Listen

In the Chinese pictogram, the word listen is composed of three different characters (pictograms) – eye, heart and ear.

True listening is not merely using ears to here, but observing with eyes and keeping open the heart. Only when one listens in this manner a real change is possible in oneself

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Emotional disposition plays an important role in understanding. Without it every thing we hear and see will remain knowledge and information and they are powerless in bringing transformation in oneself.

Quantum physicist knows exactly what a mystic understands. But the mystic lives entirely in a different realm of existence, where as the physicist lives exactly like you and me.

We too can become a mystic provided we add two more steps along with hearing in our act of listening – keen observation and open heart. The problem in doing this is that we will become incapable of judging and gossiping about others, so we may end up sacrificing lot more fun in our life and start loving people and that is not much of a fun..