self
talk
"You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts;
And
when you can no longer dwell in the solitude of your heart you
live in your lips, and sound is a diversion and a pastime.
And
in much of your talking, thinking is half murdered. For thought
is a bird of space, that in a cage of words many indeed unfold
its wings but cannot fly.
There
are those among you who seek the talkative through fear of being
alone. The silence of aloneness reveals to their eyes their naked
selves and they would escape.
And
there are those who talk, and without knowledge or forethought
reveal a truth which they themselves do not understand.
And
there are those who have the truth within them, but they tell
it not in words. In the bosom of such as these the spirit dwells
in rhythmic silence.
When
you meet your friend on the roadside or in the market place, let
the spirit in you move your lips and direct your tongue. Let the
voice within your voice speak to the ear of his ear;
For
his soul will keep the truth of your heart as the taste of the
wine is remembered When the colour is forgotten and the vessel
is no more."
Become
a master of your thoughts and self talk.
