Noticing Matters

Noticing Matters

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Slowness as Listening

Slowness as Listening

Living into a practice of slowness

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Melissa A. Butler
Oct 21, 2022
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We continue with the theme of slowness for the month of October, following from the essay: Be Slow Now.

Slowness invites us into the infinity of small things.

We access the richness of this immensity when we listen to what’s present.

Yet the word listen is inadequate. It’s almost as if the phrase—to listen—prevents us from listening. It suggests there is …

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