Hey, today we're talking about how to improve your listening skills. Yeah, you
might be praying but is your brain really listening? That is a skill you can
improve today. I figure because you clicked on this video you are someone
who prays. So, I'm going to talk to you as though you pray. If you don't pray and
you're just watching, that's cool. That's really cool. But I'm going to talk to you
as though you pray or meditate. Meaning you're trying to communicate with
a higher power. Now, in communicating with a higher power, we're claiming that
we are a lower power. We've got to make sure we're clear on this. If there's a
higher power, like the universe or God or the life force of the planet which ever
you... Whatever name you need to use to to give it an identity. When we're
communicating with this higher power, we are admitting that we are of a lower
power. And we are attempting to reach up for help. And just to let that soak in
for a second. Because when I meet people who say, "I don't get answers to my
prayers." I asked them I go, "What are you doing so that you're looking for the
answers?" And they say, "Well, I don't think God talks to me." And I need to remind
them that they are of a lower power speaking to a higher power. And it's us
that gets to learn how to see, hear and feel the messages coming from a higher
power. So, there see, hear and feel the messages. Like we're
learning how to do this. Now, my belief is that when we pose questions to our
higher power that this higher power honors and respects us. And also wants to
teach us how to develop a relationship or communication with our
higher power And so, if I'm going to approach a higher power to ask for help
or guidance or clarification or for healing or mending, you know, if I'm going to
approach a higher power, I probably could prepare myself a little bit more,
right? I could get ready for this and be more organized and how I'm doing this.
Because I I mean I could just like say a prayer you know and throw out a prayer
and then go on through the rest of my day just expecting God to be loud and
very, you know, obvious. But that's not how He works. He doesn't work loud and
obvious. The way He works is he wants to... He wants us to learn how to listen.
bBcause that means we are striving to listen to Him. That's what we're doing is
we're actually in the practice of becoming better listeners so we can hear
his voice. Because if he was loud and obvious, we wouldn't even have to listen.
You know? And when we are being teachable and we're reaching out to him,
it also helps us be in that place of being humble. You know, humble doesn't
mean being poor. That's not... That doesn't go together. Poor is not humble. Humble is
teachable. So, being teachable and so... So, I want to approach prayer as I am going to
be teachable. So, how can I do that? How can I be better
at preparing myself to be teachable how could I do this so I could be a better
listener of being able to see, hear and feel answers, guidance coming to me? So,
it's me that must do better to hear an answer coming back. And when I approach
it this way, I can do things about it, right? Where the other person who goes...
You know, who says, "Oh, God doesn't answer me." It's like, "Well, what are you doing to
improve the situation?" "Well nothing. God needs to speak up." It's
like, "Mmm. No, no." We got to be the better person and go to Him. We open
ourselves up to him. We want to be a better listener and we're looking and
listening and feeling. And we want we're the ones who are... We're the ones begging
for help. You know, beggars don't get to be
choosers of how this works. We get to be the one to approach Him. Now, I've done
this for years and it has been so helpful in being able to find, hear and
gather the answers that come back. And what has really helped me is a simple
notebook. Sometimes, we forget what we pray about. Sometimes we say a prayer and
we ask for a bunch of things you know, and we're asking for help on a bunch of
things. And then we get up and go to bed. When I say get up is because I'm saying,
I'm assuming. I don't know if you do this or not. But I kneel when I pray. I kneel
because it puts me in a place of being teachable and showing respect because
I'm approaching my higher power. I'm a lower power, he's a higher power. I'm
going to show respect. It's like going before the king, you know,
going before royalty. You kneel out of respect. So I kneel when I pray. And
now to ensure I'm doing good. I take my journal and I
can write this down ahead of time or I can write it down while I'm doing the
prayer. But to write down what I need help with. Just write down what I need
help with. What are my questions? What are my concerns? Where do I need help? And
because I'm writing down my questions and my concerns and my worries and my
fears. Because I'm writing it down, I'm paying attention. I'm not just rambling.
