A Figment of Speech

Are words our only form of communicating with truth and integrity?  Or, have we reached that stage of conscious evolution where we acknowledge that we are perpetually communicating with the world around us, with and without using words.

We have given too much erroneous power to the physical words we employ each day.

We sometimes use words to hide behind, so that our deeper truths will not be seen. We believe that if we say “I am fine” or “I am kind” or “I love you,” it must be true. Right?

And sometimes we undervalue the use of particular words that are giving voice to our subconscious beliefs. Simple expressions like “It’s killing me”, “I don’t want to do this” and “I don’t have enough,” are mirroring the truth we actually hold within.

Words are just words! They can easily be a figment of deep expression or a portal to inner truth. It’s up to us, and our keen sense of intuition to discern which it may be in each moment.

Expanding our awareness to recognize that words can have a deeper hidden message in them, will allow us to stand in greater authenticity (as an individual and as a society).

I am blindingly aware of the power my words have had this week! I have tripped into more than one frustrating experience, only to instantly recognize on a conscious level:

“Your thoughts and words created this!”

In each moment that I was about to place blame outwardly, I realized that my thoughts (silently expressed and thoughtlessly expressed) all created this moment!

If I am telling Spirit that I wish to live authentically, it also means that “I” take responsibility for all my thoughts, belief systems, and choices. For me, it is no longer acceptable to flippantly say “I don’t want to.“

If I’m carelessly whining the words “I don’t want to” at any moment in time, I’m actually telling the universe to create resistance by placing a block in my way. The universe is taking DIRECTION from me! If I say “they don’t see my value” or “there’s not enough time,” I’m welcoming the experiences that validate those beliefs.

In order for any words to be more than “a figment of speech,” we need to say what we mean and mean what we say.

Are your words holding power today?

Or, are they mere words?

Say what you mean and mean what you say.

That’s my advice for you, and for me. ♥

© Alania Starhawk 2015