Episode 27 - Spiritual Listening - Listening with your Heart

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Welcome, you are listening to
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produced by the Time is Now
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I am Mike Thompson, your host
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In this podcast, we will discuss
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So let's get to it
and welcome, welcome again,

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thank you for listening and
joining me today.

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And as always, I want to extend
a special hello and welcome to

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those joining for the first
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For those of you who've been
with me on this project for a

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while, welcome back.
So today's topic was suggested

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by a listener, and as I've been
mulling it over and trying to be

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attentive about it, I realized
that this this topic is one that

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we will need to not only talk
about here today, but that will

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need to come back to it.
It is something that is really

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foundational in our whole
project of uncovering our

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authentic selves and being a
person others rely upon.

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And it is a topic that on the
surface seems right.

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Not that interesting, rather it
is so overworked and over hashed

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and discussed that well, what
more can be said about it?

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But but as I put all of my
intention and attention watching

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myself and my reactions and
interactions and responses to

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others in my daily life, I
realized there's a lot more to

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it and so many more dimensions
that we can uncover.

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Witness and then understanding
and seeing them put into action,

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put them into action.
And once put into action, we

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will then be taking big steps
forward toward our goal of

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uncovering our authentic selves.
And this topic was suggested by

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a listener, and that made it
something that I needed to

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really focus and work on.
So here we are.

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So okay, what is the topic,
right?

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I've been talking around it
without sharing what it is, and

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that is intentional because I
suspect many of you will skip

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this episode.
Once you know what the topic is,

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you'll hit like skip.
So I'm trying to peak your peak

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and enlist your interest so that
you'll stick with me on this.

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I think it's going to be that
rich.

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So ready.
Okay, the topic is listening.

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Boom.
I can hear everyone grown so

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please bear with me.
Okay.

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We're not talking about the type
of listening we've all learned

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about at work and via self help.
Not that those things are bad,

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but we're not talking about
that.

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We're not talking about
traditional listening techniques

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or active listening methods per
se.

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And we're not really talking
about what is now referred to as

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EQ or EI emotional intelligence.
We're talking about wholly

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listening, completely listening,
spiritually listening, entering

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into a state of grace where we
can hear and know the unspoken.

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We're talking about listening
with our eyes, Listening with

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our bodies.
Listening by paying attention to

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what is behind the actions of
others.

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Listening with a mindset and
intention of being of help.

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Listening without an agenda,
Listening without an angle,

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Listening without trying to get
an edge or advantage.

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Listening without conditions or
distinctions.

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Listening around through, over
and behind the words, listening

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to the intent, listening to the
spirit, listening with the wish

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to understand.
So there are several aspects to

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this approach to listening, and
actually we need to think of it

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as a practice, the practice of
spiritual listening.

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This is all very lofty, right?
What does it mean and what does

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it look like in practice?
And how do we actually do this?

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And those are all good
questions.

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So to begin to find the answers
to those questions, we need to

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first turn to our use of
spiritual cues.

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Remember spiritual cues.
Remember, these are the moments

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where we we catch ourselves in
negative reactions and negative

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mindsets and thoughts, and we
mentally and emotionally step

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back to find out what is really
going on and to find a

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compassionate and altruistic way
forward.

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So for the practice of spiritual
listening, the the first step is

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to use our mental cues to use
our spiritual cues to prompt us

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to observe ourselves as we
interact with others.

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We need to not only be engaged
fully with others in this

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practice, but we need to also be
a bit disengaged, have a part of

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us that is watching ourselves
objectively.

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So what?
Engaged but disengaged.

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A bit contradictory, isn't it?
The key to doing this is to

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listen fully engaged, but
keeping our ego in check.

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So that disengaged part is it's
sort of the traffic cop, the

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traffic cop of the ego.
It is turning the light red when

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the ego wants to jump in and run
across the road.

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Why would the ego want to jump
in?

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Well, it depends on what the
other person is sharing with us

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and how they're sharing it.
Maybe our ego gets wounded,

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hurt, or insulted and wants to
protect and defend.

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Or maybe maybe the ego wants to
assert opinions.

