02-19-2021, 07:12 AM
(09-20-2020, 12:03 PM)Patrick Wrote:
Yeah, learning to use the option of remaining silent more often, would be a great first step. I'll work on that. Baby steps !
Then I can eventually learn to more skillfully listen to and speak this inner voice, that can only be heard in slilence, that already knows the best way to say what the other needs to hear in truth.
Yes Patrick, baby steps. This is not easy but, I feel when we get these inclinations or promptings, it is time we begin a new way. No one can do it rapidly as we can see with evolution. When we begin to master the art of speaking and silence then everyone and everything benefits. Speaking is like the expelled breath and the silence is like the inhalation and between that is the balance.
We are taught to be polite at all cost. Sometimes the cost is that we become dishonest people. This is horrible! I used to do this but I found it was of no benefit to anyone. I could be catalyst, I also could remain silent and just observe and not lose my position or my polarity. It is a tricky thing.
Also, we are the worst judges of ourselves sometimes so think of that too. You may be hypercritical about yourself. Accept your shortcomings. Its harsh when we can say that we are liars but it is also loving when we can say we speak truth as well.