Culture exists in its many forms according to ways of listening. Listening is distinguished from hearing which is physical and involuntary. The ear is the primary sense organ. Listening is cultivated and cultivating. Listening is directing attention to what is heard, gathering meaning, interpreting and deciding on action. Deep Listening is a practice which explores the qualities of the listening effect. Listening is active. What is heard is changed by listening and changes the listener. Two modes of listening are available – focal and global. When both modes are utilized and balanced there is connection with all that there is. Focal listening garners detail from any sound and global listening brings expansion through the whole field of sound. With practice humanity could be transformed to a culture of listeners. Human values are developed through the experience of listening. To be heard is healing. The practice generates the theory to practise practice.

文化根據聆聽的方法以多種形式存在。聆聽與聽的分別，在於聽是物理上的，是非隨意的。耳朵是基本的感 覺器官。聆聽是培養得來的，同時也是一種培養；聆聽是把注意力引導到所聽到的聲音去，收集當中的意 思，然後理解、決定採取行動；深入聆聽是一種練習，探索聆聽效果的特性。聆聽是主動的，透過聆聽，所 聽到的會產生變化，從而又會改變聽者。聆聽有兩種方式──焦點式和總括式。採用這兩種方式，而這兩種 方式亦得到平衡的話，一切都得以聯繫起來。焦點式聆聽累積起任何聲音的細節，而總括式聆聽則透過聲音 的整個領域帶來擴展。經過練習，人文可以轉化為一種聽者的文化。人類的價值觀念是透過聆聽的經驗發展 的。得到他人細心聆聽是一種治療。這種練習把理論變成實踐。