A Prayer For Deep Listening

Photo by Molly

I pray for deep listening in the new century -

listening alone - listening together - listening to others -

listening to oneself - listening to the earth - 

listening to the universe - listening to the abundance that is -

awakening to and feeling sound and silence as all there is -

helping to create an atmosphere of opening for all to be heard,

with the understanding that listening is healing.

Deep listening in all its variations is infinite.

Deep listening is love.

 - Pauline Oliveros, Composer

Prayers for a Thousand Years