We live in an increasingly noisier world, and yet, strangely enough, we don't talk to each other as much. The cacophony of the modern age has replaced simple heart to heart discussions before a blazing hearth. We choose to listen to audiobooks, and less the stories of our elders and peers. We prefer e-mails and text messages over the spoken word; the literal over the spiritual.
If eyes are the windows to our souls, well then I contest that our ears are vestibules to a greater existence. We may see the signs, but listening evokes something deeper, a resonance that extends beyond mere physiclal properties. This is why we are told to listen to our hearts as opposed to seeing with our eyes. This is why music exists. Notes on a piece of music is meaningless without the sound that accompanies it. Prayers are uttered because as words they carry no power until spoken.
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