This morning I have been reflecting on the attitudes and ideas within me which interfere with my ability to listen deeply to the universe around me, the spoken and unspoken. I have managed to largely quiet the stories and chatter of my brain, meaning the stories or context my brain focuses on rather than truly attending to what is being said. I do watch the puzzlement in other people’s faces when the words I say do not mach what they expect. I manage to not do that, most of the time. In my listening during meditation to, what I call, the whispers of the universe my listening is still constrained by my expectations and what I consider real. At this point I do not listen completely openly ---- but I see the problem and am working on it!
