...listening is not an effort, not a technique...
Listening springs from the desire to be with the one
whom you want to hear ["The Beloved" - or however one
calls their Source.]. Listening is a coming close, waiting
for Presence to materialize into words, to form ItSelf
out of Silence. Listening is a relationship, even in the
silence when nothing is heard. Learning to listen is to
allow our self to be present without imposing or demanding,
to hold a space where something can be told, where
meeting can unfold between.....lover and The Beloved;
where openness is answered. The lover is the one who
listens, whose being is born to listen for The Beloved.
Without the lover, how could the song of The Beloved
be heard?
Listening springs from the desire to be with the one
whom you want to hear ["The Beloved" - or however one
calls their Source.]. Listening is a coming close, waiting
for Presence to materialize into words, to form ItSelf
out of Silence. Listening is a relationship, even in the
silence when nothing is heard. Learning to listen is to
allow our self to be present without imposing or demanding,
to hold a space where something can be told, where
meeting can unfold between.....lover and The Beloved;
where openness is answered. The lover is the one who
listens, whose being is born to listen for The Beloved.
Without the lover, how could the song of The Beloved
be heard?
At the beginning we have to learn the art of listening, the
art of being present, attentive and empty. We have to
catch the still, small voice of The Beloved, and not
interrupt, not ask too many questions. We have to learn
to be silent, because listening is born from silence. The
listening of the heart is always an act of love, a coming
together [communion], even when nothing is heard.
Listening is a wisdom. It is feminine, receptive, hidden...
Rumi knew how central a part if plays in our wordless
relationship with The Beloved. He said:
art of being present, attentive and empty. We have to
catch the still, small voice of The Beloved, and not
interrupt, not ask too many questions. We have to learn
to be silent, because listening is born from silence. The
listening of the heart is always an act of love, a coming
together [communion], even when nothing is heard.
Listening is a wisdom. It is feminine, receptive, hidden...
Rumi knew how central a part if plays in our wordless
relationship with The Beloved. He said:
'Make everything in you an ear, each atom of your being,
and you will hear at every moment what the Source is
whispering to you, just to you and for you..."
and you will hear at every moment what the Source is
whispering to you, just to you and for you..."
You are - we all are - the beloved of The Beloved, and in
every moment, in every event of life, The Beloved is
whispering to you exactly what you need to hear and know.
Listen [for The Beloved] and you will discover it ever
passing moment. Listen, and your whole life will become a
conversation in thought and action between you and The
Beloved directly, wordlessly, now and always.
every moment, in every event of life, The Beloved is
whispering to you exactly what you need to hear and know.
Listen [for The Beloved] and you will discover it ever
passing moment. Listen, and your whole life will become a
conversation in thought and action between you and The
Beloved directly, wordlessly, now and always.
We need to rediscover
how the heart listens to its Beloved.
how the heart listens to its Beloved.
Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
Sufi Mystic
Sufi Mystic
Excerpts from an article called:
The Circle of Love
on Spirituality and Practice
The Circle of Love
on Spirituality and Practice
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