Feeling listened to as a universal humanuniverse living experience was investigated with the Parsesciencing mode of inquiry. Historians were 10 English-speaking adults between 18 and 65 years old who had been hospitalized, willing to share their experiences of feeling listened to. The inquiry stance was “What is the discerning extant moment of the universal humanuniverse living experience of feeling listened to?” The major discovery of this investigation revealed the discerning extant moment as: Feeling listened to is uplifting recognition amid disconcerting rebuff, as treasured affiliations surfaces with joyful gratification.

This study aimed to explore the phenomenon of suffering as viewed from the humanbecoming paradigm. The Parse research method was used for this study and answers the question: What is the structure of the living experience of suffering? The participants were 10 individuals who experienced one of the most dreadful typhoons in the archipelago of the Philippines. The central finding of the study was as follows: Suffering is penetrating disheartenment amid resoluteness, as pondering with diverse alliances surfaces with lingering glimmers of destruction. The findings are discussed in relation to the humanbecoming paradigm and related literature.