'my cup (indeed does) runneth over'

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  6. all we have is the present.....respect and enjoy it!

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  7. Thank you, MaGuru! I always enjoy your words of wisdom. :)

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