Gene Key 13 – Listening through Love – Leadership as an expression of love

A lot of conversations about leadership focus on confidence, power and direction, but there’s also a quieter version of leadership that’s no less impactful.

One of the greatest skills of any leader is the ability to listen.

It sounds simple; yet many of us relate more to the feeling of being unheard.

Gene Key 13 teaches us that listening in its purest form is a lot more than hearing the words or waiting for our turn to speak.

The words used account for the smallest part of our communication.

There’s so much else to hear, even beyond tone and body language as well as what isn’t said or has been waiting to be vocalised.

That’s why we can say one thing, but mean other.

If others, or even ourselves, don’t listen at that deeper level we can feel misunderstood which is the shadow ‘discord’.

Not feeling like others ‘get us’ is the opposite of being seen. When we don’t feel seen we close off and shut down our ability to receive.

But when someone really listens to us, while it seems that nothing is happening – everything can also be happening at the same time.

Ever have someone thank you for listening to them? Or remember when someone really heard you?

When a part of us that has never been seen, gets to tell their story – it’s a liberation. When we feel heard, we unhook our self from something in the past and move forward.

We alchemise what was stuck, no matter how long it had been there.

When used in leadership, true progress becomes possible.

Listening becomes a loving act; allowing us to operate from discernment, the gift of this key.

We can experience deeper, safer, more profound leadership, and love, when we listen to ourselves, and what we really want, and to hear others and see who they really are.

What allows us to listen in a more honest way?

It’s our ability to be present. To replicate the ways we’ve learned to listen to our self and hold a space for another.

In leadership it’s not always about being at the front; sometimes the most powerful thing you can do is to hold the space.

Listening allows us to be better leaders, who understand those around us and make impactful choices based on the profound wisdom we've gained.

The siddhi of this key is empathy which almost seems to go beyond mere listening, as it’s to experience as the other – to develop whole being listening.

If we understood each other from this kind of truth; it would surely expand our co-creations.

For those looking to show up in a way that feels more authentic, and understood, there’s something within you that’s asking to be listened to.

Sometimes it takes courage to hear what a part of yourself has never been able to vocalise; but it's always because you are ready to expand your capacity to receive.

People remember the time they were truly heard.