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Or maybe our ego wants to fix
the situation, or the fix the

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other person.
Maybe the ego wants to control

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or deflect or absolve Our Our
egos are busy bodies, and they

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are ingenious at protecting that
fragile sense of self and that

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self's rightness and value.
So how does this traffic cop our

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our little bit of disengaged
consciousness?

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How does this traffic cop know
when the ego is crossing against

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the light, so to speak?
What are we watching for?

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We're watching for our reactions
to the one we're with, our

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spiritual cues.
Are we feeling annoyed?

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Are we feeling anxious?
Are we feeling, Are we feeling

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wounded, hurt, attacked?
Are we feeling rewarded?

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Acknowledged.
What are the feelings we're

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having as we listen to another
person?

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These feelings are all
manifestations of the ego and

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the ego's needs.
And though those manifestations,

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they they separate us from the
other person and they muddy our

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ability to be of true health, to
listen, to truly listen and

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respond.
Most of the time when we engage

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with others in conversation and
exchanges of ideas, plans,

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etcetera, most of the time we're
responding to the literal

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meanings of what is being said.
And we react to these things.

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There's there's fun banter.
There's stories to listen to and

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share.
There's there's a flow of ideas

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with others, a give and take.
But when we start to have

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negative reaction, that is the
cue.

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That is the moment when we know
something important is being

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communicated by another to us
and that our egos are trying to

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shut it down.
And so we need to exert efforts

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to do the opposite the opposite,
to open up and engage without

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condition or distinction, and to
to accept what is communicated.

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So this is all still a bit
amorphous, isn't it?

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Okay.
So here, here's an example.

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And it took me a long time to
figure this out, the examples

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from my life and it took me a
long time to sort of figure it

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out.
But but sometimes okay.

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Sometimes when I'm busy and
concentrating, my husband will

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suddenly start doing and saying
what I interpret it as silly

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things.
He's basically he's basically

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trying to distract me to break
my concentration and it is

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irritating and it is distracting
and I react negatively like stop

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it please or can I please finish
what I'm doing.

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All all delivered with that
voice.

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That voice I just did right.
And that tone, the voice of

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irritation and impatience.
And one day, one day I noticed I

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I was doing the exact same thing
to him and he was irritated with

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me.
Surprise.

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Ironically, the inside of this
spiritual cue came when I was

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feeling hurt that being ignored
rather than irritated at being

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disturbed.
Instead of being the one who was

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disturbed in recognizing it.
I was sort of the perpetrator,

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right?
Which is a little bit of a

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reversal of the way the
spiritual cues work.

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But hey, I'll take the spiritual
cue insight wherever I can get

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it.
So at any rate, in my hurt, my

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poor wounded ego, I sat down to
think, to meditate.

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Why was I trying to distract
him?

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Why?
What was?

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What was my purpose?
And I I realized that I was

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feeling a bit insecure at that
moment.

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Maybe I was feeling a little bit
sad about some things, and I

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wanted reassurance.
I wanted to be reminded I was

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loved.
And to get those things, to get

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those reminders of those
assurances.

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I was irritating my husband and
I realized when he was

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irritating me in other times he
was pretty much after the same

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thing.
Reassurance, comfort, love, the

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ego can be so damned
counterproductive.

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So there it is.
Really.

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It is universal.
When we are feeling irritated by

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others or distracted and
bothered, even when we're

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feeling attacked, criticized or
demeaned, we are encountering

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another person who is
communicating to us that they

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need to be heard, that they need
to be reassured, that they need

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to be validated.
They need to know they are loved

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or accepted, that they're
valuable.

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This is really the undercurrent,
the subtext of so much

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communication, right?
So earlier we asked, how do we

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do it?
Listen spiritually.

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Well, this is the answer.
We listen.

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We listen and let the other
person talk.

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We don't react negatively.
We listen.

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We ensure our traffic cop
consciousness, that little extra

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consciousness is keeping the ego
from crossing against the light.

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Stop, stop, right.
We listen.

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We accept.
We embrace without condition,

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without distinction, and and we
communicate this acceptance

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physically with with nods of our
heads, with verbal sounds of

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understanding.
I see, I see.

