Sunday, February 21, 2021

Listening

  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!