In episode 2 on Conscious Listening, we identify and discuss Level 3 and 4.

With Level 3, we focus on what we call mind side-tracks. With this we mean all the thoughts, thought processes and reactions that occur and distract our attention while we are listening to Level 1 & 2.

Ultimately, we often listen only to our own mind chatter and not to what others are really saying. In a virtual situation where we feel less connected than in a face to face situation, this is even stronger.

The essential question is really, how to stay curious and actually use what distracts us, using curiosity in a constructive way to deepen the conversation.

Listening at Level 4 encompasses meta ‘interruptions’. This could be our intuition kicking in with input from our subconscious. It could also be something else that we see or hear, happening in the physical world outside of the direct conversation.

Again, we are able to use curiosity and use what distracts us, to deepen the conversation.