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DADIRRI - Miriam-Rose Ungunmerr-Baumann ©

DADIRRI IS DEEP LISTENING

IT'S LISTENING TO THE LAND

LISTENING TO THE SPIRIT SPEAKING THOUGH THE LAND

LISTENING TO THE STILLNESS

THE STILLNESS IN THE WATER FLOWING

THE WIND BLOWING

THE BIRDS SINGING

THE GROUND HUMMING.

Everyday we can find time to practice Dadirri.

All it takes is 5 minutes, in the morning or evening. Go outside if you can. Simply sit and look at and listen to the earth and environment that surrounds you.

Focus on something specific, such as a bird, a blade of grass, a clump of soil, cracked earth, a flower, bush or leaf, a cloud in the sky or a body of water, whatever you can see.

You can also let something find you, be it a leaf, the sound of a bird, the feel of the breeze, the light on a tree trunk. There's no need to try, just wait a while.

Be still and silent and listen.

Following this quiet time, there may be, on occasion, value in expressing in some way your experience of this quiet, still listening. You may wish to talk about the experience or journal, write poetry, draw, paint, or sing. This needs to be held in balance - the key to Dadirri is in simply being, rather than in outcomes and activity.