Power Of Speech

The Power of Speech | What you are feeling will come through your words. | It is so important to think before you speak! | Meditation gives us space to check our thoughts | and create really beautiful, peaceful, kind thoughts for the self & others. | Can you speak in the awareness that you are a soul … not a body? | This makes the world of difference. | Do you have the attitude | that you are speaking AS A SOUL | and speaking TO A SOUL?

Transcript

Aum Shanti and welcome.

This is Rose from Brahma Kamaris in Glasgow and we're going to talk about the power of speech.

Speech is that wonderful sound that comes from our mouths which we can't blame on anyone else.

And what you're feeling in your mind it will come through your words.

So even if you're trying to hide something the vibration will be in your words.

If you're thinking nice things,

Wonderful things that will also be coming through your words.

So it is important to think before you speak.

So when we practice meditation it gives us a space to check our thoughts.

So if I've checked my thoughts and made some decisions there then when I speak there's a chance that a better form of speech will come through.

So meditation can teach me to create really beautiful peaceful kind thoughts for the self and because who's listening,

Who am I speaking to?

I'm speaking to others.

So are the self and others.

So can we speak in the awareness that we're a soul not a body?

This makes a whole world of difference.

So is it possible to have the attitude that you're speaking as a soul and speaking to a soul?

If I speak a lot inevitably there will be some wasteful words.

If I speak too much I'll have lost control.

Is it possible to speak less and to speak sweet words?

Now it's not a case of forcing the self to be quiet but it's wise to speak less because speaking a lot will use up lots of energy and this will exhaust you.

As well as taking away my energy it will also use up my time and I use up other people's time and energy as they have to listen to me.

When small events are turned into epic stories then I know time is being wasted.

So it is respectful to be careful about what I say and how much I say.

This can only happen naturally when I become careful about my thoughts.

So if I teach myself to love stillness,

Stillness is a great sign of self-respect.

To share a laugh is nice,

It's lovely but if it goes too far then I'm throwing away my life energy and using up other people's time and energy.

So we're not here as entertainers,

We're here as respectful people being respectful of each other.

So I have to think about how much information is really useful and necessary and speech is more than simply sharing information.

And if I have a pure intention within my words then they will have real power.

So if you really think about some of the most beautiful words and the feelings that words can invoke,

Because they do,

And so we think of peace.

What does that invoke in me?

A calmness.

Think of purity,

I think cleanliness,

Freshness.

Love,

I think of good feelings for others.

Gentleness,

That invokes beautiful energies.

Kindness,

Hope,

Courage,

Happiness,

We love to be happy.

Brightness,

Fresh,

Sparkling.

Cheerfulness,

Everyone loves cheerfulness.

Coolness,

Cool,

Calm.

Tranquility,

We love the word tranquility.

And then the divine.

If I think of the divine what does that invoke?

Sometimes it takes us a wee while to really get to grips with that one but that one is the highest energy.

So what does that invoke in me?

I need to think of myself and my highest energy and then think of a connection.

I am a soul.

Energy.

But energy affects my whole being and it can come through and affect the whole being of others.

Okay.

How do you make it so that it's natural that what you're going to say is uplifting,

Useful,

Timely?

I would say that for myself I don't get caught up in all of that.

I think of the sincerity of my heart and I don't want to say things that are harmful.

I want to say things that are useful.

And I don't get into overly uncomplicated ways of thinking or trying to please others through my words.

If my thoughts and my words are benevolent and coming from a good position they should be uplifting for others because otherwise I will get into such a fan call of trying to think what would they like me to say.

What's a fan call?

A fan call is a Scottish word which means a tangle.

What would they like?

I have to just say what they want me to say.

Now I can't work like that.

I have to have faith in myself and what it is I'm doing and saying and why I'm saying it.

I'm saying it for benefit and it's actually quite natural for me.

I wouldn't dream of saying something deeply hurtful.

About the attitude you're a soul speaking to a soul.

What is this soul consciousness?

What does it feel like to have soul conscious awareness?

Okay if I remember I'm energy in the center of my forehead then all the power for myself is there and it's good power.

It's the power of peace,

The power of happiness and if I can see that I'm actually sending that energy out to whoever I'm speaking to because they're also souls that can really really help to uplift others against their conscious wish because nothing but good can come from that energy and the more I think that the more I empower myself so as I'm empowered with powerful the best energy of myself I cannot say anything that's harmful.

Even if it's unusual for some people to hear something but it won't be harmful and it may resonate in some way because if I'm a soul seeing myself as a soul I'm sending energy out to other souls and if they don't like that then they don't like themselves.

They don't like to hear good things some people don't but through time they may.

Some people like to talk a lot.

Why do you think people like to talk a lot?

To fill in the gap.

It's called self consciousness rather than soul consciousness.

It's what's expected of me.

I don't know what's expected of me.

I better keep saying something.

I like people to go ha ha ha ha I'm entertained what's your story tell me more and it's not so uplifting so some people get nervous and talk a lot.

Some people get nervous and don't talk at all.

Some people don't talk at all so if you're talking to people you have to understand everything and be very careful really and loving.

I would say loving.

Speaking a lot will use up my energy and exhaust me.

Sometimes I need to speak a lot at work and you know it's not I can't be obviously talking about spiritual things how could I minimize the use of energy so that I'm not absolutely exhausted at the end of a day where there's a lot of talking.

Well I looked at this quite a lot even if you have to speak about things that are practical for your work but if you have a positive inside attitude and you smile a lot and you try your best to remember that you are energy that will minimize the tiredness effect and it will also give a lot of usefulness to the words you're speaking and when you speak useful words even their practical words they will be useful to others.

So like a vibration in them?

