Daily Question, April 22 With whom or where can I be still and listen? 18 Reflections Share Click here to cancel reply.Please log in or Create a Profile to post a comment. Notify me when someone replies to my comment via e-mail. Karen7 years agoKarenOne place I found the ability to be still and listen is during acupuncture appointments. I find a deep sense of relaxation and release as the needles are placed. Then I can feel nestled by the soft sheet over my body, feeling my body supported by the table and knee bolster. In that space, I feel safe and relaxed enough to be open, yet alert enough to hear. I can find the same in prayer, though it is much more hit and miss. I am grateful that I know what stillness and listening feels like so I ca... One place I found the ability to be still and listen is during acupuncture appointments. I find a deep sense of relaxation and release as the needles are placed. Then I can feel nestled by the soft sheet over my body, feeling my body supported by the table and knee bolster. In that space, I feel safe and relaxed enough to be open, yet alert enough to hear. I can find the same in prayer, though it is much more hit and miss. I am grateful that I know what stillness and listening feels like so I can find that in other areas of my life. Read More4 Reply kathleen7 years agokathleeni practice meditation in the morning. On Sunday I sometimes attend a group meditation and on Wed I attend a small group meditation after a talk there. Sometimes I go on weekly or daily retreats. When the inner chatter takes over through the day I need to take a break go to the ladies room and breathe for a few uninterrupted minutes. 3 Reply Trl7 years agoTrlI can be still with myself, wherever I am…and listen to the world. 3 Reply salann7 years agosalannI live in a beautiful part of the world. At night before I go to sleep I connect with source and just be present and grateful. 5 Reply Mavorneen7 years agoMavorneenI have to be totally alone outside – away from all the noise of the city – In a park, by the lake, etc but no one can be around or I will be distracted. 4 Reply Ben7 years agoBenLaying down on the earth at a park by the woods near where I live, with a pine tree I especially love there, or with my friend whose actual name is Wilderness, or with a group mostly of strangers I met last night who took a moment in stillness to bless the new home and life direction of my downstairs neighbor, or with my friend Kaela practicing shiatsu massage which is so gentle and reconnects my body-mind to the heart and caring touch of the still nervous system and the chi flowing at rest, or ... Laying down on the earth at a park by the woods near where I live, with a pine tree I especially love there, or with my friend whose actual name is Wilderness, or with a group mostly of strangers I met last night who took a moment in stillness to bless the new home and life direction of my downstairs neighbor, or with my friend Kaela practicing shiatsu massage which is so gentle and reconnects my body-mind to the heart and caring touch of the still nervous system and the chi flowing at rest, or with Steve Reich’s “Music for 18 Musicians” which isn’t still at all but gives rise to stillness as my thoughts gather and dissipate in the chant-like rhythms, or while whirling in a spin at a local contra dance, meeting the eyes of my dance partner, and feeling as though we are for those few moments a still point that the whole universe of light and color is whirling around… So good to remember various places and people where stillness can be contacted! Thank you for this question! 🙂 Read More6 Reply Antoinette7 years agoAntoinetteI can be still and listen almost anywhere as long as I let go of any inside negative chatter of stories etc that the mind creates to distract me. Nature and in meditation are the two most obvious places where stillness can reached. However mindfulness can be attended whenever I’m engaged and let go of my minds chatter to become one with love. 3 Reply Aine7 years agoAineNature and quiet help me listen best, and when I cannot find quiet in my environment, I work to find that space within myself. I cannot function without the ability to be still and listen. Without it, everything just goes kablooey! 6 Reply Ben7 years agoBenYes!!!! 0 Reply Gina7 years agoGinaAGREED ! 0 Reply Ed Schulte7 years agoEd Schultewhere can I be still and listen? There is only One place ...as Yunus so eloquently points to it. "We entered the house of realization" by Yunus Emre We entered the house of realization, we witnessed the body. The whirling skies, the many-layered earth, the seventy-thousand veils, we found in the body. The night and the day, the planets, the words inscribed on the Holy Tablets, the hill that Moses climbed, the Temple, and Israfil's trumpet, we observed in the body. Tora... where can I be still and listen? There is only One place …as Yunus so eloquently points to it. “We entered the house of realization” by Yunus Emre We entered the house of realization, we witnessed the body. The whirling skies, the many-layered earth, the seventy-thousand veils, we found in the body. The night and the day, the planets, the words inscribed on the Holy Tablets, the hill that Moses climbed, the Temple, and Israfil’s trumpet, we observed in the body. Torah, Psalms, Gospel, Quran — what these books have to say, we found in the body. Everybody says these words of Yunus are true. Truth is wherever you want it. We found it all within the body. English version by Kabir Helminski & Refik Algan Original Language Turkish Read More0 Reply Michael7 years agoMichaelI really try and be up by 3:30 am each morning. 30 to be sturdy is my exercise. 10 minutes of gratefulness/thankful exercises (thank you demo.gratefulness.org!!!), 10 minutes of motivation/inspiration via video, articles, scripture, books, etc..., 10 minutes of stretching/mediation using positive self-talk, concentrating on the 4 agreements, etc... sturdy = solid foundation/strength/connected & not disjointed. I have 3 little children 6, 4, and 2. I am thankful for this time in the morni... I really try and be up by 3:30 am each morning. 30 to be sturdy is my exercise. 10 minutes of gratefulness/thankful exercises (thank you demo.gratefulness.org!!!), 10 minutes of motivation/inspiration via video, articles, scripture, books, etc…, 10 minutes of stretching/mediation using positive self-talk, concentrating on the 4 agreements, etc… sturdy = solid foundation/strength/connected & not disjointed. I have 3 little children 6, 4, and 2. I am thankful for this time in the morning. Read More6 Reply Deb Waites7 years agoDeb WaitesWhen my children were little, I did the same thing, Michael! I needed the solitude and also the time to exercise, pray, read, do calligraphy. I still do those things but I don’t have to arise so early to do them! 0 Reply Kevin7 years agoKevinI am most able to be still and listen, and especially able to listen for the Spirit at work in my life whenever I am sitting in a Quaker meeting for worship. I attend a Quaker Meeting that is un-programmed, meaning we worship together in silence. In our ever clamoring, media drenched world I am especially grateful that this tradition exists. – Kevin 10 Reply Aine7 years agoAineI have wondered about trying that faith tradition myself, largely for the same reason. My idea of the perfect church would be a candlelit stone grotto in the woods somewhere. What was spoken would be only that which was necessary, and we would all leave in silence, pondering. Perhaps I have an inner hermit. 😉 3 Reply Kevin7 years agoKevinYou know, Aine, my wife, who is also a Quaker, would likely take off for the candlelit stone grotto with you! 0 Reply Christina7 years agoChristinaI’m a good listener, learned it from many years of listening to my mother, who’s a talker. When I’m in conversation with others, I can be still & listen. Also, when I retire at about 5p, get under my covers, see the view of trees, sky and sunset framed by my windows. Then I can relax and listen. 4 Reply Deb Waites7 years agoDeb WaitesI can be still and listen to anyone, anywhere. I engage in stillness daily to listen……for God….for silence….for nature. 4 Reply My Private Gratitude Journal Write an entry in your private gratefulness journal Get Started This site is brought to you by A Network for Grateful Living, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. All donations are fully tax deductible in the U.S.A. CONTRIBUTE https://demo.gratefulness.org/content/uploads/2015/03/GX-Gold-Participant-L.png Community Engagement Guidelines Privacy Policy [email protected] Connect with us on Social Media: © 2000 - 2024, A Network for Grateful Living Website by Briteweb
