One of the core practices of Initiatives of Change
Listening & Silence - A listening ear
Another great Swiss thinker and practitioner was Dr Paul Tournier (above), whose book 'A listening ear' (1984) examines ‘the power of listening and the power of silence’ (chapter 2) in detail. He writes:
‘There comes into one's mind the thought of some step to take, perhaps a letter to write. We have to realise that we always resist doing quite simple things that we know we ought to do. If we can manage to understand the reason for this resistance we are on the way to self-discovery. That's what makes meditation precious.’
You can view or download the 144-page book here. Below, you can also listen to his speech in Caux from 1982: