Deepening Awareness: Mindfulness Of Speech

Our words are powerful and have the ability to be of benefit or cause harm. It can be easy to fall into habits and patterns of relating, and when difficulties arise we may speak from a reactionary place of hurt. As we become mindful of our words, we become more aware of our thoughts and where the motivation to speak arises from. This gives us space to determine if the desire to speak arises from a pure intentioned place or a place of fear and desire to control. This track contains a 20-minute talk and a 20-minute meditation.

Reviews

Thanks for this talk and meditation. It really helped to rebalance me after a nasty argument with a friend. Thanks also for the quote from Shantideva. I will refer to that next time I feel a strong need to talk about anything controversial in conversation.

Thank you Thomas
Once again your class felt as though it was for me. The women you spoke of could be me, having been married 50 yrs in June. I love the idea of noble silence when the habits of a lifetime entice us to say something unnecessary and possibly hurtful.

Merci beaucoup !! I practice in the Plum Village tradition and I enjoyed your way of explaining habit energy. I will explore your teachings further. TY from France 🇫🇷🙏🏻

Excellent. Thanks 🙏 i

I appreciate you weaving in different wisdom traditions in your talks. Mindfulness of speech, particularly resonated with me - to take my practice beyond the sittings and how I can show up. Deep gratitude 🙏🏼