Quotes and a thought
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."
Words are singularly the most powerful force available to humanity. We can choose to use this force constructively with words of encouragement, or destructively using words of despair. Words have energy and power with the ability to help, to heal, to hinder, to hurt, to harm, to humiliate and to humble.
:: Yehuda Berg
yes, words are the most powerful force ... they are energy, and as such they bind, create, destroy ... but we have to be careful too--this is a two way force ... words are as much a creation of the one who utters and of the one who listens ... words are charged with meaning ... the words LOVE is widely accepted as meaning something beautiful and uplifting but there will be those for whom the word conjures up pain and despair ... so we must accept our responsibility with the power of words ... with what meaning do we choose to endow words?
In terms of misunderstanding, there are always questions? Questions tend to put people on the defensive ... not really the best communication tool, but at times necessary to make the listener feel his current state ... have you ever asked yourself, where am I? Do I have what I need? ... and I am not necessarily talking about geographic places and things ... I am talking about a more transcendent state of being. I need meaning--do I have it? I need love--do I have it? I need fulfillment--do I have it? ... all else and everyone else who doesn't contribute to these can be just extra baggage or diversion from our goals of meaning, love and fulfillment ... and meaning, love and fulfillment are themselves words imbued with a distinct meaning and generate their own energy wavelength--their own harmonics, as it were--and we have to be careful what pantheon we create for these three little words -- how and where we place value -- it always interesting to me, for example, when I hear things like, "I love my job; my job is fulfilling; my job gives me meaning." .. mmm, what if you lose your job? Let's be radical (and I'm sure this is not an original idea) -- let's assume that meaning, love, fulfillment are intangibles and as such we cannot connect them to an external--at least not entirely -- let's find meaning in our everyday, love in ourselves, fulfillment in our holistic interactions with the world around us -- not just the job, or the hobby or the mate, or the friends ... and lets edify ourselves and others with the use of words--the energy that they create and project to the world.
and so it is written:
"It's not what goes into your mouth that defiles you; you are defiled by the words that come out of your mouth."
Words are singularly the most powerful force available to humanity. We can choose to use this force constructively with words of encouragement, or destructively using words of despair. Words have energy and power with the ability to help, to heal, to hinder, to hurt, to harm, to humiliate and to humble.
:: Yehuda Berg
yes, words are the most powerful force ... they are energy, and as such they bind, create, destroy ... but we have to be careful too--this is a two way force ... words are as much a creation of the one who utters and of the one who listens ... words are charged with meaning ... the words LOVE is widely accepted as meaning something beautiful and uplifting but there will be those for whom the word conjures up pain and despair ... so we must accept our responsibility with the power of words ... with what meaning do we choose to endow words?
In terms of misunderstanding, there are always questions? Questions tend to put people on the defensive ... not really the best communication tool, but at times necessary to make the listener feel his current state ... have you ever asked yourself, where am I? Do I have what I need? ... and I am not necessarily talking about geographic places and things ... I am talking about a more transcendent state of being. I need meaning--do I have it? I need love--do I have it? I need fulfillment--do I have it? ... all else and everyone else who doesn't contribute to these can be just extra baggage or diversion from our goals of meaning, love and fulfillment ... and meaning, love and fulfillment are themselves words imbued with a distinct meaning and generate their own energy wavelength--their own harmonics, as it were--and we have to be careful what pantheon we create for these three little words -- how and where we place value -- it always interesting to me, for example, when I hear things like, "I love my job; my job is fulfilling; my job gives me meaning." .. mmm, what if you lose your job? Let's be radical (and I'm sure this is not an original idea) -- let's assume that meaning, love, fulfillment are intangibles and as such we cannot connect them to an external--at least not entirely -- let's find meaning in our everyday, love in ourselves, fulfillment in our holistic interactions with the world around us -- not just the job, or the hobby or the mate, or the friends ... and lets edify ourselves and others with the use of words--the energy that they create and project to the world.
and so it is written:
"It's not what goes into your mouth that defiles you; you are defiled by the words that come out of your mouth."