September 24, 1960

Imagine! I thought I had lost my hearing. But I just realized that when I don't hear ... it's because I'm elsewhere.

Just now, I concentrated a little and tuned into your voice. And not one word escaped me! It became clear, absolutely clear.

Normally I'm not there. And some people I hear, others I don't hear. But I hadn't imagined that it depended on this—I thought I had lost my hearing. But just now I stopped everything, absolutely everything, I concentrated and tuned in—it became so clear!

Basically, it must be the same for my eyes. Sometimes I see wonderfully, and sometimes it's blurred. It must be for the same reason ... I probably have to learn to concentrate!

Yes, laugh if you want—what I mean is concentrate on what I'm doing. Not concentrate within ... Precisely, I'm rather too concentrated!