THE POWER OF WORDS

I feel inspired to write about the power of words today. I’ll take some extracts from my journal, thoughts and poems to feed our souls.

 

22.10.2008 At the bookshop, between hundreds of possibilities, finally my eyes were caught by a small book, the older brother of two more. “THE FOUR AGREEMENTS” by Don Miguel Ruiz.

It is a wonderful book, I guess my instinct guided me well and once more I learn how important is to listen to my inner voice.

I am feeling good in reading it: easy and deep wisdom for my life.

This morning I read the first agreement “be impeccable with your words” and I was amazed how much power we use every day not even knowing it. Words are ENERGY: if we do not speak positive words we are only getting and spreading around NEGATIVITY. The way we speak, the words we say, it is going to come back to us; but it is very difficult to become self-educated because it is so easy to lose control, to gossip, to talk in a harsh way. This “agreement” also takes me back to what Sri Sri Ravi Shankar says: “don’t misuse the power of words…never speak badly even when you are cross”.

I have tried today to be impeccable with my words and I will try again tomorrow and again the following day, and again, and again.

I feel naturally guilty for all the times I lost control with the children. I am neither the only one nor the last one, but still I am responsible for it. I have to go through this feeling of guilt and accept it. It is never too late to act better. It is never too late to improve my feelings. It is never too late to learn. And in this time of my life, where I am discovering so many deep and good things, I feel AGELESS. I feel I can come out of the protective shell and be myself; I know that whatever happens in my life has a deep meaning and a reason to be.

I look at my four children and I cannot find the words to express Life my gratitude for having such beautiful, healthy, clever and good-hearted kids. I feel really honoured they chose me, one day, few years ago, to share this life time and teach me UNCONDITIONAL LOVE.

 

I am still trying to be impeccable with my words and must say I am succeeding much better than before. There are still daily situation where my Italian blood come out, sorry, and can’t control some swearing and bad tone of my voice: it usually happens when I deal with taxi drivers in this country (see the post Let the symphony start). But then I become impeccable again… When I feel at peace with every human being around me, I can pick up things that others will never notice…

 

20.11.2008 I saw something so beautiful this morning at school, a image that last only few seconds. A very tall white boy, from the high school, was walking along and talking to a grade nought black boy. Such a big difference in size, age, colours…but they were only one thing and it was pure harmony to see. I understand why I love this country and living here, the opposites that are ONE…

 

Words are the expression of our thoughts and thoughts can influence our feelings. We can also see it the other way around but the result will be the same. Action can be forgotten, words can’t. In the memory of our Life words keep the first place. Using words is an act of FREEDOM, is creativity on a daily basis. It is a tool to interact with others that brings immediate energy to all those around us. Words can be simple or evolved; it is the intention behind that makes the difference. Not misusing the power of words leads us to nurture the mind and the spirit.

 

02.04.2009 Today I was very impressed by the story of one of my friend’s gardener. This guy wishes to do a gardening course to have a certificate and does not know how to get it. She helps him in doing a three-day course so he’ll get the certificate he longed for. He offers her a small tree, that he has grown from a seed, to thank her, but he does not know the name of the tree because “ you know m’am, nobody has ever told me the name of things….” I am so touched; I could not stop thinking of him the whole day. This simple sentence just explains what most people here have gone through. They did not have the right to have an education but also they were not told or explained the basic things. Only orders: do this, do that. When we talk to our pets we name things…

The other side of the coin: we are under the slavery of words that express our thoughts. So, according to Tolle, this gardener is a free spirit because he simply experiences things without enclosing them in mental structures. So, once again I guess the best is to have a balance: knowing while forbidding the intellectual knowledge to be the master of our life.

 

I wish to end with a simple but profound sufi poem.

 

GOD LONG AGO DREW A CIRCLE IN THE SAND

EXACTLY AROUND THE SPOT WHERE YOU ARE

STANDING RIGHT NOW.

 

So I guess I was meant to be here, I was meant to live my experiences and make a treasure of them.

I was meant to learn a discipline with words in order to set me free. Free from bad thoughts and energy.

 

26.02.2009 I feel such bliss. I do not need explanations or logical thinking. I feel it in my core. It is inside me. It is me. Nothing can take it away. That is my treasure and secret. Yes my own deep secret.

 

 

Love & Rainbow

 

 

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