It all works very beautifully, the world. It's all interconnected - us included. Everything you own, everything you eat, everything you wear, the medicine you take, the media you consume, the car you drive - even your own thoughts and values (unless you were raised in complete solitude) are the result of other human beings. There is no such thing as true independence. The separation from other people is an illusion. We are all so fundamentally tied to other human beings, both socially and in relation to the physical world. Even our conception, our very existence, is tied to other human beings - and those before them, too. Even if you resign to living in the mountains as a hermit for the rest of your life, you cannot deny that your values and understanding of the world that led you to make that decision, as well as the knowledge to survive "independently," came about as a result of interaction with other human beings.
Every time we speak to another person, we are exchanging energy. In our brain, there is a spark - the conception of a word, and the thoughtform itself too, if you look a little deeper. And these words are nothing but decipherable expressions or manifestations of our consciousness. Every time we speak to another person, we are exchanging the energy of consciousness. To listen, one must actively focus energy into receiving those words, delivered to you - the perceiver, in auditory form, and is automatically filtered by your brain into meaning - delivered back to your consciousness. This is energy conversion. However, truly listening is the commitment to receiving. One must also practice receiving negative energy: hurtful words and thoughtforms rooted in negative states of being, and meet them with the greater energy - love, as well as understanding. Love and understanding typically go hand-in-hand, and one typically follows the other. And by understanding, I dont just mean understanding the reasoning behind someones actions or behavior rooted in empathy and compassion (albiet equally important), but also the understanding of our true nature of non-duality: that reality is a single, unified whole - ourselves and other people included; the interconectedness of everything and everyone, and the beauty of it. If you know this, and not just a superficial understanding of the concept, love becomes second nature.
Relatively speaking, and also going back to the concept of listening, if you look beyond the veil of human interpersonal interaction and your own ego, one can learn to listen, even in the absence of words. You can cultivate the ability to receive the beauty of the world, without the filtering of labels, in the silence. By doing this, you also create that space to receive dormant knowledge from your inner wisdom. However, one must make the conscious choice to cultivate, of their own volition. You can learn to see the world for what it is through meditation and taking time to really listen to your surroundings and yourself, without judgment, and practicing living in the present moment, which also involves paying attention to other sensations in your body as well, beyond just sight and sound. I understand the concept of mediation may sound daunting to some - especially to a more logical mind. But honestly and rationally speaking; To start, you don’t have to sit a certain way, place your hands a certain way, and say a certain mantra or what not - all it takes to start is to just breathe. (I recommend breaths with exhales longer than your inhales; Ex. the 4-7-8 technique, which is a 4 count inhale, 7 count breath hold, and 8 count exhale, and repeat at least 4 times, or however many times you feel you need to.) Breathe and focus on that breath; Follow the air as it enters and leaves your lungs, and you will notice your mind start to quiet. But the goal isn’t to silence the mind completely, but to lower the volume a little bit, and naturally, as the cacophony dies down a bit, and the noise isn’t so overwhelming, you can practice observing this noise - your thoughts, as opposed to living in them, with a sort of gentle curiosity and without judgement, You can also practice observing things you typically wouldn’t. You will find that your inner wisdom has a lot to say when the deafening commotion from your outer-world, fears, and worries outside the present moment begin to quiet down. I am still learning myself, and will forever continue to.
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