Trailing a focused sound to its end returns one to global awareness

Evidence

If a sound takes your attention to a focus, then follow the sound all the way to the end as you return to the whole of the space/time continuum. — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 187

Categorization

• XREF: Mirrors the meditate-and-return cycle in contemplative practice, framing focal attention as an excursion from a global base state. — connects to: Focal and global attention constitute two distinct modes of listening — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 189; Global listening expands consciousness while focal listening yields clarity — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 211; Focal and global attention feel radically different when directed to sound — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 189 (+7 more)
• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 187

Broader Connections

• Deep listening moves between vast sonic totality and targeted focus #expands (0.85)
• Breath anchors the return from focused to global listening #expands (0.80) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 186
• Deep Listening expands to the whole soundscape while focusing on single sounds #expands (0.80) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 77
• Global listening expands consciousness while focal listening yields clarity #expands (0.75) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 211
• Focal and global attention feel radically different when directed to sound #corroborates (0.65) — Pauline Oliveros, Deep Listening, 189