What would Love say?

[Lori Anne]

Do you all think it's right, since there's been so much talk lately about the 'right way to live' that when we get upset we verbally lash out at people?   So we had a bad day at work,  we yell at the dog...   We lost a dear loved one,  we get angry with a friend.    We didn't get enough sleep so we yell at the child wanting breakfast early in the morning.    Or maybe we're having trouble at home and we take it out on a co-worker.



Is it warrior-like to be so unimpeccable with our words (and our energy)  when our emotions get the better of us?

Are we going to continue to lash out every time we get our panties in a bunch rather than take a deep breath, think things through and try to understand the other person's point of view?

Will we make an effort to listen to what another person is saying,  listen with the heart rather than think we already know based on past judgements -- closing both our ears and our hearts?

Have we no regard for the feelings of others,  rather just accuse and interrogate or sling names around on a whim whenever it suits our fancies? 

What about the impact our words have on others, on our world and the Universe? 

And  as warriors and sorcerers and healers knowing that words have the power to harm or to heal,  how can we allow ourselves to use our words to hurt another fellow?  How does the other person feel?

If our self importance gets hurt, why do we lash out, never having to explain or apologize for hurting someone else.  Heck why would we say we are sorry when we're not?  (They deserved it,  right?)


What about the power in silence,  emopathy, love and careful introspection versus self important projections and self righteous verbal battles.

What about our responsiblities as warriors? 

What about being impeccable with our words?

What about listening with our hearts?

Have we forgotton how to do this?

Did we ever know how?


Do we ever stop to ask ourselves in the midst of high emotion and or drama "What would Love do?"


What would Love do?


What would Love say?

[clouds361]

No question about it 

[lightsun]

Lori Anne, that was beautiful. Beautifully written and profound.
Worthy of multiple responses from different angles of thought.
At first glance, the answer is a resounding no. I can envision a
society where verbal negativity, is a sure sign of mental illness.
Verbal abuse a crime, because it is. It is a crime against the soul,
especially to children. I'll say that again, verbal abuse is a crime
against everyone, but especially to children. As adults we have
a hopefully greater sense of self. We have more coping aptitudes.
Children are our most profoundly prized, precious gift. For us to
abuse them is a crime. Words spoken in the most profoundest of
ignorance can condemn a child, now an adult to crime, substance
abuse, mental illness & unadulterated human misery.

[Lori Anne]

It is a crime against the soul,
especially to children. I'll say that again, verbal abuse is a crime
against everyone, but especially to children. As adults we have
a hopefully greater sense of self. We have more coping aptitudes.
Children are our most profoundly prized, precious gift. For us to
abuse them is a crime. Words spoken in the most profoundest of
ignorance can condemn a child, now an adult to crime, substance
abuse, mental illness & unadulterated human misery.

So very true lightsun.   So true.

[guest147]

what would love say? "let me meet your wisdom!"
in a former life, shortly before it was destroyed, i had a helper. a wonderful soul, full of cheers and christian hopefulness, in all her simple, perhaps poor life.
but she keeps being (and i hope she knows it, still) being an inspiration (and an obligation) to my passing on such greatness: "it takes a good time...." (to appreciate the pathways a person is on and the desires s/he needs fulfilled).

 

[the hermit]

what would love say? "let me meet your wisdom!"
in a former life, shortly before it was destroyed, i had a helper. a wonderful soul, full of cheers and christian hopefulness, in all her simple, perhaps poor life.
but she keeps being (and i hope she knows it, still) an inspiration (and an obligation) to my passing on such greatness: "it takes a good time...." (to appreciate the pathways a person is on and the desires s/he needs fulfilled).

Lesson's are learn't from many things in life
Thank you for sharing a part of your life

[guest147]

"How do words affect us? It seems it is both we are conditioned as well the energy expended at the other person. What is a mere word anyhow? But how the word is delivered, in another words tone and modulation can affect us with either the negative or the positive.

In addition we are creatures of habit. Growing up we see how our peers, parents for the most part have a biggest influence, how they react determines how we act. This is unless we learn emotional discipline as well the use of logic. No one can insult us except ourselves." LightSun

“Misperceptions can arise in daily use with our language. In one sense we live in both the interrelated reality of mankind, but yet in another each of us is a self-contained universe. What we hear is colored not with truth but rather our personal history.

We can't truly really understand another. We also will and can filter all of which we perceive. The very brain then tries making order, but will mistakenly misinterpret the message from another. They will misinterpret to their own devising (unconscious) not hearing another's soul. To listen is a gift and as well a trait in need of developing. Our words will indeed damn ourselves." LightSun

"Words have the power to both destroy and heal. When words are both true and kind, they can change our world."  Buddha

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how do you know in which way they are truly meant when they usually are excused to be just casually used like by anyone else?

words are triggers to that which is individually associated with them in our memories.
as i, in my context, understand buddha's words, i will keep asking: what sort of cultured relationships (family, society) are words able to create, re-create, restore, heal. now that we are globally interconnected, more words than ever are run through the web, but how do they impact on mostly anonymous correspondents?

my usual spontaneous compassionate sentiments reaching out to you here?
i do perceive a lot of fear and extreme caution, and i am trying hard not to find such "justified" in the shame corners of cowardice and ignorance.

love is trustworthy at all times: from there, all differences can be made understandable > prerequisite for healing, imho.

 

p.s. what would love say? whose it is and to whom it wants to go?

[Skyflower]

Thanks for responses both of you and thanks also for bringing this topic to the front. 

[guest147]

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this is what love would say, this morning  :



and happy birthday to Lightsun.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUPEC7GJvAQ&feature=related

what about 2 white elephants? 

[Skyflower]

Well Happy Birthday LightSun!!

[Lori Anne]

Love

[Sumerianrain]

All the love in the universe


Inside my chest

I show you it

Forever

[Lori Anne]

[guest147]

hear hear ....  \!!

[Lori Anne]

Love would say

You are beautiful
you make me see the world
and myself
in the most beautiful way
possible
with your sunshine
in my pocket
I glow
like the clouds never came