“I'm on my boat, training, rehearsing; I spend all my energy on the job that's coming up, and I found that's the way that works for me. The more energy you have on set, the better you'll be; it's all about being alive in that moment and listening.” WayMomentsJobsFoundEnergyAliveListeningTrainingBoatThat MomentRehearsing Author:Rory McCann
“The receptivity of the artist must never be confused with passivity. Receptivity is the artist's holding him or herself alive and open to hear what being may speak.” MayArtistSpeakAliveListeningConfusedPassivityReceptivity Book:The Courage to Create Source: The Courage to Create
“Straight away, remove yourself from the field of spiritual progression , stay away from contemplation and skillful discourse, do not do research or meditate on the divinities, and stop concentrating and reciting textbooks! Tell me, what is the absolute nature of reality which allows no room for doubt? Listen carefully! Stop holding on to this or that, inhabit your true absolute nature, and peacefully enjoy the essence of what it is to be alive!” LifeWisdomRealitySpiritualFaithEnjoyRoomsDoubtMeditationAliveAwarenessHuman NatureFieldsInspirational LifeListeningMindfulnessMusicianResearchEssenceAbsolutesCarefulAwakeningBuddhistLive LifeContemplationDivinityRemoveAllowingSpiritual WisdomDiscourseStoppingLiving My LifeEnjoy LifeTheologianHolding OnProgressionSpiritual AwakeningTextbooksConcentratingSkillfulReciting Author:Abhinavagupta
“Let ourselves be seen, deeply seen, vulnerably seen, to love with our whole hearts, even though there's no guarantee... to practice gratitude and joy in those moments of terror, to be this vulnerable means that we’re alive.” PeopleFeelsBelieveHeartMeanEnoughWholeMomentsJoyI BelievePracticeAliveListeningGratitudeGratefulTerrorVulnerableGuaranteesKinderSo GratefulI'm Alive Author:Brené Brown
“More than what we say or do, the way we are expresses what we think it means to be alive. So the articulate parent is less a telling than a listening individual.” ThinkingWayMeanIndividualParentAliveListening Book:Whole child, whole parent Source: Whole child, whole parent
“Anything that provokes a visceral or spiritual response and ignites my senses. Whether it's listening to the ocean, dancing to a song I adore, feeling the wind across my face, sampling a fantastic new dish, or witnessing a phenomenal show, if I experience it before I can even think about it, it makes me come alive.” IfsThinkingI CanShowsFeelingsFacesSpiritualSongAliveWindListeningOceanDancingResponseSensesFantasticDishesProvokingAdorePhenomenalIgniteVisceralSampling Author:Grace Gealey
“I think that is so interesting. It is le Carré. There must be so much of him when he was younger. He's an interesting character. I don't want to say the word "passive" because there is something very active about the way he is passive, if that makes any sense: the nature of his watching and his listening is active. It is always so alive because he is, essentially, a spy.” IfsThinkingWayWantCharacterInterestingAliveListeningActivePassiveSpyInteresting Characters Author:Tom Hiddleston
“When I am able to be present, listening - really listening - to a viewpoint described through someone else's lens, I am here in the now and alive.” AbleAliveListeningLensesViewpoints Author:Tori Amos
“As much as he's been through, he's so alive and open to change. That's what I wanted to channel and I feel that's the root of who he is. So I was still and listening to God. All of that came together to really birth this human being known as Ralph Angel.” FeelsHumansStillsWantedTogetherHuman BeingsKnownAliveListeningBirthAngelRootsListening To God Author:Kofi Siriboe
“The difference between listening and pretending to listen, I discovered, is enormous. One is fluid, the other is rigid. One is alive, the other is stuffed. Eventually, I found a radical way of thinking about listening. Real listening is a willingness to let the other person change you. When I’m willing to let them change me, something happens between us that’s more interesting than a pair of dueling monologues.” ThinkingWayPersonsRealHappensFoundDifferencesInterestingAliveWillingListeningEnormousRadicalPairsWillingnessPretendingWay Of ThinkingFluidMonologuesDueling Author:Alan Alda