Listening to the Languages of the Earth

How can we listen to the languages of the earth if we have cotton wool in our ears? We cannot. But this relationship that you return to, this primal, primal relationship which already exists that you unlock,. That is unlocked for you by the heartbreak, by the pain, by the suffering. It opens you up and then you can begin to learn, to hear the winds, not just as winds, but as voices. To recognize the call of a nightingale for what it is, the cry of the hawk, the feel of rain on your cheek. They are not just backgrounds to our lives. Because how can we ever really listen to something if we are not grounded in something