Words
“The
voice emerges from the body as a representation of our inner world.
It carries our experience from the past, our hopes and fears for the
future, and the emotional resonance of the moment.”
David
Whythe (The Heart Aroused)
There is much talk about
chaos in the world today. There's a lot of free-floating fear and
anger. When things happen that are out of our control, especially
brutal things such as we've witnessed lately, it is easy to become bitter, and shut down our hearts. Often, we create a Pygmalion effect
with our anxiety and tension. Our philosophy of created chaos becomes
reality as we add to the nervous energy already swirling around us.
When we speak from our
anger and fear, when we give voice to hatred and violence, we are far
more likely to see those emotions manifested in human behavior. Like
antelope and wildebeests, we are herd animals, so anxiety and fear in
one of us is easily conveyed to all of us. Because of social media we
can broadcast our fearfulness around the globe in minutes. Our words
can cause wide-spread panic, and add to the heightened sense of
threat.
Words have power. They
have the power to call into being the very things we fear most. They
also have the power to call into being our hopes and dreams, our
better natures, our concern and compassion. We can add to the
tension, or we can add to the calm simply by carefully choosing our
words. Listening from the heart, speaking from the heart, acting from
the heart--these are the needs at this time.
In the Spirit,
Jane
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