Listening is an action in which the miracle of understanding takes place –

1. Listening is an action in which the miracle of
understanding takes place –
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If I may turn aside for a moment, I think it is
important to understand what it means to listen,
for then, perhaps, what is being said will have a
meaning beyond the words.
It seems to me that very few of us ever do listen.
We do not know how to listen. I wonder if you
have ever really listened to your child, to your wife
or husband, or to a bird?
I wonder if you have ever listened to the mind as it
watches a sunset, or if you have read a poem with
an attitude of listening?
If we know how to listen, that very listening is an
action in which the miracle of understanding takes
place.
If we know how to listen to what is being said, we
shall discover whether it is true or false. And what
is true, one does not have to accept: it is so. It is
only when there is contention between the false
and the false that there is acceptance and
rejection, agreement and disagreement. –
Krishnamurti, Collected Works, Vol. XI,352,Action
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