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Listening without evaluation

Posted on by philipdodson
Silence by Philip Dodson

A wise person said ‘the highest form of intelligence is to be able to listen without evaluation’.

We all seek to be understood and to be able to listen empathetically is a challenge.

The key to it is being able to be disconnected from our mindstreams and that requires us to be conscious and present in the moment.

When we are awake, we simply witness our thoughts and do not energise them, that means there is space to listen, without the mind wanting to reply, fix, show off that we know the right advice, tell our story, which the person we are listening to doesn’t want to hear. They want us to listen and understand them.

Listening is not a pause for us to prepare our next sentence, it is a space to hear and without judgement be fully aware of the other person’s words and to attempt to understand them.

You’re mad

Posted on by philipdodson

You’re mad.

A judgement made by a person’s subconscious mind of other people who are subconscious, others who they fear because they are different. We are dominated by our minds and therefore not conscious. In a conscious state, there is no madness.

We fear anything that challenges us, as we fear we may be wrong. Wrong/right being a position the ego defends at whatever cost to us or others.

There is nothing to defend, accept what is without resistance. We can still have a view, but there is no need to win or lose, fight, have anger, become violent, have a war or whatever else the subconscious mind will create to win.

Mad eh?