It's not just a prayer that I'm just rambling off a bunch of stuff and then I
get up and go to bed or I get up and go on through my day. But I'm literally
saying, I'm sharing this in my prayer but I'm also writing it down because I
really want to know. I really want to know and I don't want to forget the
questions I've asked. I'm the one who gets to be the one to keep myself
attentive during this prayer process because if once I become distracted, I
can't hear answers coming back, I can't see the answers, I can't feel the answers.
Because I'm distracted. We are a distracted human race. We've got so many
distractions. So, to write down my questions that I'm posing in my prayer
helps me hold my attention. Doesn't that make sense? The more I hold myself
attentive? Doesn't that make sense that I would be able to see more clearly what's
coming back to me as an answer? Wouldn't that make more sense that I could hear
with more sensitivity the answers that are coming back? Would it make sense that
I actually would be more in tune with my feelings of the answers coming back? So, I
must hold myself more attentive to raise these listening skills of see, hear and
feel so I can hear the answers. Make sense. So, I kneel and I write and then
at the end of the day... At the end of the day, I can take my book out, open up
and I could read what I prayed about that morning. And because I wrote it down,
I can go through and I can think through the day if I saw anything happen. If I
remember hearing anything. And also I could write down anything I noticed
about any impressions or feelings I got during the day. So, I'm now keeping my
mind attentive on the questions. Doesn't this just make sense that if we keep our
mind attentive and we review the questions we're praying about and asking
about, it's me that needs to be more attentive to see all the different
directions that answers are coming from. Now, I'm not... I'm sharing what I've
learned. I've learned this from a many, many, many great spiritual leaders. But
you may have not heard this before. And if you've not heard this
before of writing down your questions and kneeling when you pray and doing
these things, wow, this is going to be a great upgrade and help you clarify the
things that you're doing. Because boy when you're more attentive, you can see
the answers, you can hear the answers. And you can feel the answers
a lot more clearly. And that is powerful because now you know that there really
is a life force out there. You really know that there's a universe that cares,
you really know that there's a God that knows you exist. Right? You know
that's like, "Oh, my gosh. There really is some kind of higher power out there that
just knows me. Like I really got an answer." Whoa! And what does that do for
you. It's like what? This is higher powers paying attention to little old me? It's
awesome. That's so cool. And then you have record of it. Like you
wrote it down and all these little answers coming too. And I am not kidding,
you will raise your spiritual awareness. Your spiritual awareness of
what's going on around and you'll start to notice that answers
are coming your way often. So, just when you thought that you don't think you
have answers coming to you, it's because you're distracted.
You're not staying attentive. You're the one who's not keeping your mind
attentive and this doesn't take much. You just write down the questions you have.
At the end of the day, look to see if you can find. See what you find.
Notice what you heard during the day. Notice the little promptings and
impressions you get record it. Record your questions, record what you find and you
begin to strengthen your listening skills.
That's what's powerful. That's what's super powerful is you're the one
developing these listening skills. Doesn't it make sense if we're going to ask
someone a question, what we should listen? Every day. You go talk to someone and you
and they ask you a question or you ask them a question then they're going to
answer it. You probably should pay attention and and listen. But somewhere
along the way that just gets lost in prayer. We pray but then we struggle
listening. The answers are always there. They're going to show up through people,
through books, through videos, through situations, through neighbors, through
friends, through strangers, through things that nature answers are going to come to
you from so many different directions. But because you're looking and because
you're listening and because you're feeling and you're searching and you're
listening. You really are just listening. You're going to find those answers. Super
cool. Just when you thought there they weren't there, they're there. They really
are. And then follow those answers. They'll lead you to better places. Hey,
thanks for listening and thanks for paying attention. And go get your journal,
right? Go write down your thoughts, go right down your prayers and start
looking around. You're goign to see a lot of great answers come to you which is super
cool. Hey, because if I can get answers, you can get answers.
I'm just a common normal guy. And you can get answers too. But we need to pay
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