My article in the last issue on Terror returned some interesting
responses; most of them actually quite supportive of the view. So
I guess there is a large groundswell of feeling in this
direction. I forgot to mention it, but if you want to know a
little more about what is REALLY going on in the legalized mafia
you call your government, I suggest you subscribe to the
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It makes very interesting reading, but you may not like what you
hear.
Another matter. I would love for more people to join the Amrita
Healing Energy Prayer Group. At present, it has over 500 members,
but I would love for this number to be a thousand or more. It is
work that is good for your karma, and it helps people in dire
need. Who knows? You might value its help yourself someday.
Please consider joining and supporting people in prayer who need
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Second to thought alone, words have tremendous power, both in the
manifest and the material world. Spiritual teachings remind us
that the universe is energy, thought is energy, and that our
thoughts can work directly upon the energy flux of the universe,
and thereby manifest our desires.
This is ultimately how anything and everything in the universe
was, and continues to be, created - through the power of
deliberate focused intelligence. Hence, the idea that we can
become co-creators with God is true only to the extent that we
master our thoughts, purify our minds and develop the capacity to
focus them with unwavering concentration upon what we seek to
manifest.
Spoken words are largely overlooked in the modern world as
instruments of immense esoteric power. Yes, we know their
exoteric power to sway in a powerful speech. Both Hitler and
Martin Luther King were excellent exponents of this - each in his
own arena. However, the ESOTERIC power of words to affect change
in the universe DIRECTLY has been the long-standing secret
tradition in ancient wisdom. As the Bible says:
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the
Word was God. All things were made by him; and without him was
not anything made that was made"
John 1: 1,3
In a very practical sense, the quality of life you experience is
directly related to the quality of the words you use. Are your
words often cynical, harsh, abrasive or abusive? That is the
quality of life that you will tend to manifest. Are your thoughts
gentle, pure, tranquil, loving and filled with joy? That is the
quality of life that you will enjoy. Your words follow your
thoughts, and your thoughts manifest the world you live in.
Hence, by monitoring your words and seeking to control them, you
get a direct grip on what you mind is thinking and manifesting
for you. It is the mind that creates your life experience, and
you get a close-up look at what it is doing from focusing upon
your habitual words - both to yourself and to other people.
In ancient tradition, words were considered to have specific
esoteric energies. Even the letters of the alphabet were
attributed with specific numerical values, symbols, and energies.
Ancient Hebrew is an excellent example of this numerological
construction. Words constructed from the Hebrew alphabet
represented specific formulations of vibrational energy; which is
the very stuff of the universe, since the universe is vibrational
energy in its very essence.
This is why great significance was given to the names of objects
and entities. To have the real name of something or someone was
to have control over it. The implication was that you could cause
that thing or entity to obey your will. Hence, responsible use of
this power was absolutely vital, or else you ran the risk of
looking like the Sorcerer's Apprentice, unleashing powers you had
no idea how to control and quivering at the consequences of what
you had done!
This is why modern day Christians have it totally wrong about
blasphemy, and "taking the Lord's name in vain". They mistakenly
think that simply saying "Oh God!" or "Oh Christ!" in a moment of
exasperation is a blasphemous misuse of the name of God. Wrong.
These expletives are about as blasphemous as saying "Oh
Goodness", or something similar.
The real idea of "taking the Lord's name in vain" lies in the
power of the name itself, as discussed above. The idea is that
when you call upon the secret name of God, with all the focus of
your mind and will, and with your will tuned to the Source of the
universe, you can literally command God to do what you would have
him do!
Hence, the idea of taking the Lord's name in vain might be to use
this awesome holy power for something foolishly trivial, like
summoning up a bottle of coke, because you're too lazy to go down
to the corner shop. To translate this to a modern analogy, you
wouldn't pull the emergency stop handle on a subway train simply
to tie your shoelace!
Hence, the blasphemy here is about a MISUSE OF ENERGY - the power
inherent in the secret name of God, and entrusted to the
believer. One privy to the most powerful secret in the universe
must use it with responsibility and full awareness, not for petty
self-serving ends. Simply saying "Oh Jesus!" is neither here nor
there.
Similarly, we can use words to manifest extremely powerful
effects in our lives. There are many ways to do so. As we have
said, one effective way is to ensure that the majority of words
you use on a daily basis are wholesome and helpful: the sort of
words you would like the quality of your life to be patterned
after.
Another way is in meditation. You can take a world like Peace,
Love, Joy, Harmony, and repeat it slowly aloud to yourself, or in
the silence in your mind. Do it slowly and resonantly, allowing
the full vibration of the word to penetrate your mind and body
and then surround you, thereby touching your life in all areas.
Mantras are another powerful mystic use of words - an enormous
topic that you would do well to study. You can take a mantra like
"OM" and repeat this to yourself in meditation for healing and
spiritual growth. There are even musical recordings of OM and
other mantras that you can play to create a healing spiritual
vibration in your surroundings.
On the other side of the coin, holding your tongue can also be
most beneficial! There is increasing noise pollution in our
world, as people increasingly give free and endless vent to their
every trivial thought, mostly out of pure ego. Perhaps Rap music
characterizes this endless deluge of utterly worthless verbiage
better than anything else in our modern culture.
When you do waste your words in meaningless chatter, you let that
powerful esoteric energy dissipate worthlessly into empty space.
That is why it is a great benefit to maintain silence, whenever
possible. After all, even a fool may be thought wise, as long as
he keeps his mouth shut.
In his teenage years, the writer was most influenced by the
Christian mystical writer, Thomas A Kempis, particularly when he
wrote,
"There are many occasions when I wish I had kept my silence
unbroken, and had not mixed with men. Why are we so ready to talk
and chat with other people when we rarely return to our silence
without some injury to our conscience? We do it because we hope
to receive some comfort from our conversation together, and
because we want to unburden our hearts which are full of all the
things we have thought. We are only too happy to fill our
thoughts with the things we love or desire of find difficult, and
to talk to others about them. The pity is that it is often silly
and useless to do so, for this outward comfort can destroy the
inward comfort that is the gift of God. We must watch and pray
therefore, so that time is not wasted."
From "The Imitation Of Christ" by Thomas A Kempis
There are good reasons why silence is such a common feature of
monastic life and silence retreats abound in modern spiritual
culture too. Ponder this, for your everyday life.
Overall then, the lesson of this article is that we should speak
less (and certainly less foolishly). When we do use words, we
should choose them with care, and use them consciously and with
power, fully aware of the potent impact that have at all levels -
material, emotional, mental and spiritual. Know that words have
power to shape your life, and to manifest what you think about
and talk about all the time. If you have not done so up to now ,
use them wisely from this day forward.
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