Meditation reading for Friday September 27, 2024
LISTENING —
“When you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it.”
— J. Krishnamurti (Indian Philosopher)
Most of us are better talkers than listeners. When someone is talking we often aren’t listening; we’re thinking of what we’re going to say in reply. Or maybe we have nothing to say in reply, but we just aren’t interested in what is being said. Our eyes glaze over. It is the highest compliment to give someone our full attention. So it is with God.
We give God our deepest respect by listening attentively. And when we still our mind and truly listen, we are apt to get surprising results. We may not “hear” a thing. But if we devote ample time to God, in silence, we become open to a more peaceful, productive day. And we may see something on a billboard, or pick up something in the lyrics of a song, that supplies an unexpected solution for a problem. Then we’ll know we’ve “heard.”
Today I will take time to give my higher power my full attention.