Guest guest Posted December 1, 2002 Report Share Posted December 1, 2002 "There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that receives it." - Edith Wharton "The most important way in which we exercise our love is by listening. Empathy is the capacity to listen with the pure heart, to hear what there is to hear, to merge and feel all there is to feel; purely one and into the world of another. We do not project nor reject the essence of another. Romantic love is effortless compared to the discipline of true love and the art of listening. The pure heart is a perfect listener; it is totally open and receptive and can feel the world of another through its capacity of empathy and compassion. The mind on the other hand loves mostly to listen to itself. It is usually so obsessed with itself it cannot get out of its own way. The heart on the other hand can listen so deeply that it actually can penetrate into the inner world of the speaker and merge temporarily with or become one with that person. The heart has an ability to listen past the word level to the being level. The heart listens to the meaning behind the words and thus avoids much of the confusion that is inherent in normal levels of semantic dialogue." - Robin <robinsircus (AT) samnet (DOT) com.br> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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