Dr. Sri -- I really enjoyed you sharing that story last night. Thank you!

Love this ! Thanks for sharing.

Quite beautiful, and delightfully mind-twisting, Sri, thanks for sharing that :)

This is napalm for the mind! Thank you!

that's a beautiful reminder of the power of silence, and quieting oneself enough to listen for the grace that comes forth.

I first heard this several years ago and it has stuck with me. I have been asked to prepare a sermon on prayer and I am going to use this in there somewhere. It has a sense of the mystery of God and serenity.

Listening is witnessing

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I guess this is what they mean by communion!

It's a beautiful moment when we cry tears of hope.

Listening connects us with the wider dimension of life; transcending time and space. It takes me to, when seeing a delicious dish, there is an immediate "shrinking of my stomach..." to make it clearer... a slight yet subtle physical retreat. But when I don't listen and I let my craving be stronger than my perceptions (the not listening) that which I eat, negatively impacts my digestive process. Yes, I cherish that soft voice, profound and powerful; always present!

wah! This was like a symphony in my whole body. Almost like, I was listening, being listened by god.

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I was wonder at how fast life shifts for me when I listen. I love this idea that both God and each of us are witnessing life unfolding, with each of us along our own personal path. It fire with the notion that we are never given anything we are not ready for, even if we still feel unprepared for it! And yet if I follow the guidance things land exactly where I have intended, or maybe how the universe intended. Usually not how I thought it would unfold, but generally amazing how manifesting actually occurs. An example of this from my life was when I built a huge retreat centre with timber frame and straw bale construction. It took 5 years and my heart was in the whole process and my career. My mantra was that I was building it to last for future generations, with a great sustainable structur [...]... [View Full Comment] I was wonder at how fast life shifts for me when I listen. I love this idea that both God and each of us are witnessing life unfolding, with each of us along our own personal path. It fire with the notion that we are never given anything we are not ready for, even if we still feel unprepared for it! And yet if I follow the guidance things land exactly where I have intended, or maybe how the universe intended. Usually not how I thought it would unfold, but generally amazing how manifesting actually occurs. An example of this from my life was when I built a huge retreat centre with timber frame and straw bale construction. It took 5 years and my heart was in the whole process and my career. My mantra was that I was building it to last for future generations, with a great sustainable structure. I forgot to add that I wanted to enjoy it also. Within two years I had to leave my marriage suddenly and the property passed soon after to my son and his family.

I bet Mother Teresa was sometimes surprised also at what she ‘heard’ in prayer and had to follow. I think she had grit and determination that I admire and aspire to keep up on my path. [Hide Full Comment]

In that space of nothingness and emptiness life throbs with fulness; one just have to tune into that, and then there is nothing to say or pray for.

I have been troubled by what is happening in this country. I have felt helpless in the face of violence, guns, fake news and politicians hurling hatred. I think, "What can I do". I am humbled and inspired by the readings today and the amazing things individuals with faith, hope, conviction and openness have done. It makes me think I could start, by 'listening'.

So lovely. I simply say thank you. I thank god for my husband, my parents still being alive, I ask god to help me let go of anger, to watch over my family to be kinder, so I guess I do ask. When I got to temple, I simply try to say thank you. However, I know I ask for good health, and god to watch over people, simply to allow love and peace into their lives.

Agreed, this phenomena must be experienced.

to listen is to melt and become one...
listening to the other person deeply connects to that being
listening in prayer connects dwithin and then there is nothing in or out.
it just is...the roaring stillness of life..love

What a beautiful anecdote! There is a Circle Song I love: "Listen listen listen to your heart song, it will never forget you, it will never forsake you..."

I get on relatively well when it’s me and the ‘otherness’, where it complicates is when someonelse or something else is creating a dynamic which demands I follow it. I find it hard to maintain focus within a dualistic environment.

"I can't explain it to you" summerizes the openning I felt when reading these stories, 4 types of listening and Mother Teresa's. Being strong and clear enough to continue like the football player with his girlfriend and Isaac in the concentration camp to find your truth=love opens me to a way to be in the world.

Prayer as listening - and being listened to… A prayerful state is realizing I am one with the Divine - one with all.

I was confused then I heard "noble silence"

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The readings resonate very deeply with where I am on my spiritual journey - enjoying, needing and craving silence to be with my soul in communion with the Divine and to grow. I'm very blessed to have a husband (who is the person I thought of during the silence of our Laddership time together yesterday and he thought of me) who listens to my reflections and mullings after my times in silence - and I realize I need to learn to listen to him more. 🙏 for such profound and deep readings.

