Receptivity

“Listening means forgetting yourself completely — only then can you listen. When you listen attentively to somebody, you forget yourself. If you cannot forget yourself, you never listen. If you are too self-conscious about yourself, you simply pretend that you are listening — you don’t listen. You may nod your head; you may sometimes say yes or no — but you are not listening. When you listen you become just a passage, a passivity, a receptivity, a womb.”
– Osho, The Transcendental Game of Zen