In order to be fully present for something or for someone, you need to come empty. It doesn't help you to listen well if you bring all your preferences and opinions with you. If you are already full of knowing, you cannot learn new things. You will not be able to hear or receive new information.
Practicing silence is a powerful way to begin the study of deep listening. Observing your own auto pilot responses (the way you would be responding if you were not in silence) can be shocking and all revealing. Remain the witness without getting critical and without censoring and you will be able to see more and more of your own opinions and judgments and how those personal thoughts get in the way of Sat (Truth). Truth is always present but it becomes obscured with our "take" on things.
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Jenifer Ebel is like a landmark, a valuable feature to know and enjoy. She is best committed to heart and then practiced daily.
How true this is. Some days my cup runnith over; bent and hauling baggage where ever it can be draped on my body and in my mind. I read what you wrote and poof..the baggage is gone. Where did it go and where did it come from? If I look for it I feel like a puppy chasing its tail. A fun game to say the least. Shh be still and you can hear the heartbeat of mother earth.
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