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THE DYNAMICS OF MEDITATION
friends want to say something, you are ready to listen to them. Previously you were intervening in their conversations. Before they were finished you would interrupt to state your opinion. Now you are not the same person. You say, “I am not in a hurry. Let the person be ready to hear me. If the person is not ready, mywords are not so cheap to be wasted by voicing them when they will not be heard.” Now we don't value our words. We go on popping them out whether the person is listening or not. We speak so fast that before the person digests the words, another sentence springs out from us. We don't allow any time for them to digest what we say. Even when you pour something into a bottle, you have to pour it slowly or it will overflow or miss the bottle. This is the new approach in your life.
You also know another secret-how to encourage the person to listen to your words and your feelings. How? The best way is to empty that person first. Then you can pour your own thoughts in. That is the art. But if you go on pouring before the person has emptied, it will overflow and what you have poured will be lost. This meditation teaches you to be patient. It gives you insight to listen. When that person knows that he has told you what he wanted to say, he gets a kind of satisfaction. With that degree of contentment, in that happy mood, whatever you say goes directly in and stays. You have also had the time to think more exactly, and to gauge the mood of the person. Once you know his or her mood, you may say exactlywhat you want to say. You will have the last word.
In this way meditation helps you to build a beautiful communication, conversation and communion. Your
