Deep Listening
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Deep Listening
Listen from the heart. While others are speaking, try to let go of your own thoughts and pay attention to what they are saying. This means letting go of your agenda for the conversation. Stay aware of the feelings and sensations that occur throughout your body and especially in the heart area. Be particularly aware of your mind wandering off into j
... See moreTara Brach • Radical Acceptance
As sound is diffused and softened through space, so, when we listen to it, is our sense of self. We are spread out over the land, rarefied, free at last.
W. A. Mathieu • The Listening Book
Listening itself is a complete act; the very act of listening brings its own freedom.
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.