Today in the Ancient Synagogue in Tzippori, Debra Fricano led us in a prayerful moment of quiet and song. Here is the meditation she shared with us:
(From “The Book of Life” by J. Krishnamurti)
Listening Without Effort
You are now listening to me; you are not making an effort to pay attention, you are just listening; and if there is truth in what you hear, you will find a remarkable change taking place in you-a change that is not premeditated or wished for, a transformation, a complete revolution in which the truth alone is master and not the creations of your mind. And if I may suggest it, you should listen in that way to everything- not only to what I am saying, but also to what other people are saying, to the birds, to the whistle of a locomotive, to the noise of the bus going by. You will find that the more you listen to everything, the greater the silence, and that silence is then not broken by noise. It is only when you are resisting something, when you are putting up a barrier between yourself and that to which you do not want to listen- it is only then that there is struggle.
The Davidson School in Israel 