“When listening to another person, don't just listen with your mind, listen with your whole body. Feel the energy field of your inner body as you listen.That takes attention away from thinking and creates a still space that enables you to truly listen without the mind interfering. You are giving the other person space-space to be. It is the most precious gift you can give.” ThinkingGivingFeelsMindPersonsStillsWholeBodyEnergySpaceAttentionFieldsListeningInterfereJust ListenPrecious GiftsEnergy Fields Author:Eckhart Tolle
“In all cultures, it is the task of a religion to close the field of contingency ...and to set up havens of the absolute where it is possible to be led from acting to listening, from having to being, from planning to hoping, from judging to forgiving from the finite into the infinite. A society in which such open spaces of eternity do not exist or are only insufficiently developed dies of itself due to lack of air to breathe.” DiesCultureSpaceActingAirHavensFieldsJudgingListeningTasksEternityAbsolutesInfiniteForgivingDuesBreathePlanningFiniteContingencyOpen Spaces Author:Eugen Drewermann
“True listening is never self-effacement. We bring the whole self to the process, rather than denying self. When we truly listen, we aren't just waiting for someone else to decide something so we can get on with things, or so we don't have to decide for ourselves. We aren't giving away our own powers to be seen and heard. When we listen, first we listen to the parts of ourselves that are curious, in avoidance, afraid, angry, or proud. Then we can take a breath and sink, allowing those parts some space alongside the spaciousness of not knowing.” GivingFirstsSelfWholeWaitingProcessSpaceKnowingHeardListeningProudBreathsAngryCuriousAllowingNot KnowingAvoidanceSpaciousnessDenying Self Book:Make Magic of Your Life: Passion, Purpose, and the Power of Desire Source: Make Magic of Your Life: Passion, Purpose, and the Power of Desire
“I grew up in New Mexico, and the older I get, I have less need for contemporary culture and big cities and all the stuff we are bombarded with. I am happier at my ranch in the middle of nowhere watching a bug carry leaves across the grass, listening to silence, riding my horse, and being in open space.” NeedsBigsCultureStuffSpaceCitiesSilenceMiddleListeningGrewGrew UpHorseContemporaryGrassMexicoRidingBugsBig CitiesOpen SpacesNew MexicoBombardedMiddle Of Nowhere Author:Tom Ford
“I think it could be argued that I am not heard, in the broadest sense. That is not my concern. My concern, a question really, is, do I have the courage to speak? If I speak I believe someone will respond. It then becomes my responsibility to listen to that person. And in listening, together we create a space where people can be heard. It's the conversation that I care most deeply about; this is the space I want to honor, respect, and protect. This is my faith in the open space of democracy.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantBelievePersonsCareTogetherSpeakI BelieveSpaceResponsibilityDemocracyHeardListeningHonorProtectConversationConcernI CareOpen Spaces Author:Terry Tempest Williams
“Dialogue is a space where we may see the assumptions which lay beneath the surface of our thoughts, assumptions which drive us, assumptions around which we build organizations, create economies, form nations and religions. These assumptions become habitual, mental habits that drive us, confuse us and prevent our responding intelligently to the challenges we face every day.” MayFacesFormNationsUnderstandingChallengesSpaceEconomyListeningHabitEmpathyOrganizationLaysSurfaceDialogueAssumptionOur ThoughtsRespondingHabitualBeneath The SurfaceChallenges We Face Author:David Bohm
“There is space for a different kind of investigative reporting that's about immersion and obsessive attention to detail and deep listening.” KindDifferentSpaceAttentionListeningDetailsDifferent KindsObsessiveImmersionAttention To DetailDeep Listening Author:Sarah Stillman
“Obviously there are pieces of classical music that are some of the most beautiful music ever written, for me anyway is a lot of classical or contemporary music, so it's a different kind of space that you enter when you're listening to it.” KindDifferentBeautifulSpacePiecesWrittenListeningContemporaryDifferent KindsClassical MusicBeautiful MusicContemporary Music Author:Bryce Dessner
“I only ever really follow the music, that's what I'm about, I don't think about it too much. I just wanted to make a piece to sleep through, to sort of explore that sleeping space as a listening space and to have a different encounters between our listening minds or hearing minds and music. I think that's really interesting. After that I feel I've done my job.” ThinkingFeelsMindDifferentDoneWantedJobsSleepSpaceInterestingToo MuchPiecesListeningHearingEncountersReally Interesting Author:Max Richter
“The base skill is listening: how I'm listening to the material, how I'm listening to the space. With electronic sound, it's a similar situation of how to produce it and place it so that it works in a space. The first consideration is adopting the space and having work that resonates in the space.” FirstsSoundSpaceSituationProduceMaterialsListeningSkillsConsiderationAdopting Author:Pauline Oliveros
“I'm thinking of the audience as being ambient, meaning not sitting focused but being in the space and exploring it while listening to the players.” ThinkingSpaceAudiencePlayerListeningSittingFocusedExploringAmbient Author:Pauline Oliveros
“Wrong perceptions cannot be removed by guns and bombs. They should be removed by deep listening, compassionate listening, and loving space.” ShouldSpaceListeningPerceptionGunBombsCompassionateDeep Listening Author:Nhat Hanh
“Hearing your voice and your instrument kind of breathe in the room, it affects the way you perform the songs. For instance, if you have that reverb, you can give the songs a little more space. You can play them a little slower or you can play less of the guitar part and just let it open up, which I really love. It's so nice to play a listening room, because the audience feels a certain way too.” IfsWayGivingFeelsKindLittlesPlayCertainSongVoiceSpaceRoomsAudienceNiceListeningInstrumentsGuitarHearingBreatheInstanceHearing Your Voice Author:Denison Witmer
“Indeed - judicious, consistent parenting is a dream of mine. No judgements, learning space and listening carefully are my goals.” DreamGoalSpaceMinesListeningJudgementConsistentSetting GoalsJudgemental Author:Emma Thompson
“Kids today aren't listening to music audio-only. They're picking up a CD and looking at the lyric sheet and wondering why the pictures aren't moving around. Who wants to do that? It's like Bam Bam Flintstone hanging with the dinosaurs vs. Elroy Jetson who's flying around space. If I'm a kid, I wanna be kicking it with Elroy.” IfsWantKidsTodayMovingSpaceWonderListeningFlyingSheetsListening To MusicCdsDinosaursKickingAudioKicking ItFlintstones Author:will.i.am