Interesting...esp. for one who had once a terror of such sounds (possibly from being left alone when a fire at a neighbor's place occured as a very small child?)
"I had a friend who lived in the city quite near a firehouse. At first he would get really upset because when he was meditating he'd be very peaceful, feeling his breath, and then suddenly the sirens would go off. But what he learned was that he could include the sirens in his meditation, so that when the sirens went off, he could see if he was really present and mindful in that moment. After a while, he began wishing that the siren would come more often because it would always wake him up."
(pg. 31, Meditation For Beginners)
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