Bhagavad Gita Chapter 2, Art of Listening

From the works of Living Enlightened Master Paramahamsa Nithyananda. In this clip taken from discourse titled, "Bhagavad Gita -- Chapter 2: You are God", Swamiji explains how it takes great intelligence to listen. Krishna starts to talk only in the second chapter after allowing Arjuna to express himself for the entire first chapter. We normally never listen but are busy preparing our replies. We hear others so that others hear us. In this clip, Swamiji explains the art of listening. The complete discourse or the complete Bhagavad Gita set may be ordered online at www.lifeblissgalleria.com

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[odesign1]

Thank you Swamiji, you are a fountain of inspiration. Namaste.

[sherrymajhtodigpia]

swami ji said beautifully...luckey are those who found real master... and theY trust on his words.. so we are all lucky.. that we all are decipels of swami ji... come under the blessing of our loving master.. NITHYANANDAM.

[jwk333]

I can relate with Fraterculae.

[AnandaShishhya]

From Clip: You never listen. You need intelligence to listen. You need enlightenment to listen. Once you are able to listen you will be able to reply. Only when you verbalize, you yourself will be clear exactly what is your problem. When we don't verbalize, when we don't express, we ourself don't know exactly what is our problem.

[Populo1]

Pranams Swamiji,

This is excellent. In the modern society there is always a rift in communication between introverts & extroverts. The rift can be very well fixed with this technique. Introverts though do not express outwardly still talk silently while others talking. But being a true listener our body language and few words of response to a talker can make big difference as it is a response from one's own consciousness which will have good impact on the speaker. Thank you swamiji

[rdc1622]

I guess that's why listening is an art. You need to find that balance of listening to what is being said and being ready to speak. And you're right, in professional settings when it's expected you already know the jargon, it makes deciphering ideas even tougher.

[Fraterculae]

i know hundreds of women and many men who can no longer think for themselves at all .. they can only listen .. and it can be very bad for them in today's world.

[Fraterculae]

that is a great observation and very true but i found that when you listen well you are often overwhelmed by the other persons words and completely forget your own ideas. In a modern society being without your own thoughts can be really bad for you!!

[rdc1622]

The point he was making is that we are mentally preparing our response so we can begin talking when the other person stops, but when we do so we fail to "listen" what the person has actually said.

[prakz71]

Nithyanandam!

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[Fraterculae]

you are right .. and i have always felt this.. but i must admit that in my own life i found that people started to devalue my attention the more deeply i gave it .. eventually i realised they were seeing me as subordinate. This is not a culture which values awareness very highly.

[assimssim]

Making some noise can distract us from our inferiority complex, but it will never cure it. Talking is generaly a diversion manoeuver to distract us and others from ourselfs. So the real us can't be seen. But the Real Us - your real I - is something else that has not much to say and it is inteligent enough to listen, to be aware, to learn and to cure.