Yeah you have to think about the power of speech and the more you can think in that positive way even though your words are maybe very business-like and mundane but that vibration is there and you're actually helping others and they'll understand and so they'll do their business a bit better so yeah and you won't be so tired and they will quite like listening.

Okay.

What about if someone is talking too much I remember someone giving us advice on you know if we were doing courses and things if someone in the audience was maybe going a bit over the top and they're sharing time you know some signals some body language you sort of say that's lovely and thanks for that.

Well it's quite awkward sometimes if someone's overdoing it have you got any or is it just different in every scene?

It's different you just have to be tactful smile thank you that was lovely that was very good thank you very much and as best you can move on with tact and smiles.

Tact and smiles because they're doing the best yes yeah they want to be involved they're joining in and that's where they're at.

Okay.

It's really interesting that you can say some the same words but it can have a different feeling yeah and how important the feeling is because I know sometimes I can say but I only said that but I know it was loaded with the new angels yeah trying to get in some message and sometimes we think we can do that but we never really get off with that because people pick up the innuendo and they don't like it and you yourself feel a bit guilty about the innuendo and therefore your good feelings weren't there at that moment so you try to do a double take there you try to say something positive with a bit of touching on the negative underneath and do a criticism at the same time and I think that doesn't work.

Okay.

What about when you do have things that you know are not really positive that you somehow need to process you know can speaking to somebody else be helpful there so you're sharing your thoughts or feelings and you know that they're not how you'd like them to be but do you think actually expressing them and sharing them with someone you trust can be helpful?

Yes I do I think you can be very I think sharing with people is very helpful and to share the sort of sincere feelings of your heart and if things are tricky and you're maybe given a bit of advice to show how they're not going to be so tricky if you do it this way or this way it's very very useful and also it keeps us from being arrogant as well like I know all the answer nobody really ever knows all the answers for everyone you know you have to just learn the answers as best you can for yourself that's best you can for yourself because if I practice being myself as real as I can be I'm encouraging others to be their self their own self as real as they can be so that's really the work we do as meditators help others be themselves so yes sharing is very beautiful very good very helpful very healthy.

I sometimes find that there seems to be such a lot to communicate in order to allow someone to fully understand even something very practical and it's quite frustrating to know how much to share because there's don't want to say too much but if I say too little I won't be clear and then I know that sometimes when I explain things it's not always entirely clear because I tend to sort of leave but so and jump to the conclusion and think that people should just be able to read my mind and fill in the gaps people can't fill in the gaps and the less confused you've got to be so clear even if it's just a tiny little bit of something that you share you go from one step to the next to the next to the next and that's by thinking in a very very loving kindly way and that touches the hearts and people can often fill in their own gaps when they feel the kindness and the love so yeah and so the main thing is to practice the meditation and that I'm a soul and that practice knowing that everyone else on this planet is a soul and I have the faith that the best of them will eventually come out and there will be a harmony and a unity big time so that is the task of people who meditate okay and the one above is the one with all the power all the strength ocean of peace ocean of ocean of bliss so if I can remember that one and then see myself as a soul that's starting to bring all those qualities into my own self I will be changing my energy changing my life and the divine is also called the ocean of knowledge so what kind of knowledge does the divine share what would be a few highlights for you that you remember well the ocean and knowledge shows me the journey that I've been on and shows me how the bits of the jigsaw fit together it's very important but not everyone will do that but if I start listening to spiritual classes and attending spiritual classes I'm likely to find out quite a bit about how the jigsaw fits together and this is all very very good for the self to know the story the big story story of the drama of the world how all the different ways come start to play their parts okay so that's an epic story that's worth talking about it is I'm shanty with some meditation on the power of speech so what you feel will come through your words so it is so important to think before you speak and when I practice meditation it gives us time and space to check our thoughts and by creating that time I can teach myself how to create really beautiful peaceful kind thoughts for the cell and for others can you speak in the awareness that you're a soul and not a body it makes the world of difference in the center of the forehead I am the light the point of energy this empowers the entire physical persona do you remind yourself you have to keep reminding yourself of this that you're speaking as a soul and speaking to a soul now if I speak too much there will definitely be some waste words can I teach myself to speak less and to speak or sweetly it's not that I have to make myself be quiet but it's wise to speak less because if I speak a lot it will use up a lot of energy and this will make the cell feel tired as well as taking away my energy time will be wasted and I will use up other people's time and energy and when I take a small event and turn it into an epic story I know that time is wasted so it is respectful to be careful about what I say and how much I say and this can only happen in a natural way when I become careful about my thoughts if I teach myself to love stillness this is a great sign of respect for the cell to share and laugh is lovely but if it goes too far and I'm throwing away my life energy and I'm using up other people's time and energy if I check how much information really is useful and necessary energy is useful as I am a soul in the center of my forehead if I can teach myself to keep that focus while I speak and think and interact for certain times us maybe not for all the whole of the day but for periods of time and the habit will grow because speech is more than just sharing information if I have a pure intention within the words that I speak and they have real power if I could think about some of the most beautiful words and feelings then these words can invoke peace and purity freshness and kindness happiness coolness and tranquility and also even focused on the soul in the center of the forehead I can also think of the divine the one who's shared this information with me the one who's keeping me involved with this power of soul consciousness who I truly am the respect for the self and the respect for that one becomes more and more powerful and useful for self transformation and happiness ahmyesha.

Reviews

This is a wonderful and truly inspiring talk. It really puts things in perspective and has really brought a lot of thought and ponder to speech/speaking for me. I enjoyed it very much. 💖🌸

Very much what I needed. Thankyou so much! Absolutely love her voice and energy ♡

This is a fantastic reminder for wise speech. It is a new favorite. Thank you much Blessings 🙏🙏🙏