Hearing Heart

A new week begins. Somehow or another my weeks always start with Monday. I like it that way - ending my week with Sunday, the rest day. Yesterday was especially pleasant. Sara and I had a sacred time together with the second day of meditations from "Learning to Hear with the Heart" then later, Nancy and I did. (Did you know that the literal translation of the Hebrew words of Solomon's request is for a "hearing heart" - one with which he could discern between good and evil?) Sara left early to get back to Wilmington and Nancy later to go home to Atlanta. We three Pod Sisters had a beautiful weekend together, as we always do. We certainly were listening to each other all weekend with our hearts wide open! As we always do. What a different world we would live in if everyone listened with their heart. Now my challenge is to continue listening with my heart. For two years or so now my big goal has been to shut my mouth and listen with my ears and my mind, and I still haven't achieved that - maybe it will come more easily if I shift to my heart? I'm quite sure I won't be able to hear with my heart if my mouth is running. That much I have learned. Silence has become my friend. That is to say, silence no longer irritates me, but brings me joy. The day ended with a meeting of my Spiritual Sisters studying Lovingkindness for an hour and a half and then a yoga session. Perhaps I'll write about that tomorrow.