Deception As Depicted In The Lost Art Of Listening
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Many and varied are the interpretations dealing with the teachings and the life of Jesus of Nazareth. But few of these interpretations deal with what the teachings and the life of Jesus have to say to those who stand, at a moment in human history, with their backs against the wall (Thurman, 1949).
Jesus was a member of a minority group in the midst of a larger, dominant and controlling group. Jesus was fully man and knew the powerful sway the demonic kingdom sought over the mind of man, except that he never succumbed to it (Thurman, 1949).
Deception is perhaps the oldest of all techniques by which the weak have protected themselves against the strong. Through the ages, at all stages of sentient activity, the weak have survived by fooling t/he…show more content… There is still a lot of hate going on all over the world. When people stay fellowshipping together, less hate occurs. The outline is now complete and simple- contacts without fellowship developing hatred and expressing themselves in unsympathetic understanding; an unsympathetic understand tending to express itself in the exercise of ill will; and ill will, dramatized in a man or woman, becoming hatred walking on the earth (Thurman, page 76-78). In the Lost Art of Listening (1995), Michael P. Nichols suggest that good listening requires the following: attention, appreciation, and affirmation (pp.109-19). In emphasizing attention, he wants to make the point that better listening does not begin with techniques. Instead, it starts with making a sincere effort to pay attention to what is going on in the conversation partner’s private world of experience. Example: Give someone your full attention so they will know that you are actually listening to what they have to…show more content… This attitude may be distinguished from the listener’s responses, but, as we have seen, this is also an artificial distinction, for the minister’s listening attitude is communicated primarily through her verbal responses- mainly of understanding- to what she has heard.
Seven saving conditions that support good listening: In the Lost Art of Listening (1995), Michael P. Nichols suggest that good listening requires the following: attention, appreciation, and affirmation (pp.109-19). In emphasizing attention, he wants to make the point that better listening does not begin with techniques. Instead, it starts with making a sincere effort to pay attention to what is going on in the conversation partner’s private world of experience. Example: Give someone your full attention so they will know that you are actually listening to what they have to say. As for appreciation, Nichols advises showing genuine appreciation for the other’s point of view. One should assume, until proven otherwise, that the other person has a valid and valuable perspective on the problem or concern being discussed. Appreciative listening is often silent but never passive. Example: Appreciate the fact that the person is telling you their point of view. Be open to what the person has to say so you can easily respect their