TRAINING YOUR EAR
THE SENSE OF HEARING IS ONE OF THE HIGHES OF THE SENSES OR CHANNELS WHEREBY WE RECEIVE IMPRESSIONS FROM THE OUTSIDE WORLD. IN FACT, IT RANKS ALMOST AS HIGH AS THE SENSE OF SIGHT. IN THE SENSE OF TASTE, TOUCH, AND SMELL THERE IS A DIRECT CONTACT BETWEEN THE SENSITIVE RECIPIENT NERVE SUBSTANCE AND THE PARTICLES OF THE OBJECT SENSED, WHILE IN THE SENSE OF SIGHT AND THE SENSE OF HEARING THE IMPRESSION IS RECEIVED THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF WAVES IN THE ATMOSPHERE (IN THE CASE OF SIGHT), OR WAVES IN THE AIR (IN THE SENSE OF HEARING). MOREOVER IN TASTE, SMELL AND TOUCH THE OBJECTS SENSED ARE BROUGHT INTO DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE TERMINAL NERVE APPARATUS, WHILE IN SEEING AND HEARING THE NERVES TERMINATE IN PECULIAR AND DELICATE SACS WHICH CONTAIN A FLUIDIC SUBSTANCE THOUGH WHICH THE IMPRESSION IS CONVEYED TO THE NERVE PROPER. LOSS OF THIS FLUIDIC SUBSTANCE DESTROYS THE FACULTY TO RECEIVE IMPRESSIONS, AND DEAFNESS OR BLINDNESS ENSUES.
JUST AS IT IS TRUE THAT IT IS THE MIND AND NOT THE EYE THAT REALLY SEES, SO IS IT TRUE THAT IT IS THE MIND AND NOT THE EAR THAT REALLY HEARS. MANY SOUNDS REACH THE EARS THAT ARE NOT REGISTERED BY THE MIND. WE PASS ALONG A CROWDED STREET, THE WAVES OF MANY SOUNDS REACHING THE NERVES OF THE EAR, AND YET THE MIND ACCEPTS THE SOUNDS OF BUT FEW THINGS, PARTICULARLY WHEN THE NOVELTY OF THE SOUNDS HAS PASSED AWAY. IT IS A MATTER OF INTEREST AND ATTENTION IN THIS CASE, AS WELL AS IN THE CASE OF HEARING. FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE SIT BY AN OPEN WINDOW IN THE COUNTRY ON A SUMMER DAY, WE MAY HAVE MANY STIMULI KNOCKING AT THE GATE OF ATTENTION. THE TICKING OF A CLOCK, THE SOUND OF THE WIND, THE CACKLING OF FOWL, THE QUAKLING OF DUCKS, THE BARKING OF DOGS, THE LOWING OF COWS, THE CRIES OF CHILDREN AT PLAY, TEH RUSTLING OF LEAVES, THE SONGS OF BIRDS, THE RUMBLING OF WAGONS, ETC. IF ATTENTION IS CENTERED UPON ANY ONE OF THESE, THAT FOR THE TIME BEING, ACQUIRES THE IMPORTANCE OF A KING UPON THE THRONE OF OUR MENTAL WORLD.
KEY POINTS
JUST AS IT IS TRUE THAT IT IS THE MIND AND NOT THE EYE THAT REALLY SEES, SO IS IT TRUE THAT IS THE MIND AND NOT THE EAR THAT REALLY HEARS.
THE MIND WILL HEAR AND FAINTEST SOUNDS FROM THINGS IN WHICH IS CENTERED INTEREST AND ATTENTION, WHILE AT THE SAME THING IGNORING THINGS IN WHICH THERE IS NO INTEREST AND TO WHICH THE ATTENTION IS NOT TURNED.
THE REMEDY FOR POOR HEARING, AND POOR MEMORY OF THINGS HEARD IS TO BE FOUND IN THE USE OF THE WILL IN THE DIRECTION OF VOLUNTARY ATTETION AND INTEREST.
THE REASON THAT MANY PEOPLE DO NOT REMEMBER THINGS THAT THEY HAVE HEARD IS SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT LISTENED PROPERLY.
WAYS TO IMPROVE
YOUR LISTENING SKILLS:
* MEMORIZE AND REPEAT WORDS AND THOUGHTS HEARD IN COVERSATIONS, LECTURES, SERMONS, TV AND RADIO PROGRAMS. PICK OUT THE FIRST SENSTENCE FOR MEMORIZING AND MAKE UP YOUR MIND THAT YOUR MEMORY WILL BE AS WAX TO RECEIVE THE IMPRESSION AND AS STEEL TO RETAIN IT.
* LISTEN TO THE STRAY SCRAPS OF CONVERSATION THAT COME TO YOUR EAR WHILE WALKING ON THE STREET, AND ENDEAVOR TO MEMORIZE A SENTENCE OR TWO, AS IF YOU WERE TO REPEAT IT LATER IN THE DAY.
* LISTEN TO THE FOOTSTEPS OF DIFFERENT PERSONS AND ENDEAVOR TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THEM- EACH HAS ITS PECULIARITIES.
* GET SOME ONE TO READ AND LINE OR TWO OF POETRY OR PROSE TO YOU, AND THEN ENDEAVOR TO REMEMBER IT. A LITTLE PRACTICE OF THIS KIND WILL GREATLY DEVELOP THE POWER OF VOLUNTARY ATTENTION TO SOUNDS AND SPOKEN WORDS.
* ABOVE EVERYTHING ELSE, PRACTICE REPEATING THE WORDS AND SOUNDS THAT YOU HAVE MEMORIZED, SO FAR AS IS POSSIBLE - FOR BY SO DOING YOU WILL GET THE MIND INTO THE HABIT OF TAKING YOU NOT ONLY IMPORVE THE SENSE OF HEARING, BUT ALSO THE FACULTY OF REMEMBERING.
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