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Monday, March 28, 2011
ears: not only to hear,but LISTEN
this month has been the busiest month in this year(read:so called holiday period) so far,
getting busy with some essays and portfolio plus getting busy in my workplace, plus doing some voluntary task, plus practicing some other stuff...;p
so, instead of sharing my own thought, i wanna share an article from health guidance org about the importance of listening..
anyway i was at this article while thinking that so many people are not listening while being told(esp. and usually students, without exception;p) as they keep talking or doing their less important business when somebody else(i.e. and usually teacher) is talking about some important stuff.
This brought me to reflection about listening in life generally. We may think that we listen enough to people who talk to us by responding to them accordingly. but, are we actually "listening"?
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from this i conclude that "not talking" while somebody else is "talking" doesn't necessarily mean "listening".
Listening is much more than that. it's a form of humility. and it's not always easy.
getting busy with some essays and portfolio plus getting busy in my workplace, plus doing some voluntary task, plus practicing some other stuff...;p
so, instead of sharing my own thought, i wanna share an article from health guidance org about the importance of listening..
anyway i was at this article while thinking that so many people are not listening while being told(esp. and usually students, without exception;p) as they keep talking or doing their less important business when somebody else(i.e. and usually teacher) is talking about some important stuff.
This brought me to reflection about listening in life generally. We may think that we listen enough to people who talk to us by responding to them accordingly. but, are we actually "listening"?
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In these modern times we as people are very busy. We have multiple distractions. Distractions such as cell phones, computers, Ipods and 24/7 television. We are constantly talking. Even when we are listening we are continually chattering in our brain. Formulating an answer, or reacting to what is being said. We all want to talk, but so few wish to listen. We hear what is being said but are we really listening? What is listening?
To go into this question we can begin with what it is not. Maybe from there we can discover its quality. Listening is not a reaction. Listening is not talking. Listening is not thinking. Listening is not what someone tells you it is. What I mean by that is. You and I could describe it, but that is not listening, that is merely its description. I could describe water to you, however the description of water will not quench your thirst.
When a person is listening there are no reactions. There is no thinking. There is no talking. Listening is not judging. Listening as I see it is a very humble quality. There is no me. There is no what I want to say. Listening is very revealing. Listening to your own thoughts or what others say can be very informative.
These days we lay so much emphasis on the intellect that we close our hearts and remove the beating moment to moment of life, because we are no longer listening. We have filled our lives with knowledge, beliefs, opinions, which lead to prejudgments.
The importance of listening is this. When you are not listening you are not learning. When you are not listening you are preventing opportunity. The fact that you do not listen reveals the reality that your mind is closed. When you are not listening you are preventing intelligence. When you are not listening there is nothing new, there are only your reactions. If you wish to live life to its fullest, then listening is vital.
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Listening is much more than that. it's a form of humility. and it's not always easy.
so, let's learn to listen so that we can listen to learn:)...
