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Power of the Word
The subject is the power of the word. It isn’t the word of any doctrine or belief, but that factor of belief is a part of it. It is the creative power of speech, of articulating thought in words. Many traditions use chant in one form or another, but modern cultures seem to have lost…
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Forms of Words
What about those that can’t speak nor hear? They will speak in body language. The mudra is as powerful as the mantra. They are both language, and the more fully you express, the more powerful the expression. Helen Keller could not see or hear. She understood and could express herself, and did quite eloquently. Your…
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You Are Not Mind
We shape our minds when we shape the ideas we call words. In shaping the mind we shape the world as we see it, and dispose ourselves to function according to the ideas we create. Here is a strange idea. “Our mind”. Did we create mind? Are we the originator of mind? Did it not…
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Giving Your Word
There was at one time, and to some degree still is, a fair bit of concern regarding the value of ones word. What does it mean to give your word? To give your testimony? Honesty, commitment. A promise to follow through. The brain is a fascinating piece of the process we call our minds, and…
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Self Representation
So back to self representation… When we say we are well, that we feel all right, that we are not angry, when in fact we do not feel well, are not at peace with the person asking, this creates noise in the brain. Yes. I have called that ‘noise’ “resistance.” There are a lot of…
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Sharing is the Rule
Your “word” is your way of being in the world? Yes. Every time you tell yourself you know what you saw, that you know what happened, or how you feel and what you want, you are making a promise to yourself. It’s an effort to make yourself feel more comfortable. Regardless of how much you…
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First Promise to Ourselves
You don’t have one word, you have two. Most people wind up “speaking with a forked tongue.” Animals detect this, very young children detect this, autistic individuals detect this. Yes, when I was young I found so many adults to be off-putting. For all the sophistication and control, for all the speed and clarity exhibited…
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A Word for all Times
Why do we swear we will keep our word? Why do we ever promise people anything? Because we believe we are special to them perhaps? To perpetuate sameness? Make ourselves look special? And yet that in the end leads to what? It’s often asked, “Have I ever let you down?” Is it not? It is.…
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You Will Ring True
Want to be true both to yourself and to your friends and loved ones? Maybe even to the world that ultimately gave you life? Indeed, so. Then we need to stop trying to defy the laws of nature, the laws of physics. Experience the self instead of pretending to be the self, and we do…
Category: Word
Communications has a depth that most never experience and there are infinite voices but also just one voice. In hearing the one voice there is no confusion. Words understood have emotional impact even if you aren’t taking them to heart. It isn’t volume of words that is powerful. It’s thought, intent, clarity. These are the power in words. With focused intent, speaking what you mean to speak, then your words can create.
“No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.” Henry Brooks Adams
“Never part without loving words to think of during your absence. It may be that you will not meet again in this life.” Jean Paul Richter (German Novelist and humorist, 1763-1825)