… By learning to speak out about our happiness and our difficulties in the practice, we contribute to the collective insight and understanding of the Sangha. These instructions are intended as guidelines to support our practice, not hard and fast rules. Deep listening. When we listen carefully to the collective wisdom of the Sangha, try to listen with an open, non-judging mind. If we are mindful of our thoughts and inner dialog, we can choose to come back to being fully present with the pe …