Active listening!

Rāvan warned his ministers, Shuka & Sarana to keep away from him. Don't be seen anywhere near me if you wish to be alive. Both of you are ungrateful & unfaithful & are as good as dead to me

Rāvan spoke to Mahodara standing nearby-Bring me spies quickly, who came hurriedly & paid obeisance to him by joining palms. "You go from here to investigate about the first impression concerning Rām, as regards to who’re his intimate friends & have joined with a liking towards him. Find out what are his hours of sleeping & waking & what he intends to do next. You ought to come here after acquainting with all this information completely & skillfully" instructed Rāvan. An enemy in battle,got known by spies will be defeated by only a little effort

The spies delightfully replied-May it be so, circumambulated Rāvan & went in disguise to the place where Rām & Laxman resided. They saw the brothers seated with Sugriva & Vibhishana in the neighborhood of mount Suvela & were overwhelmed with fear. They were observed by Vibhishana immediately & were caught, but on orders of merciful Rām were released. After being harassed by Vānaras they somehow returned back to Lankā

The spies informed Rāvan about Rām with his impenetrable army camped near Suvela mountain. Rāvan became little perturbed & said-Your complexion has faded & you look miserable. I hope you’ve not fallen victim to enraged Vānaras.

Spy Shardula hesitatingly said-Those strong, bold & excellent Vānaras protected by Rām are not capable of being spied upon. They’re not capable of being talked with & nothing can be found by interrogating them. The entire path is being protected by Vānaras looking like mountains. I was identified when that army was merely penetrated by me & I began to examine them. I was then seized forcibly by the demons forming the retinue of Vibhishana, who investigated us in various ways

I was beaten on all sides with knees, fists, teeth & palms by enraged Vānaras. I was also paraded round in midst of their army. Having been paraded all around, I was finally taken to the court of Rām. All my limbs were bleeding & I was trembling, with my senses disturbed. While being plagued by Vānaras & asking for protection with joined palms, I was fortunately saved by Rām, who said- Stop Stop! & then released me and others

In my opinion, it would be pertinent to release Sitā before righteous Rām with his army comes to the ramparts of Lankā

Rāvan was furious!

When multiple persons advise about eventuality of a situation & advise us, it becomes important to actively listen. At times our understanding of situation may be single track & thus important data gets shadowed. In such cases, it becomes crucial to see multiple tracks through eyes of others.We have limited sense perception & incomplete discernment, but always can utilize others efforts to our rescue

Active listening is a powerful technique & one important ingredient is to suspend judging-propensity

Thoughts pls? #gameoflife