Rob Foxcroft's guest appearances

Rob Foxcroft

Active Pause

Pausefully Mindfulness Conversations

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Judith Blackstone

Jeff Warren

Stephen Batchelor

Abhijit Naskar

Jeffrey Morrison

Sarah Peyton

Evelyn Fendler-Lee

Pat Ogden

Sharon Salzberg

Ron Purser

Deb Dana

John Christopher

Kristen Ulmer

Peter Gill

Warren Farrell

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In this conversation, we uncover some of the many layers of listening, inspired on Rob’s new book. In addition to the video below, there is also a printable PDF transcript.What about listening? Here are three ways to think about it.First: How any religion has a boundary. There is an ‘us’and a ‘them’. And listening is a bigger thing than religion. Listening has no boundary. Whoever we meet shows us a new world.Second: How listening makes it possible not to be missionary. I don’t have to say, ‘Here I am. You can learn from me.’ I feel squeamish when I say that. I feel fine when I say, ‘Here you are. I can learn from you.’ Finally: How I want two things. I want to follow the natural line, the line of your thoughts and feelings. I say: We have to approach the natural line with respect always, even with reverence. And I want to be meditative, to approach the hidden, the place where silence falls; to come close to the gates of dawn, where new light may break over the horizon.So there’s a conflict inherent in the practice of listening. Wanting the speaker to wait upon the unknown has a tendency to corrupt being faithful to the natural line. It’s a happy thing when the two come together:When you feel heard a silence falls. In that silence more may come. Often it is something deeper: you can feel it Just now forming at the edge of being. Who is Rob Foxcroft? “I’ve been a classical musician all my life and have been teaching piano-playing for many years. Almost from the beginning I found that listening to other people did more for my life than anything else could do. In March 1988 I went to Chicago to learn focusing-and-listening from Gene Gendlin. Later I studied the person-centered approach with Brian Thorne. I write poems and essays. I used to build drystone walls and have loved creating a garden. I like to be in the hills, by the sea or quietly at home with my family. I recently brought out a book about empathy, self-empathy and the act of listening. It is called: Feeling Heard, Hearing Others.” See website/book.Published September 2018.

In this conversation, we uncover some of the many layers of listening, inspired on Rob’s new book. In addition to the video below, there is also a <a href="https://activepause.com/zug/transcripts/Foxcroft-2018-11.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">printable PDF transcript</a>. What about listening? Here are three ways to think about it. First: How any religion has a boundary. There is an ‘us’and a ‘them’. And listening is a bigger thing than religion. Listening has no boundary. Whoever we meet shows us a new world. Second: How listening makes it possible not to be missionary. I don’t have to say, ‘Here I am. You can learn from me.’ I feel squeamish when I say that. I feel fine when I say, ‘Here you are. I can learn from you.’ Finally: How I want two things. I want to follow the natural line, the line of your thoughts and feelings. I say: We have to approach the natural line with respect always, even with reverence. And I want to be meditative, to approach the hidden, the place where silence falls; to come close to the gates of dawn, where new light may break over the horizon. So there’s a conflict inherent in the practice of listening. Wanting the speaker to wait upon the unknown has a tendency to corrupt being faithful to the natural line. It’s a happy thing when the two come together: When you feel heard a silence falls. In that silence more may come. Often it is something deeper: you can feel it Just now forming at the edge of being. Who is Rob Foxcroft? “I’ve been a classical musician all my life and have been teaching piano-playing for many years. Almost from the beginning I found that listening to other people did more for my life than anything else could do. In March 1988 I went to Chicago to learn focusing-and-listening from Gene Gendlin. Later I studied the person-centered approach with Brian Thorne. I write poems and essays. I used to build drystone walls and have loved creating a garden. I like to be in the hills, by the sea or quietly at home with my family. I recently brought out a book about empathy, self-empathy and the act of listening. It is called: Feeling Heard, Hearing Others.” See <a href="http://robfoxcroft.com/book" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">website/book</a>. Published September 2018.

Rob Foxcroft on listening

In this conversation, we uncover some of the many layers of listening, inspired on Rob’s new book. In addition to the video below, there is also a printable PDF transcript. Audio only: What about listening? Here are three ways to think about it. First: How any religion has a boundary. There is an ‘us’and a […]