But, much of the time, we’re not listening.
Too often, we keep ourselves surrounded by so much noise (usually the noise of all our activity). And, because of this, the pulsation of life (communication) doesn't register with us.
Until it does.
At some point, the meaninglessness of our noise pushes us to recognize our craving for silence — enough silence that we can actually hear something else. Something that we desperately want — something life is communicating…something meaningful. But, until we hear what it is telling us, we are largely just restless, bouncing around in all our busyness. Perhaps this is why, in a time of nearly unlimited entertainments, we can still actually end up feeling more bored than anything else.Deep down, though, we want to hear what life is telling us.
As compelling as what we really want is, though, we still seem to have to make a daily choice to distance ourselves from our self-created noise (media of one kind or another) in order to hear the messaging going on...to our hearts, all the time. If we don't, we just float on in our trance of noise and activity, missing most of what makes everything real and meaningful
So my question becomes, how do I organize my time and attention to get (and stay) in tune to what life is communicating? For me, I have found that I have to carve out dedicated time to do this. If I don't, the demands I've created for myself just grab and pull me away to more and more activity and I become less and less able to understand what is happening. As with many other things, listening is something I must consciously choose to do.
This includes quiet — choose quiet.
It also includes what inputs you allow in your life. Pick good ones (God knows there so many that don't amount to much more than just a waste of time) — choose good people, good information, good sources energy...and, yes, good food.
And, it includes choosing to listen to yourself, especially (ironically) your body. Life speaks to us as much from within us as it does outside us — choose to pay attention...to yourself.
...so you can listen to what life is speaking.
