Episode 1: Kill The Noise
Welcome to the exploration
Today we will set our sights on a familiar adversary: distraction
Together we will begin our quest to kill the noise
Before we take off, we need to ground ourselves
I want you to find a chill environment
Sit down in a very comfortable position
Plant both feet squarely on the ground
Place your hands together or rest them gently on your knees
Now close your eyes
Now we breathe
Inhale through your nose and slowly out through your mouth
Continue with patience
Match my flow
Feel every inhale
Every exhale
Flow in
Flow out
Distraction
For some it's a rare burden
For many, it's constant
Think about the distractions that surround you and stifle your creativity
Sometimes it's the people or things around us
You know, family issues, or crazy coworker, or phone that's blowing up in your pocket
Sometimes the distractions pop up inside your own head from your own poison thoughts
Or ill-time ideas that steal your focus
Shit, I have them myself
I may think I want this track to be doper than the other track
Or my lyric could be better than the next emcee
That competitive pressure can stagnate you
Each new distraction makes us feel less in control
We create chaos, and at times, it feels like we're completely surrounded
I'm not gonna tell you that you can escape or ignore the chaos
That's fiction
I'm gonna show you how to embrace it
My approach to life has been to find order in chaos
I think of myself as the sun at the center of the universe
And in my solar system, I'm surrounded by distractions
All that shit is just planets, asteroids, and comets
Spinning around me or flying past me
Think of the thing in you life that stifles progress or heightens your anxiety
Observe what crashes into your orbit: noise, work drama, negativity
See them all as little planets, asteroids spiraling towards you
They feel like they have an impact, but remember, you are the sun
You have the power to put all that peripheral shit on notice
In this moment and in the moments ahead, when your mind wanders
I want you to pause and identify the nature of the distraction
Irritation? Anger? Humor? Curiosity?
Recognize each time something enters your orbit
Acknowledge it
Note it
Categorize it
And let it return to its own orbit
You have the power to act on it later, but for not just take notice
Again, acknowledge the distraction
Note the emotion that it causes
Then watch it drift away
Let it be that asteroid that fizzles out
Or the planet the planet that floats in the distance
This is how you exert your gravitational force on the chaos around you
Take note of it, and then just let that shit just keep on spinning alongside of you
Alright, now as we return from our exploration
I want you to think about remaining in the center of your solar system
Stay as the sun
Maintain the planets around you
Now open your eyes
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Kill The Noise - RZA
