Tara Brach The Sacred Art of Listening
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Apr 11, 2024 Exploring the transformative power of deep listening in relationships and the healing it brings. Emphasizing the challenges of fragmented attention in the digital age. Highlighting the compassionate act of deep listening to alleviate suffering and promote connection and understanding.
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Presence Over Planning
- Deep listening requires quieting inner planning and rehearsing to truly take in another person.
- Intentionally practicing presence transforms ordinary conversations into meaningful connection.
Tech Shrinks Attention
- Technology fragments attention by rewarding quick scanning over deep absorption.
- This reduces capacities needed for sustained listening and concentrated understanding.
Listening As Meditation
- Deep listening mirrors sitting meditation: open, receptive awareness without a controlling self.
- When fully present, listening dissolves the usual sense of a separate self into pure awareness.