What is one thing that there are no words for?

I happened to be listening to Adyashanti ”Spontaneous Awakening” today and the same subject was being worked with. I like the idea of music as more true form of communication and have experienced as much myself.

I go to the synergy expressed in music when skilled musician connect. There is an unspoken language that is shared by all who would contribute to the conversation. The choice of key to play in, the length of the notes held, the rhythm, the attack, etc… are all examples of dialects with endless variations that each communicates the feeling place within the composer at the moment the note is played.

I feel it is useful to acknowledge that musicians all agree first on the basic foundation or key the conversation will take place in before having the conversation. In relating with words we are not conventionally in the practice of setting this context. Imagine what relating would be like if before we have a conversation we agree that this conversation will be in the key of “x”.

This is not the depiction I imagined writing about when I sat down. I thought more about the feeling an arrangement creates in me as the listener and how I trust that a similar feeling will be created in another person when they experience the same arrangement. I know I can trust a piece of music to convey a sentiment better than my words at times. Is this because the music is respected enough by another to not be interrupted? It is fully received, unlike common speech. Imagine if we were in the practice of interrupting music an inserting our two-cents worth every time we felt so inclined. That seems to be the practice we have adopted unconsciously in general conversational skills. Just waiting for our turn to speak. We don’t do that to music.

I am noticing that I bring a great deal of presence and have a great deal of respect for music. It might be useful to practice consciously relating in conversations based on the model of how I personally experience and appreciate the process of playing and receiving music.