I was looking at what true listening entails. It seems to me that the more I pay attention, the more evident it becomes that I'm not particularly good at it - not so much in the conventional sense, but in a deeper way. Imagine someone is communicating a profound insight to you - whether it relates to consciousness work, transformation, or something else entirely. What do you do with it? Do you immediately accept it, reject it, believe it, disbelieve it? Do you hear the words, filter them through your mind, recall past references to what's being said, and then conclude that the communication is now understood? Perhaps the first sign of poor listening is this very impulse or predisposition to claim that you've already understood the communication. This seems to be common. We don't realize that we may have failed to listen, that we haven't experienced the insight being shared (or at least not as profoundly as we could have). So how can we better "listen," especially in this context? What even is that about?

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We had a visitor on the mats today. Some insects spend time flying around trying to get out and eventually get tired and come down. I thought this was beautiful and wanted to share.

Don't avoid it. Consider, it's actually a very powerful place to be. It strips away all the crap that keeps you distracted or in fantasy land, which keeps you hopeful, trying to be special and unique.

The key to mastering movement is feeling. The more you feel your body, the more life, vitality, circulation, sensitivity, and sheer enjoyment will be generated. Perhaps its best to hold increasing body awareness as an ongoing adventure, not something to be finally accomplished.This way, we are encouraged to freshly and repeatedly seek out what's present in the body, as well as to be open to and excited about discovering something new.