Spirituality in Speech

Author(s): Dada Bhagwan
Publisher: Mahavideh Foundation

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Spirituality in Speech
Spirituality in Speech
3. Worldly Vibrations Caused By Words
When you pluck a string on a sitar, how many different sounds does it produce?
Questioner : Many.
Dadashri : Even when you pluck just one string? In the same way, so many other words arise within from having spoken just one word. That is what God calls 'adhyavasan;' it means words arise even when you do not want to speak them. As soon as you have the desire to utter just one word, other words will formulate and be spoken automatically. A tremendous energy will arise within for the excessive words, even against your wish. So many such ripples of vibrations arise that they will not allow anyone to achieve liberation, which is why I have put forth this Akram Vignan. How wonderful this science of the step-less path to liberation is. This science is such that any intelligent person can bring an end to this worldly puzzle.
Questioner: So how can we stop the vibrations? What is the solution?
Dadashri : When you begin to feel 'This speech of mine is wrong', the changes will take place one day at a time.
When you call someone a liar, as soon as you utter the word 'liar', a tremendous degree of scientific changes take place within you, producing so many phases, which will cause you to dislike that person for two whole hours! It is best not to say anything, but if you happen to, then you must do pratikraman.
When we talk about the besmearing properties (lepaimaan bhaavo) of the mind, speech and body, what exactly are they? These properties are inanimate (judha bhavo); they are mere inclinations and intentions of the prakruti (characteristic traits of the relative-self). "Besmearing' means that it will smear you even if you do not want to become smeared by them. That is why I say, "I am always untouched and untainted by all the besmearing intentions of the mind, speech and body." These besmearing intentions have tainted the entire world, and yet these intentions are nothing but an echo. They are inanimate, so you should not heed them.
Nevertheless they will not disappear easily; they will harass and torment you. How will you deal with them? What will you have to do to stop this force which arises within a split second, even when you have no desire for it? You will have to start saying things like, "He (your opponent) or the event which is difficult, is very beneficial for me." You will have to say positive things about your opponent. When you start speaking this way, the negative feelings will cease. The negative feelings will loose their impact.
The moment you say, 'Looks like the business is going to run a loss, all the besmearing forces within (bhaavs) will immediately start to daunt you, 'This is going to happen' or
A person who hears you call him 'worthless' is bound to be hurt, but also the resulting consequences and its different phases will bring you a lot of unhappiness. When you say something positive about another person, you will feel peace within you and your spoken words will give peace to the other person also. Therefore, you must maintain awareness about this.
When you say, "He is worthless," the weight of the word 'worth' is one pound and the weight of the word 'worthless' is forty pounds. So when you use the word 'worth,' the vibrations it creates is considerably less and it will have a lesser impact but when you use the word 'worthless,' it will create forty times the destruction. Such are the consequences of spoken words.
Questioner: So the repayment is forty times greater. Dadashri : There is no escaping!