Instead of approaching those with different beliefs and practices from a position of strength – in which we simply engage in the act of agreement or disagreement (which means comparing the other in relation to our own pre-established horizon) – literalistic listening asks us to approach from a position of weakness. It means that we don’t simply look at the other through our own eyes, but we attempt to look at ourselves through the eyes of the other.
The result is that, instead of seeing the other as strange and alien, we actually begin to encounter ourselves as strange and alien; we begin to glimpse how the things that we take to be eternally true are actually constructs with a history. Instead of agreeing or disagreeing with the other, we ask, ‘What do I look like to you?’ In doing this we do not simply filter what they say through our lens but are confronted by the reality of our lens.
— Peter Rollins
J.S. Park: Hospital Chaplain 
Spiritually, sounds like humility, love, respect, compassionate…”Don’t act out of selfish ambition or be conceited. Instead, humbly think of others as being better than yourselves. Don’t be concerned only about your own interests, but also be concerned about the interests of others” (Phil 2:3-4 GW).
Peace
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Love that passage. In fact, the whole chapter is amazing.
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Hi JS,
I just wrote a post on a paradigm shift that is slowly being revealed to me. I don’t think it’s the best thing I’ve written, but I was trying to get an idea across in literal earthly language what I was given in a telepathic way. It might be convoluted thinking and not make sense; however I did have my sister [anothers outside view] go through it and work on it with me.
http://robinclaire.wordpress.com/2013/07/31/the-law-vs-love-and-driving/
love you friend,
robin
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Thanks for sharing this …!
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