Rapid-fire Words - Hilarious OR Hurtful

     An infinite number & variety of thoughts pass through our minds at a rapid pace - like a wind storm blowing dust particles through an open archway. Relatively rarely, we instantly verbalize one of these dust particles. Being unformulated, extemporaneous statements are "out of character" for the speaker, and can have surprising, unpredictable effects. Words, after all, can be powerful.
     At best, such spontaneous verbalizations can be hilariously funny, helped enormously by the rapidity with which they comment on an event. And precisely for the same reason, these can be devastatingly hurtful. In either case, there's no time to actually examine & filter what's being said - to consider it's effects.
     Unfortunately, once something hurtful is verbalized, those hurt by it may assume that the hurtful statement was intentional and encapsulates who the speaker is, what that speaker is "all about". But this is rarely so.
     Only after we ourselves commit such blunders AND actually realize it, do we start forgiving others, and realize that these usually are truly "out of character." People are far more complex, & far more decent than we tend to assume immediately after we're hurt by - OR we ourselves hurt others with - a few random words.

The Energy of a Place

     New Mexico for us, and for many before us, felt quite obviously holy. 
     If one walks into a room full of people, or someone's home, there's often a prevalent, almost palpable, energetic atmosphere. And so it seems to be with geographic locations. 
     It would seem reasonable to assume that the energy of each thought, word & action should more powerfully impact the environment in which it occurs, than more distant places.
    

     “Be always mindful of what you are doing and thinking. So that you may put the imprint of your immortality on every passing incident of your daily life.”    Abd’l-Khaliq Ghijdewani, 13^th century Sufi 

       Walsh R. “Essential spirituality. The 7 central practices to awaken heart and mind.” John Wiley & Sons Inc, NY, 1999.

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