The main way we communicate with people is with body language. Since few are good at interpreting such, the second and most commonly used means of communicating are our WORDS! But, our words carry more than the context of the words used. Words represent the tone of your heart, mood, intent, and purpose of the words.
Both Jesus and the Buddha understood this well.
Jesus said in Matthew 12:37, “It is by your words that you will be praised and by your words that you will be condemned.” He also said in Matthew 5:34-37,(my paraphrase) “Don’t make it complicated, say Yes if you mean yes and say no if you mean no.” Ah, if we could but learn these basic (another word for Kingdom) and simple wisdom statements.
Buddha said in Saccasamyutta 10, “Do not engage in many forms of pointless talking. The talk of days gone by, rambling chitchat, and speculation, about everything on land and sea.”
All religions remind us to stay quiet, talk less, pray more. We were given two ears and one mouth for the obvious reasons.
The Tao Te Ching 37 put it this way, “When you attain quietness, the troubles of the world will go away.” Good sense for living in the NOW as well as saying as little as need.
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