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Attending to the Other
Attunement is mirrored attentiveness from one person to another. Attentiveness means noticing and hearing words, feelings, and experience. In a moment of authentic attention, we feel that we are deeply and truly understood in what we say or do and in who we are, with nothing left out. Likewise, we can attune to othersā feelings, needs, bodily react
... See moreDavid Richo ā¢ How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys to Mindful Loving
Attentiveness entails the difficult task of waiting, not for the world to take note of us, but for us to take note of the world.
Robert Zaretsky ā¢ The Subversive Simone Weil: A Life in Five Ideas
Documentary filmmaker Valarie Kaur on listening:
āDeep listening is an act of surrender. We risk being changed by what we hear.
When I really want to hear another personās story, I try to leave my preconceptions at the door and draw close to their telling. I am always partially listening to the thoughts in my own head when others are speaking, so I c... See more
āDeep listening is an act of surrender. We risk being changed by what we hear.
When I really want to hear another personās story, I try to leave my preconceptions at the door and draw close to their telling. I am always partially listening to the thoughts in my own head when others are speaking, so I c... See more