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Daily Question, February 24

With whom or where can you be still and listen?

  • Linda

    In my home

  • k'Care-Reena

    With my TWIN FLAME. he is across the world and not in the states but I feel his pull and worry. I feel us missing each other and I can feel the pressure we have been given each other. I truly love him and am learning to be patient more.

    I also should be still with my business. I am some-what impatient and need to be patient and attentive with my business and not discourage or belittle myself.

  • Kristi

    I’d like to think I can be with anyone , anywhere and be a good listener, but lately I’ve found myself talking more rather than just listening, not sure if I’ve changed or if I’ve just become more aware?

  • Malag

    Me myself and I. If I experience stillness in me I am in a better place with others. Best stillness time for me is early morning when no on else is up. Not sure that I listen though. I hear what’s around me and the chattering thoughts within.

  • Hot Sauce

    I can be still and listen as I fall asleep in my room at night. Sometimes, the silence at night can be comforting and reminds me that the future looks bright.

  • expati

    I do best with this when alone. There’s a special place I rarely go to in the woods that’s a half hour walk from my apartment. For special occasions. Otherwise I do this upon waking every morning while lying in bed. I try to tune in to the spirits of my ancestors when I need a sense of direction. My understanding is that they have some good ideas but rely on us as they don’t have bodies to carry out these plans.

  • Carol

    I’m retired and I live alone so I have time and lots or quiet spaces. For me the most important thing is being in a comfortable chair or on a comfortable mat if I lie down. I find body and sensory knowing a great avenue to connecting to stillness. I often just want to get out of my head and let the body be one of my teachers. Listening to the body is a real eye opener! Also, breath exercises are good for stopping the minds business and being in the present moment.

  • Ose

    With dear friends when connected via wlan or telephone and lovingly listening to the space between us, during meditation, now also, while letting this one extraordinary day pass again in front of my mind and my heart´s eye, while lightening an incense stick and bowing in front of our ancestors in deep gratefulness. Wishing all a good night´s sleep and a beautiful day for all to come, from my heart.

  • sb

    Its not always easy, life can be too busy, but when I walk early in the morning, just me and nature, it is easier – sometimes really easy. We should all make more time and it is good to be reminded of this.

  • Don Jones

    At 3.30 am in my mediation space with my dog – every day.

    • Malag

      There’s nothing like the sigh of your dog when you are both in mid meditation, Don!

  • Melissa

    My friends and in nature.

  • Linda

    Really anywhere, if I just do it!

  • Cathie

    Anywhere and with anyone of like disposition – the challenge for me is the discipline to do so.

  • Yolande Arends

    As the sunrise with splendour over the Cape Peninsula and i can smell the fresh ocean breeze, listening to the seagulls morning greeting….I am at peace…thank you

  • Lauryn
    My favorite campsite in southern Vermont — it overlooked a small reservoir. I loved waking up early morning in my tent just listening to the sounds outside...super early around 5am it would be sounds of random squirrels and chipmunks scurrying through the forest... then as the sun came up you’d start hearing the birds chirp... the comforting sounds of other campers waking up, starting a campfire, cooking breakfast. The sounds of others putting kayaks in the water nearby. I’m a few thousand...

    My favorite campsite in southern Vermont — it overlooked a small reservoir. I loved waking up early morning in my tent just listening to the sounds outside…super early around 5am it would be sounds of random squirrels and chipmunks scurrying through the forest… then as the sun came up you’d start hearing the birds chirp… the comforting sounds of other campers waking up, starting a campfire, cooking breakfast. The sounds of others putting kayaks in the water nearby. I’m a few thousand miles from that spot right now. I miss it so much.

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    • Trish

      Hi Lauryn! I love camping too & your favorite site sounds magical! 🙂

    • Michele

      great description! made me miss my favorite spot too:)

  • Patricia

    In this moment, pausing, and listening…. and offering myself in openness to this day and to the One who made me.

  • DeVonna

    Each morning I have the opportunity to sit with my own thoughts and quietly listen for the voice of God. Sadly, I don’t always avail myself of this opportunity. I am a worrier. Especially when it comes to the people I love. Oh I pray, trust me, I pray without ceasing throughout the day, but sometimes I forget to just pause and listen. Thank you for today’s reminder to not allow my voice, to drown out God’s.

  • Ed Schulte

    “Watch, listen, study, contemplate, then step lightly but decisively on.”

    Read from the I Ching this morning. It applies at all levels of consciousness / being-ness / no “matter with whom or where”

    I see the ‘Word of the Day’ says similar.

  • Journey

    I think it extremely difficult and impossible to be still and listen. I have started daily guided meditation 10 to 15 minutes, it helps me to stay focused on the message and does slow down my heart rate. I am not able to shut my mind down otherwise. Even in nature, by the ocean, by any serene surrounding, my mind is wandering, wandering, wandering.

  • Holly in Ohio

    Myself, now, here.

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