"A truly good book
teaches me better
than to read it.
I must soon lay it down,
and commence living
on its hint.
What I began by reading,
I must finish by acting."
- Henry David Thoreau

when the brain is quiet, absolutely
when one listens
without
intention of response, or anything to do with the self
When you are listening to somebody
completely
attentively
then you are listening not only to the words,
but also to the feeling behind what is being conveyed,
to the whole of it,
not part of it
it is magnetic
a creative force.
The friends who
listen to us
are the ones
we
move
toward.
When we are listened to,
it creates us,
we unfold and expand.

2 ears
only 1 mouth
just sushhhh for a while.