The Art of Spiritual Awareness

Most people find it far more natural to talk than to listen. Even if you are an introvert, and often let others carry on the conversation, there’s likely another conversation simultaneously going on inside your head.  As the other person speaks, your mind may be racing on with its own thoughts, drowning out all words but its own.  Often the loudest, most notable, sensation in our awareness is the sound of our own voice.

The noise tends to drown out the voice of others, but, more importantly, the noise of our own inner dialogue often drowns out the voice of our own spirit within us.

We need to reverse this trend and begin to cultivate the art of spiritual awareness. Countless books have been written on how to create a greater sense of spiritual awareness.  People have made long journeys and sought out gifted teachers who have achieved some fame in developing their spiritual awareness and teaching others the secret.

The key to spiritual awareness is no dark secret. It is essentially, to develop the art of deep listening.  In the second part of this series, we focused on listening for our feelings.  Now, as you hold that focus, begin to deepen your ability to listen for the words and feelings and beliefs of others.

The good news is that you don’t need a special hidden, secret method.  The best way to develop the skill of spiritual listening is to practice.

1.  Begin by working to sharpen your physical and mental listening ability. When you are on a prospect call, step back enough to listen.  Listen to the other person and practice being able to understand and repeat back what has been said, in such a way, that the other person agrees she has been heard.  Sharpening this skill alone will put you head and shoulders above the average person, and you will see an immediate positive response on the part of others.  Even if you go no further, you will connect with more people, and you will experience a great benefit in your business and elsewhere in your life.  But you’re not going to stop here.
2.  Now, move deeper and sharpen your ability to listen for the significance of what you are hearing. Listen for the feelings and the beliefs of the other person.  Listen for their real, and often unspoken, needs.  Try articulating and naming the things you are now hearing.  If you’re successful, you’ll begin hearing the other person say things like, “I never realized this before.  I never thought of it that way.  I never put these things together so well as you have just now…”   Even if you go no further, in the eyes of many, you are now a listening superstar.  But you’re not going to stop here.  You’re on the edge of spiritual awareness.  The next step will plunge you into that realm.
3.  Listen for something within yourself that may resonate with what you are hearing. You see, up to now, you have been listening with you head.  You have been engaged in the art of mental and emotional awareness.  Now, you are beginning to listen for the voice of your spirit, and the voice of the spirit of the other person, and for a kind of agreement between these two voices that we call a vibrational match.

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