“Speech as opposed to telepathy used by the animals…and the silence of muktas arose due to a need to be untruthful, and have a deeper involvement in material.” Tony O’Clery
Speech arose due to the need to be untruthful is what I get from this quote, that we use language to deflect the true meaning of our actions or to excuse behavior.
Immediately I thought of dogs and how we learn who they are by how they behave. A friendly dog acts friendly and an unfriendly dog acts unfriendly.
What we miss is the excuse or reason an unfriendly dog is unfriendly, we take it as it is for they don’t have the luxury of words to sway us to believe otherwise.
And we don’t have unfriendly dogs trying to be friendly, by speaking nicely over feelings of unfriendliness.
Dr. Maya Angelou quote, “People show you who they are, Believe them.”
Yet time and time again, we will take the words above the action.
“I love you” will override the abusive action.
“I am sorry or please forgive me,” is a way to deflect away from the behavior.
What if we all stood with how we acted each time?
What if we address immediately the action?
What if words were used to just speak of actions?
How often are your words used to get the other person to not believe your actions?
Owning our actions seems like a really simple thing, but often times our actions alone are untruthful, we go places we don’t want to go, we do things we don’t feel right doing, we go along to get along.
We get lost to what our own standards are for we get used to doing things for peace and to not be a stick in the mud, to be seen as okay, or a million other reasons.
Due to this speech thing, we can tell ourselves we are doing something for a good reason, even when the behavior is bad for us and for others, we will find an ulterior motive that makes it okay.
It is like the Picketers at funerals of soldiers, they feel that their message overrides all events taking place.
What they fail to see is that their behavior is actually screaming above the signs, their true nature is showing, their hatred and fear arises long before a sign of love.
They say they are warning us of God’s wrath, what they are displaying is their own wrath.
The visual of picketers is what I often times feel of people who tell you one thing but do another. That we are supposed to keep our eyes focused on the sign and not see where they are walking and over who they tromp, just focus on the words, like a mad hypnotist of lies they bend us to believe opposite of what is truly going on.
If you look at the world through the eyes of babies or animals, you would see things differently.
“Out of the mouths of babes” comes truth, for they have not learned the power of words to hide what isn’t there.
I M Perfect lady 