MEDITATION - Listen

If we cannot feel then we can barely hear. If we cannot hear then we cannot be present and it is when we are present and tapping into the senses that our thoughts begin to diminish and we feel calm and rested. We can then make clear and succinct decisions. Be disciplined in reaching our innermost desires and not be destined to fall back on unhelpful and detrimental habits. As the saying goes if nothing is going right, then turn left. It is our thoughts that can drive us to the brink and our body journeys along with it. Much pain in the body is caused from emotion rather than any physical illness or ailment. We manifest pain just as we manifest calm. When we manifest calm, we create. The more we create, the more we create. Whether it be a painting, a poem, a new look or a fresh recipe, we manifest what we need. In my yoga classes, I teach with little visual demonstration but with a great amount of auditory guidance. At first students look around and are nervous that they 'don't get it'. But within a short time, they learn to be patient with themselves. They learn to listen to my voice, their bodies, their hearts and minds. They learn to enter their inner stillness and realize very quickly the rewards of being 'silent'. They learn to hear again. According to Julian Treasure, author of 'Sound Business' we are meant to spend roughly 60% of our communication time listening but as he states we are not very good at it. 'Listening is our access to understanding, he says, conscious listening always creates understanding. But our world has become scary because no one is listening to one another'. And what is his first lesson to listen better? "Silence" he says, just a few minutes a day. How yogic! Quote: The word 'listen' contains the same letters as the word 'silent'. Alfred Brenden