What We Say Comes Rolling Back

A wise person once said that our words create our reality. In fact, now that I am thinking about this, a number of wise persons have made this same statement, from psychologists to philosophers to religious leaders. Even a smattering of the medical community.

 “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was made flesh.” That is, the Word came into reality. Extrapolating from that famous Biblical line, it is said that our lives actually move in the direction of our words.

 So, if our words set the direction of our lives, what direction do we want our lives to go in? I’ve been noticing lately: some of my own and the negatively hyperbolic words of others.

For example, in just this week I’ve heard said with vehemence, “I hate my doctor’s nurse!”

She hates her? Isn’t that a bit extreme? That isn’t just a careless expression. None of us need any more hate running amuck in the world! Saying we hate someone puts all that negativity not only out there, but also into our own bodies. The expression of hate and the containing of hate are only one thing.

I heard this week from a friend who is renovating a house that the fact that the electrician didn’t come and the plumber failed to show as well is “a nightmare!”  Frustrating? Yes. Annoying? Yes. But a nightmare? No. A nightmare is when one of our children is diagnosed with leukemia. 

We need to be cautious about all the negativity we discharge because we can’t speak negatively and live a positive life. We are planting seeds when we talk and we will “eat that fruit.” We can think and feel whatever naturally comes up for us—and it’s healthy to be aware of our thoughts and feelings—but slamming our stuff into words has power in the universe and do we really want to add to the unconscious collective destruction that the human race seems to be so fond of?

The well-known spiritual teacher, Marianne Williamson, tells us that our difficulty is not so much that we are afraid of our powerlessness, but that we are afraid of discovering how powerful we truly are. And by that she means the power of our thoughts, our ability to manifest our own reality.

 Lest you think that the above ideas are some kind of New Age woo-woo, here’s a quote from the Bible, the Book of Proverbs: 6:2-4.  “You are snared by the words of your mouth.” Even then, people understood that our negativity and our complaints and our anger would in some form, come rolling back on us.

That certainly gives me pause: that what I say about others, my life and myself holds the power of prophesy. Yikes!

 Here’s the good news. The reverse is also true: that celebrating the good in everyone and every situation whenever we are able and expressing that will increase the positive energy in our lives and in the world.

A much better choice, wouldn’t you say?