There is distancein the act of looking
There is closeness in the act of listening
Eyes interpret
Ears connect
This is why Zohar says
Lights of Ears come first
Because they are true closeness
First mother hears the baby
Then she runs to hold her
The journey of the eye
Is to return
To the place of listening
Only through listening
Can we make sense
Of what we see
Often we see wrong
Because we heard wrong
Hearing well
is called listening
The self paying attention
The listening one
Eventually teaches the eyes
The art of meaningful distinction
Just as for Zohar
Fire element
means lower form of light
Sight is the lower form of hearing
Of capturing true meaning
Starlight is luminous but starsong is majestic
The dress is beautiful
But the soul is
She who wears it
To know her
You must hear her
Once there was a song that travelled across the universe it was called where are you
The song would land on the tongues of people and animals and in the subtle sound of plants and trees
It would make them move and ask
Where is it coming from
Where is it coming from
I will eat sleep and face life just to know
Where is it coming from
This question
Where
Is what ears eyes and nose constantly ask
But only the ears know
What no one else can know
Because only the song knows the meaning of
Right here