Deep Listening
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Deep Listening
Listen empty. When your critical mind disappears, other people’s speech takes on the pristine clarity of pre-language.
W. A. Mathieu • The Listening Book
Now, listening is not as easy as you might think. Why? Because we’re always listening from fixed concepts, fixed positions, fixed prejudices. The kind of listening I am referring to means being alert. So, as you read this book and reflect on it, be alert. Be watchful. Hold the intention to listen with a fresh mind, without prejudices, without judgi
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do not know whether you have listened to a bird. To listen to something demands that your mind be quiet
Jiddu Krishnamurti • The Book of Life: Daily Meditations with Krishnamurti
To hear is the physical means that enables perception. To listen is to give attention to what is perceived both acoustically and psychologically.