Becoming Wise: An Inquiry into the Mystery and the Art of Living
What a child needs, what we all need, is to find some other people who have imagined life along lines that make sense to us and allow some freedom, and listen to them. Not hear passively, but listen. Listening is an act of community, which takes space, time, and silence.
Ursula K. Le Guin • Words Are My Matter: Writings on Life and Books
The main point is always the opportunity to look at the world at a slower pace, to observe, to sense, to appreciate, and, most of all, to share leisurely, agendaless conversation with those we love. 1.
Nehemia Polen • Stop, Look, Listen: Celebrating Shabbos through a Spiritual Lens
To experience resonance, and therefore encounter a living world or, better, a living God in the world, we not only need to feel alive but also need to be called out to act in the world.
Andrew Root • The Congregation in a Secular Age (Ministry in a Secular Age Book #3): Keeping Sacred Time against the Speed of Modern Life
Documentary filmmaker Valarie Kaur on listening:
“Deep listening is an act of surrender. We risk being changed by what we hear.
When I really want to hear another person’s story, I try to leave my preconceptions at the door and draw close to their telling. I am always partially listening to the thoughts in my own head when others are speaking, so I c... See more
“Deep listening is an act of surrender. We risk being changed by what we hear.
When I really want to hear another person’s story, I try to leave my preconceptions at the door and draw close to their telling. I am always partially listening to the thoughts in my own head when others are speaking, so I c... See more