Category Archives: The Practice of Deep Listening

Theme for October 2024

Is This A Task?

Posted on October 22, 2024 by admin

This past weekend I was struck with a very harsh reality from my family. As we sat down for breakfast Saturday morning I asked if they would be OK if I wrote that morning…. And that invited a deep conversation … Continue reading →

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What Was That Noise?

Posted on October 21, 2024 by admin

Driving around the other day, I was hurrying from one errand to the next when a small voice from the car seat in the back spoke up, “What was that?”“What was what?”“That noise”“What noise?”clink“That noise”“I think that was the handle … Continue reading →

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The Practice of Deep Listening Embodied in Unitarian Universalism

Posted on October 18, 2024 by admin

Since coming to Unitarian Universalism, I have heard the constant drum beat of love, justice,compassion, and a search for truth and meaning. As I travel on my spiritual journey, it makes total sense that I am here now. The peace … Continue reading →

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How Could Anyone?

Posted on October 17, 2024 by Bob Patrick

I remember the first time I ever saw, heard and sang the hymn, How Could Anyone, from our Singing the Journey hymnal by Libby Roderick. How could anyone ever tell you–You were anything less than beautiful?How could anyone ever tell … Continue reading →

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Inner Voice

Posted on October 16, 2024 by admin

Thursday, October 10, 2024 was World Mental Health Day. Ever since the COVIDpandemic opened new doors to conversations about mental health, we have discoveredjust what isolation does to the human mind, body and soul. The pain of that isolation isstill … Continue reading →

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Deeper Listening

Posted on October 15, 2024 by Bob Patrick

As we consider the practice of deep listening, it might be a clearer practice if we focused on “deeper” listening, allowing ourselves to take steps into deeper, and deeper listening. In terms of hearing sounds, if our ears work well … Continue reading →

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Listening To My Land

Posted on October 14, 2024 by admin

Recently, a CUUPS Gathering featured a ritual and meditation about deep listening to the spirits of the earth around us. Before I started the ritual and meditation there were many questions about what connecting with the spirits of the land … Continue reading →

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