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We extend at least in our hearts
and minds, Love, Okay, okay

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okay.
That's great for like friends

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and family and intimates and
such, but but what about a work

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situation, right?
What does this have to do with

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any situation that isn't
necessarily an intimate

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conversation, or with somebody
with whom we're very close and.

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And for that matter, what if the
other person is actually wrong

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where they're saying stuff and
it's just wrong?

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What?
What role does spiritual

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listening have in those
situations?

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The same.
The same rule.

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It has the same rule.
Absolutely no difference.

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The only difference is in what
might follow what we say and do

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next.
In a professional context, we

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can still spiritually listen and
follow that up with direction or

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with correction.
We can even follow it up with

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gentle criticism and feedback,
but because our ego is still

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waiting at the crosswalk, we're
holding it back right.

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We're keeping it checked.
Because of that, we can do this

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communication without without
malice or without defensiveness,

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Without aggressiveness.
It can be considerate and in

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that it is loving and kind.
Spiritual listening is another

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way to meditate.
It is a meditation in action.

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How so?
Okay.

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When we meditate, sit with
single pointed concentration, we

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calm our minds, slow everything
down, or at least make efforts

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to do so.
And when we calm our minds, slow

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things down, our egos are lulled
a bit.

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The quieting of the ego creates
space.

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It creates a mental silence.
We stop broadcasting thoughts,

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so to speak, in that silence, in
that spaciousness, answers come,

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truth emerges.
And that's that's truth with a

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capital T Truth is ever present.
It is always there.

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Or here, actually everywhere but
but but the noise of our minds

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drowns it out.
The constant complaints of our

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ego shouts it down.
The noise of our minds is the

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ego's constant war against being
wounded and constant efforts to

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be validated.
When we spiritually listen to

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another, we are able to hear not
just the words of the other

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person, but we can perceive
their needs, their fears, their

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wants, their insecurities.
We can bear witness to another

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person who is trying, like all
of us, trying their best, to be

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abidingly happy.
When we listen spiritually, we

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will hear the wisdom of
enlightenment.

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It can thus be perceived.
This is listening for the

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Buddha, and the very answers we
ourselves seek will emerge.

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They are there.
We just need to hear them.

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And they will emerge in the
voices of others and from the

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silence in our own minds.
When we can slow down.

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So we've talked about two
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One leads to the other.
The 1st is using our spiritual

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cues to engage our conscious
traffic.

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Cop stop.
We'll give our ego a red light

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and allow us, our authentic
selves, to be present for others

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in our lives, whoever they are.
It will allow us to listen.

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Listen with our eyes.
Listen with our body.

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To listen paying attention to
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others.
Listen with a mindset and

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intention of being of help,
without an agenda, without an

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angle, without trying to get an
edge or advantage, without

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conditions or distinctions.
It will allow us to listen

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around, through, over and behind
the words, to listen to the

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intent to the spirit of the
other, to listen with the wish

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to understand the other aspect
is in spiritual listening,

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quieting our egos and thus our
minds.

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And then we will witness,
perceive, and intuit truth.

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We will grasp answers that help
us to move forward, that show us

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how to help the person across
from us, and that helps us

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cultivate more abiding happiness
and joy in our lives.

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When we give, we get.
When we give, happiness

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blossoms.
Joy arises When we just get out

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of the way and open ourselves to
the infinite, the answers we

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need in any moment to anything
will come.

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Rather, they're already there.
They're already here.

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Rather, we hear them as they are
listening, listening with an

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open heart, listening with
spiritual ears, getting out of

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the way, putting our egos into a
time out so we can be present

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for others.
These actions open us to a realm

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of truth that is most definitely
the path to abiding happiness,

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joy, and helps us to see our
authentic selves.

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Thank you.
Thank you so much for joining

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today.
It it really is such a joy doing

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this work with you.
Thank you so much for listening

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and watching and making efforts
to become altruistic actors in

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your worlds.
Your good, positive kind actions

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and intentions touch everyone
everywhere.

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So let's continue to walk this
path together.

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Let's all try our best to
spiritually listen to those

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around us.
I look forward to our next

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episode as we continue to
uncover and discover our

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authentic selves.
Thank you.

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