“To relate with others compassionately is a challenge. Really communicating from the heart and being there for someone else — our child, spouse, parent, client, patient, or the homeless woman on the street — means not shutting down on that person, which means, first of all, not shutting down on ourselves to feel what we…
“No candle can light itself. Another lighted candle must come and touch it. That’s the way Truth passes from person to person.” ~ Sri Swami Satchidananda Truth is shared in a myriad of ways — through art, music, prose, a few choice words. The ability to connect with another, to establish a spirit to spirit…
“When you listen from the heart, you experience the listening as a doorway to other people’s experience; you hear what is being said from their perspective.” ~ David Pond, The Pursuit of Happiness If you truly want to understand another, there is no substitute for listening from the heart. The same goes for when…