Attention involves seeing and hearing

Good morning everyone,

Here is today's quote:

Attention involves seeing and hearing. We hear not only with our ears but also we are sensitive to the tones, the voice, to the implication of words, to hear without interference, to capture instantly the depth of a sound. Sound plays an extraordinary part in our lives: the sound of thunder, a flute playing in the distance, the unheard sound of the universe; the sound of silence, the sound of one’s own heart beating; the sound of a bird and the noise of a man walking on the pavement; the waterfall. The universe is filled with sound. This sound has its own silence; all living things are involved in this sound of silence. To be attentive is to hear this silence and move with it.

Letters to the Schools vol II, p 30

Here is my reflection.

I guess some of you might be humbing the Simon and Garfunkel soung right now! :-) If you can also remember the words, or at least some of them, they are actually pretty interesting in the context of what K is saying.

How often has the tone that someone was speaking in said far more to you than their actual words? This is what K would probably call "total listening". Listening with all of you, just just with the ears but the heart too.

Best wishes

Robert