Be Careful About Your Words

Words are energetic.

Being reckless with them is a sure way of creating inner and outer conflict. Not meaning what you say or not saying what you mean leads to discrepancies in your psyche about who you are, what you stand for, and even what you receive. The conflict and consequences are endless.

What you say, the words you speak, all exist within you and are projected outward. Whether you would like to identify with them or not, they exist within your world, and you speak them out to others—but mostly back to yourself. They are the external layer of the meanings and beliefs you hold—the way those meanings are communicated and highlighted.

Change the words, and you change the meaning. Slowly and gradually, communication and understanding change. Then we change, our world changes, our relationships change. How we relate and operate changes.

Don Miguel Ruiz referred to words as spells and black magic—depending on how we use them. They are instruments used for manifestation, and their energy brings towards us the energy and intention behind them.

So choose your words carefully. Experiment and play with your identity through the use of words and language, and see what it can offer your being. How does it affect your mindset and attitude? How does it affect others around you?

Choose to speak kindly to yourself and others, as what you say is a reflection of who you are—your inner state and inner life. Choose to cultivate a positive and loving state and see how that is reflected back to you in your reality.

This is a skill and also a sign of intelligence. Practise being intentional, and it should become easier over time. Don’t allow other people’s venom to become a part of you. Let them live with it. And sometimes, the best thing to say is nothing.