What's easy for you?
Posted on May 14th, 2008
by
unity
This is in Response to the Questions and Reflections for May 14, 2008:
Easy?? Talking...Sometimes my thoughts aren't quite formed before they are out of my mouth! Every so often, I find myself talking a friend through a situation, and there will be a point where I step back and hear what I am saying and it occurs to me; "I have never consciously thought this out before, but the messages coming out of me....well, I might actually believe they are true!"
Perhaps this is not a good thing....speaking without thinking. But most times, I feel like I am speaking from a place deep within that doesn't require conscious thought, merely opening a gate to information stored in that place of absolute truth within...that space within each of us.
Difficult?? Listening. I mean really listening. The kind of intense listening that precludes thinking out a response, or interupting to make a point, or hearing what I want to instead of openly taking in what someone is saying without any judgement. Many times my mind is jumping to conclusions before the other person has even gotten into a groove. I am quick to interupt, and I don't like it.
I would like to cultivate a sense of patience; of open-mided, open-hearted acceptance of what the other person is saying. I want to genuinely take in the language, the emotion, the experience of this person--totally--and then chew on it before answering back. Sometimes my passion gets in the way of that.
Perhaps this is not a good thing....speaking without thinking. But most times, I feel like I am speaking from a place deep within that doesn't require conscious thought, merely opening a gate to information stored in that place of absolute truth within...that space within each of us.
Difficult?? Listening. I mean really listening. The kind of intense listening that precludes thinking out a response, or interupting to make a point, or hearing what I want to instead of openly taking in what someone is saying without any judgement. Many times my mind is jumping to conclusions before the other person has even gotten into a groove. I am quick to interupt, and I don't like it.
I would like to cultivate a sense of patience; of open-mided, open-hearted acceptance of what the other person is saying. I want to genuinely take in the language, the emotion, the experience of this person--totally--and then chew on it before answering back. Sometimes my passion gets in the way of that.

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