The spell power of words
Listen to this reflection (in Estonian)
A life in which the word mills grind over the edge does not notice the effect of the spell. Only in silence is the understanding born of how powerful the energies are that words carry. There is much that words cannot express, and it remains only as a sensing in the body. And yet we live in a world where telepathic connection is still available to few, and it is precisely through words that ungraspable situations become more understandable. So the words that are spoken become important, and so do the ones that stay hanging in the room, unspoken.
With any of it you can create or destroy. But being aware of the magic power that the world of words makes possible adds so much strength. We lose our power and our strength every time we hide our head under the rug and pretend that life is pushing us into a corner.
The truth, though, is that…. You know it yourself.
Because every word is a spell, and whether you want it or not, it creates and destroys worlds greater than the eye can see. So silence is a fertile time, when we begin to notice which word sprouts want to raise their heads there. The bravest are those who can also ask themselves why, why are exactly these words in my head, what world am I creating for myself?
Inner speech with yourself.
- Are you kind and well-meaning towards yourself?
- Do you punish yourself and beat yourself up over mistakes?
- Do you blame others and pity yourself?
I have learned to notice that the greatest curses are our own creation. Those stories we tell ourselves every day, which have long stopped supporting us and carry destructive energy instead. Unnoticed, the poison from the words slips through the body and closes the heart. Nothing more is needed to create separation from yourself, from others and from life. Do you believe me when I say that no one else looks at you, thinks of you or gives you more poisonous criticism than you do yourself?
You notice that I am speaking in the you form, but that too is one of many traps, because I could just as well say I. Some things are easier to look at when you create a separation between them and yourself. So speaking in the “you” form while meaning yourself makes it somewhat easier to handle difficult subjects.
How much courage it takes to speak of your own experience in the I form and not to generalise or assume that the other person experiences the same. Perhaps they do not? You cannot speak for another, against them or for them. Perhaps it is easier for a listener to reach connection and compassion towards the speaker when the I and the you are shaped in the right key. Would it be possible to hear myself more clearly too, if I say I to myself?
Most likely!
I know people in whose lives there is no love, not because they do not feel it, but because they never use that word. It is very frightening to express your deep affection from the bottom of your heart and to be rejected in it, or worse, to receive deep wounds to the soul. People can bear physical pain unbelievably well, they can cope with their chronic pains for years, even decades, only in order not to look at the root causes of those pains and deal with the truly important themes. But bearing the trembling in the soul when important relationships are at stake, that pain cannot be endured. It is easier to descend into cold silence or into conflict, blaming the other for everything. What would happen if in those truly fragile moments we really dared to express ourselves in all our pain and heaviness. To ask to be heard, or to ask the other for help. It is precisely in those places that the spell power of the word is most potent, because they come from the depth of the soul and from the connection of the heart, even though they scratch and tear apart the perfect mask. Only when someone is brave enough to show themselves truly and to build a bridge of words does real connection take place on the level of soul, mind and body. No one is perfect! Not I, not you, not any third person. No one! Being perfect is the cheapest way to destroy your own uniqueness.
I wish for myself and for you the courage in every moment to live your life so that the seconds come alive, because every word that is spoken has the power of a spell and carries pure energy.
Until we meet!