My mind and heart is usually so clouded I struggle to find quiet to listen

I laughed at the truth of this! Listening is the way to hear the voice of the soul, which I need to be reminded of! Listening silences the chatter of the mind!

Woww!! Isn't that the perfect communion?! Where you need not do anything to be heard and you can hear even when it's still not said!! My whole body feels like blooming flowers to meditate on this !

mmmmmm….. 🎶🪅🌀💗🔥 sounds like opening to the mystery …

this is so open and together are the words that come to mind. the listening to the spiritual word is a practice i have stared to explore in a way that comes together in a shared force. mabey the word harmony can be applied.

"Slow down make the morning last just hanging around feeling groovy...." Words from a song that popped into my head....Slow down, bow down n" listen to feel the pulse!

Silence speaks

All the answers are within so listen, listen and only listen !Take a pause and listen !Thank you so much sharing !

I have been cultivating Silence as a need to ease my nervous System.
And to listen to the birds and "the song of the world.
My conversation with God goes on and on and on.

We surrender and listen to God. HE then listens to the desires of our heart, the true desires of our heart and Miracles start happening. It all happens in the silence.

This makes me smile. I love it. in that deep listening between God and the individual lies all answers and all knowledge.

Instead of asking we should listen. Also by asking to a bigger source is going to be waiting for listening.

She is God. We are all god and mad of the same matter, then we are just opened to something else, wich is everything.

I create stillness during the day and in prayer so that the noise and chaos retreats and I can hear. I listen.

That story brought a memory of a conversation I had a month ago. It was deep, and we were both exposing our hearths. The conversation occurred in 3 different moments; in the last one, I said sorry because I wasn't talking or answering anything to my friend. He said it's ok. I can hear your eyes.

I want to listen !

My day was filled with gentle listening. As I listened my mind (likely ego) would attempt to clutter and try to confuse. I would hum “om” The vibration of “om” without fail would calm all thought and allow my heart to sing, clearing the clutter. As the day continued to unfold, the air became clearer, the colors more vibrant, my heart filled with true love to be fuller activated with diamond crystal light. Love never fails us, there is and always will be a candle burning inside, that can never be fully extinguished. The candle of hope and miraculous miracles. “I am willing to accept whatever it is I many need (lessons) in my life at this exact moment” whatever that is (lessons) “this too shall pass” So many lessons all within our own self. ho’oponopono I am [...]... [View Full Comment] My day was filled with gentle listening. As I listened my mind (likely ego) would attempt to clutter and try to confuse. I would hum “om” The vibration of “om” without fail would calm all thought and allow my heart to sing, clearing the clutter. As the day continued to unfold, the air became clearer, the colors more vibrant, my heart filled with true love to be fuller activated with diamond crystal light. Love never fails us, there is and always will be a candle burning inside, that can never be fully extinguished. The candle of hope and miraculous miracles.

“I am willing to accept whatever it is I many need (lessons) in my life at this exact moment” whatever that is (lessons) “this too shall pass”

So many lessons all within our own self.

ho’oponopono I am sorry, please forgive me, thank you, I love you.
It’s all cleansing and clearing, cleansing and clearing all day every day, transmuting unwanted energies to pure light. And so it is done.


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Mother Theresa's method of praying reflects my Silence, Trust, Openness, and Peace (STOP) formula: The virtue of Silence in prayer leads to Trust in God, which leads to Openness to God's grace, which leads to Peace of mind. This S.T.O.P. formula is the best method of praying for us today.

Listen to the silence. It has stories to share; it has secrets to unveil; it has answers to your question. The state of being is to be present without any biases, without any notions, to just be there and give your whole energy.

Simple and true....

Those answer from Mother Teresa was a balm for my soul - to confirm that God listens, and that I also listen. waiting and listening. letting my thoughts flit in and out holding to none. God listens YAY! Thank you thank God. We then can know what our souls may be saying. God already know what I am thinking, God already know what i am asking. answers are not the only thing I am listening for. Listen, listening. Desire for something profound starts to creep in. let it go. I don't want to create anything. I do need answers to some of the problems I am facing. Be kind. Wouldn't that equal to being a doormat? The fruit will come later. Won't he get the wrong idea that he won and I lost? What woudl I lose? nothing in the deep inside but outerly it will look like I lost some of my dignity. Do I restore that now or wait and listen? "People change by seeking, finding, and nourishing the best of who they are." What is his best? What is my best? How will we change? okay still listening.

What is silence is just to be understood and not to be spoken about, as all real things of substance in life are beyond all descriptions.....

It the state of nothingness