Heavy metal mindfulness online event Friday 13th 12pm AEDT

I think Gillian’s comment from the Heavenly Music thread pertains, since the music video I posted is of someone immersed in playing heavy metal Vivaldi.

Heavy metal externalizes internal conflict. It’s very dissonance resonates with struggle. Heavy metal is the sound of suffering combined with a fierce desire to overcome that very suffering through action.

The first Noble Truth asserts suffering. So does heavy metal. It literally is the sound of suffering. Heavy metal simply shouts, “this is suffering”. When suffering is acknowledged it can be abandoned. When suffering is acknowledged, it is known as a truth.

There are, however, three other truths. Heavy metal might resonate at first, but silence beckons to peace and an end to suffering. All concerts end in silence.

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