Let’s keep learning how to choose kindness! This week we’ll finish Easwaran’s answers to the frequently asked questions in the Winter 2015 issue of the Blue Mountain Journal, reading pages 30–38. Here he reminds us, “What matters is the friendliness we show, the attention with which we listen – and, more than anything else, the complete absence of any sense of superiority.”
And thanks for all your examples and inspiration throughout this past month! It is very uplifting to be studying Easwaran’s timely message together.
What is the most important thing that Easwaran said to you in this reading? How can you apply it in your life?
A challenge: practice listening. Take time to listen to others this week. Particularly if there is disagreement, make it your goal to understand what the other person is expressing. But don’t stop just with disagreements. Simply enjoy listening to other’s verbal and non-verbal connections. Try to listen knowing that the Lord lives in this person.
For a spiritual treat this week, here is a brief video in which Easwaran draws inspiration from the great mystic poet Kabir.