The Sacred Art of Listening

Hearing and listening are two different things. Learning to listen-really listen-requires sacred practice.

The Sacred Art of Listening guides you through forty practices of deep listening-to our Source, to ourselves, and to each other.

Inspiring text and contemplative artwork combine to communicate the three essential qualities of deep listening-silence, reflection and presence. They demonstrate that the key to healthy relationships and spiritual transformation can be as basic as practicing the art of listening.

You will learn how to:

• Speak clearly from the heart
• Communicate with courage and compassion
• Heighten your awareness and sensitivity to opportunities for deep listening
• Enhance your ability to listen to people with different belief systems

More than ever before we need to rediscover -- or discover for the first time -- the skills and practice of listening. Kay Lindahl, founder of The Listening Center in California, guides readers through forty practices of deep listening -- to our Source, to ourselves, and to each other.

Readers will learn to:
-- Speak clearly from the heart.
-- Communicate with courage and compassion.
-- Heighten their awareness and sensitivity to opportunities for deep listening.
-- Enhance their ability to listen to people with different belief systems.

Through Lindahl's inspiring text and Schnapper's contemplative artwork, readers will learn the three basic qualities of listening -- silence, reflection, and presence -- demonstrating that the key to healthy relationships, learning something new, and spiritual transformation is as fundamental as listening.