29/10/2022
When the mind is conditioned by memory, it only repeats what it has accumulated.
A mind conditioned by the experiences of so many yesterdays can only see the present through the cloudy lens of the past.
If we want to know how to listen, if we want to learn how to listen so that we can discover the new, then we must live in accordance with the philosophy of momentariness. Yes, it is essential to live from moment to moment, without the preoccupations of the past and without projections of the future.
For the mind, the truth is unknowable from moment to moment. Therefore, our minds must always be alert, in complete attention, free from prejudgments and preconceptions, so that they can become truly receptive.
Schoolteachers must teach their students the profound significance of knowing how to listen.
It is necessary to learn how to live wisely, to refine our senses, to refine our behavior, our thoughts, our sentiments.
To have a great academic background is worthless if we do not know how to listen, if we are not capable of discovering the new from moment to moment.
We need to refine attention, to refine our manners, to refine ourselves, to refine many things, etc., nonetheless, it is impossible to become truly refined when we do not know how to listen.
Rough, rude, deteriorated, degenerated minds never know how to listen, never know how to discover the new. Those minds only apprehend—and in a mistaken manner—the absurd translations of that satanic secretary named “I,” myself, the ego.
To be refined is something very difficult, and it requires complete attention. Someone can appear to be a very refined person regarding fashion, suits, dresses, gardens, cars, and friendships, however, within his psyche he will continue to be rough, crude, and unpleasant.
Those who know how to live from moment to moment walk indeed upon the path of true refinement.
Those who have a receptive, spontaneous, integral, alert mind walk upon the path of authentic refinement.
The one who receives everything as new, with an open mind, abandoning the burden of the past, preconceptions, prejudices, jealousies, fanaticisms, etc., marches victoriously along the path of authentic refinement, whereas the degenerated mind lives imprisoned in the past, in preconceptions, pride, self-esteem, prejudices, etc.
Samael Aun Weor
Book: Fundamentals of Gnostic Education
Chapter: Knowing how to listen
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