Listening: The First Step to Enlightenment!

In this Inner Awakening Session Day 01, THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM (SPH) BHAGAVAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM conducts the profound spiritual science of listening and declares that everything in life begins with listening. The Core Principle: Everything Starts With Listening THE SPH explains that whether you want to become an engineer, doctor, lawyer, or achieve anything in life, listening has to happen first. Listening is not merely hearing words—it is a spiritual process and an enlightenment process through which information is received, internalized, cognized, and transformed into experience. THE SPH reveals that the natural functioning of the mind happens like a binary rhythm: listening, cognizing; listening, cognizing. As a child, the space of listening is naturally expansive. But as incompletions and unconscious patterns accumulate, cognition gets destroyed and the ability to listen gradually reduces. How Incompletions Destroy Listening THE SPH explains that past incomplete moments continue to sit inside the present and interfere with our ability to listen. Even when the body is physically present, the mind may be completely switched off, wandering into other thoughts and experiences. THE SPH emphasizes that incompletions directly attack listening. When the mind is occupied with unresolved thoughts, emotions, and past experiences, there is no space for pure listening and therefore no space for deep cognition. Listening as a Spiritual Process THE SPH introduces a deeper understanding of listening—not listening merely to understand information, but listening for internalization. Completion Creates Pure Listening THE SPH reveals the direct relationship between completion and listening. When the past is completed, the ability for pure listening exponentially increases. Through the process of completion, the inner space becomes available again for listening, silence, cognition, and deeper awareness. The 21-Day Spiritual Practice: LISTEN THE SPH gives one simple spiritual practice for the next 21 days: listening. THE SPH explains that when you are truly established in the space of listening, even spiritual practices and instructions become effortless. Listening creates the space in which transformation can naturally happen. Listen. Listen. Listen. Listening, Cognition & Enlightenment THE SPH connects the science of listening with the ancient Upanishadic wisdom of “Tat Tvam Asi” — You Are That. THE SPH explains that when a seeker is complete and truly listens, even a statement such as “You are God” can become a direct realization. Because with listening, life begins. With listening, cognition begins. With listening, internalization begins. And with listening, the endless journey of inner awakening begins. Event Details: Event: Inner Awakening Session Day 01 Date : 01 July 2013 Location: Bidadi, India