Power of Spoken Word

Spoken Word has tremendous power. Therefore like anything that's powerful, it needs to be used carefully and wisely.

I have seen bad things like strained relationships, disturbed minds, professional decline etc happen to good people, just because they have not had control over this power. This rather than anything else hurts people. I have seen people having golden heart but rough tongue get into avoidable troubles that have devastated their lives.

The problem with spoken word is that it is taken to be reflection of mind, when in most cases it isn't. A friend may have love for us, but his words may not reflect that. If we move away from him, then we have lost a good person. This holds good for other kinds of relationships as well. One may argue that if there is "good understanding" then such an issue will not arise. I treat this "good understanding" as divine. But in today's age where the focus is on extroversion, material enjoyment and instant gratification, one should feel fortunate to have experienced this divine attribute.

More words means more problems. We should learn to keep it simple. More words will create turbulence in our minds and we lose peace. No wonder Silence is held as base for all spiritual activities.

Why we talk more than required? We feel that we can convince and change people to our form of thoughts and actions. But can we? NO. By trying to do that, at best you can create fear in them, which is certainly not desirable.I really don't have Dos and Donts list as a solution to this issue. But keeping in mind these things, I am sure we will behave more wisely and humanly.