It is not the words people say that matter; but the quality of their energy.
This is all that matters as we engage with the world each day. Words are surface things; it is the energy beneath them which determines health.
And sensitivity to the quality of energy is the only touchstone for discerning health.
Beneath the words, what do we feel in their presence?
Of course, many are clever or quick or powerful with their words. Words for them are as easy as lipstick…you just put it on.
They preach love of neighbour, love of God, love of country, love of hate, love of themselves, love of this, that and the other.
And we feel the force.
But beneath their erudition, maybe their energy is desperate, pushy, creepy, hysterical, needy, manipulative or controlling. They are like empty wells insisting we drink more. And the emptier the well, the stronger the insistence.
And we feel it. We feel a chasm between the words and the speaker, as if the two have never met.
‘You say this, but you are that.’
How we acquire this sensitivity and discernment is at the heart of our journeying and brings us to the merry landscape of truth.
We begin to listen more to the energy and less to the words; and we listen with our bodies, for our bodies keep the score.
And the question is this: What is the quality of energy on display? We hear the utterance. But who or what is the utterer?
And so my prayer for today: may all those who insist on their political, social, intellectual or religious way, kindly put down their guard, behold their terror and be quiet…be quiet and quite still.
Be still…and in the silence, a land with no words, attend first to yourself.
I will do the same.
And you will make of this nonsense what you will.
