• When we’re listening
    • Active listening - 2 methods
      • Stay within the footprint
        • Use the words that they say or are hearing
          • Helpful to check in for understanding
          • Allows someone to know they are being heard
          • Removes the bias of the listener
      • Summarizing

Sono and Sita listenig exercise with John

Moment that stood out: just after the 2nd ask - I hear the sounds of a thousand songs

  • thanks for bringing me to this place, let us stay here

  • Moment at the last church experienced this

    • Find moments of peace, and sometimes the first moment of peace is alluring
    • Good friend joined, weekly meals
    • Change is constant
      • Joy vs peace
        • Joy brings contentment
          • This contentment was happy to be where he was at, lack of growth
            • makes movement harder
      • Stale movement towards God - the moment was peaceful and complacency creeped in
      • Jesus - Transfiguration - Peter can only see the wonderful
  • What questions does Sono ask? How do these questions facilitate Sita’s journey?

  • How does Sono’s silence or lack of explicit guidance influence Sita’s experience?

  • What qualities or characteristics of Sono can be related to those of a spiritual director?

  • What challenges might a director face when employing Sono’s methods?

  • How might directors use scripture or other texts to guide directees?