Before, he had only really thought of his sense of hearing as something purely practical, to help him detect food and avoid enemies, but during this time it became a conduit through which he was able to receive and understand the delicate shiftings of the world.
Ahn Do-hyeon
The Salmon Who Dared to Leap Higher
How will our troubled humankind find the wherewithal to get back upriver? Only, I believe, when we take the counter-intuitive route, or conduit, of deeply contemplative and compassionate listening. Less condemnation and brutish retaliation. Deeper receiving and understanding. More delicate shiftings … all the way home.