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Learn How To Listen Deeply

by dakota28

A few months ago, a client commented that she was really glad I
was talking about "listening". She felt it was the big hole in
personal growth literature. I have to agree and I wish more
spiritual writers were talking about "how to listen." Why is it
important?  Because it's how you cross over the bridge from an
intellectual spirituality to a knowing.   
  
It starts with the principle that true knowledge, wisdom,
spirituality are formless and you can not hear formless through
your personal thinking! You can only absorb true knowledge
through a feeling. So you want to listen for a "feeling." But how
to do that can't be explained with words! Frustrating I know! You
have to listen deeply to understand how to do it!

So what do you do? First, don't give into frustration or
judgment that you can't figure this out! That will block
deep-listening right away.  
 
Here is a spiritual fact: you naturally listen deeply! If you
just make the effort to quiet your thoughts when you listen, your
wisdom will guide you back to deep listening.  If you have
trouble doing this, it's ok! There is nothing wrong with you and
that thought certainly won't help you listen deeply! Just relax
and keeping letting those unproductive thoughts float by.

Experiment with that simple guidance. See what happens!  I mean
I'm not asking you to rip your eye out or anything! In both
weekend workshops this past year, I would say half the workshop
was devoted to talking about and doing "deep listening". 
 
Simply, deep listening is not listening through your thinking
but listening from your natural quiet state. 
 
(Greg, could you please give me some instructions!) Keep it
simple. Just sit back and relax your mind and listen to that
person's heart. If thoughts pop in while they are speaking, let
them float by. Be totally committed to letting that person finish
what they need to say. Let all your senses open up as you listen.

For me, deep listening is about getting very humble. When I am
with clients my intention is to show them that their thoughts and
feelings are important, especially the wonderful women who come
through my office. I just go totally empty, clear away any
thoughts on my mind and focus all my senses on that person. If
thoughts or guidance come in my head as they are speaking, I let
them go--totally. I am trusting that my spirit, my wisdom will
know exactly what to say when the client is done speaking.
  
I think it's helpful to see what "deep listening" isn't! So I
came up with a few more examples! And I am guilty off all these
at one time! Some are these are certainly specific when you come
on retreat or vortex experience, so take notes--smiles!  
 
Trying to figure out what the person is saying-listening: If
you're sitting across from a person and efforting to figure out
what that person is talking about, meaning using your personal
mind, then you are missing what they are saying. You take
yourself out the present. This happens on retreats quite a bit!
 
Trying to get something-listening: Another innocent intention on
retreat! It means you are attached to outcome!  And I understand
this fully--totally guilty of this! Of course, people who come on
retreat want to get something! But that need impedes them from
hearing deeply. Need and wanting will always block your wisdom
and deep listening. Make sense, brothers and sisters?

Looking for inconsistency-listening: This is a very sneaky one
and what I also call waiting to pounce-listening! Part of you is
always looking for the inconsistency in what someone says so you
can dismiss their conversation and go back to what you know it
right! Because it's important that you be right!  There's a book
in this subject, I can feel it!  That's me listening deeply to
myself!  Here's a clue: Did this article make you smile or laugh?
 If it did, you are listening deeply!

Gregory Drambour is the author of <a
href="http://www.woodstockbridge.com">THE WOODSTOCK BRIDGE,</a>
the well-acclaimed book about Native American Spirituality. He is
the owner of Sedona Sacred Journeys and guide on your <a
href="http://sedona-spiritual-vacations.com/greg.html">Sedona
Retreat & Sedona Vortex Experience.</a> For more inspirational
stories go to: <a href="
http://sedona-spiritual-vacations.com">Sedona Sacred Journeys</a>

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