Listening

This is not trivial...
Most people are entirely unconscious to these filters, they don't recognize that they hold bias when they listen.

• Culture
• Language
• Values
• Beliefs
• Attitudes
• Expectations
• Intentions

We need conscious listening.
A world where we don't listen to each other at all is a very scary place indeed.

5 -tools:
1) Silence (3-minutes/day)
2) Mixer (go to a noisy place, and figure out how many channels)
3) Savoring (pick a mundane sound and really listen to it)
4) Listening Positions (active/passive, reductive/expansive, CRITICAL/Empathic)
5) RASA - Receive, Appreciate, Summarize, Ask

Every Human Being has to Listen Consciously,
Listening needs to be taught in schools as a skill.