BS"D

THE ECHO OF THE BIG BANG

I made a neder (a vow) at Pesach (Passover) to write this Sefer Torah in silence. No music, no talk radio, no chatting. I hadn't been indulging in any of this while writing previously, but I made the neder to keep me highly conscious of avoiding sound that may distract me. I learned from this how rare true silence is. How one could calm all manner of vibration within one's home, workspace - even heart or mind - & still the noise pours in from everywhere. We are surrounded by noisy entities, be they people, cars, animals, wind...

...so how do I write in silence? Ear plugs didn't work - they just served to isolate the more acute sounds I was needing to separate myself from. So I tried white noise. An AM radio set to no station. It's sound, but as amorphous as silence & blocks discernable noises from my ears.

& then I got to thinking. If I'm going to surround myself with a vibrational field, why not one of distinct origin, one with a clear connexion to G@d, one that will not only allow my total focus on this Work, but one that fills me with awe? So it seemed obvious. I needed to listen to the Cosmos.

http://faculty.washington.edu/jcramer/BigBang/BBSnd500.wav

I found this link with the help of an astrophysicist friend (todah rabah, Evgenya) & now write envelopped in the vibration of Creation itself.
Fitting.