Guest guest Posted February 28, 2001 Report Share Posted February 28, 2001 Lobster said: Effective communication may sometimes remove the element of choice and insist on being heard. This is when we have to listen most carefully for there is a pattern of higher attunement being transmitted in every contact. Care and sensitivity often exists more in receptivity than in expression . . . To carry on what Lobster sated, if possible: As with all things we encounter daily in life, and this goes for emails too, we have to learn to listen without reaction (most difficult at times). However, learning to listen is not possible without trust. And, without trust we are always on our guard; we have barriers of self-protection that defends us from what we cannot control. Listening is a state of openness, and the more we are open the more we are able to hear. And because spiritual listening is done with the ear of the heart as well as with our physical ears, the heart has to be open. Listening to the teacher (whatever or whoever that is for the individual) requires a degree of vulnerability in which we lay down our defenses, we abandon our patterns of censorship. Listening to what we call God means being totally open and surrendered... otherwise we will obscure God's hint with our own little self and miss out on the teaching. Love, Robert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 28, 2001 Report Share Posted February 28, 2001 Robert, what you said is beautiful. Let me quote you. "However, learning to listen is not possible without trust. And, without trust we are always on our guard; we have barriers of self-protection that defends us from what we cannot control. Listening is a state of openness, and the more we are open the more we are able to hear. " It seems to me Robert that you have put your finger on the key issue. In order to communicate with the heart there has to be mutual trust and respect and freedom from fear and reprisal. A true communication is a communion and that is a joy. Thanks for sharing your thoughts Robert. We welcome Lobster (our old friend Ed Jason). Love to all Harsha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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