Listening to the Inner Movement of Life

 

“Thumbelina”, by Lisbeth Zwerger

In order to be able to see clear, you must be present in passive listening, you must listen, not only to the outer things, but also to the inner movement of life, the inner movement, which is desires, motives, worries, fear-conceptions, sorrows.

To listen passively without choosing is to be aware of the colour in which someone is clothed, without saying: ”I like it” or ”I don´t like it”, but only observing it neutral as in a mirror.

And it is, when you are sitting in the bus, to feel your movement of thought, deeply and incisively, without seeking to achieve anything with it, without justifying and condemning, without choosing.