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The Most Powerful Drug Used by Mankind

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By Tonda Adams, JD, CCHT

Perhaps you have seen the video clip circulating around the Internet: a father sitting beside an infant in a highchair. The infant appears to be less than one year old. Dad says "what does a cow say" and the baby says "Moooo"...father continues to ask what various animals say and baby responds in like manner and then finally he ask, "what does mommy say" and the infant becomes very animated, shakes it's little finger and says firmly "NO! NO!" Yes we learn very quickly about the emotional meaning of words.

In the book "The Way of The Wizard", by Deepak Chopra, young Arthur was asked what charms, incantations, spells or special words gave Merlin his power. Arthur replying to questions about how Merlin's spells worked, said, " when I was an infant, I remember Merlin saying. 'Eat.' When I was a little older, he said. 'Walk,' and if I stayed up too late he said, 'Sleep.' As far as I can tell I've been eating, walking and sleeping ever since, so those must have been the most potent spells, don't you agree?"

How often have you said or heard someone say: I AM happy... I AM prosperous... I AM courageous...I AM loved and loving...I AM intelligent...I AM capable...I AM successful. Probably, not as often as the opposite phrases. It seems as though we have somehow got it backwards. It takes diligent and consistent awareness to change the old programming, but it can be done.

You will be amazed at the changes in your life, when you fill your mind with powerful thoughts, and express the emotion as words. At first you may not feel what you are saying, but if you are consistent, before you know it, you actually feel the change because the words themselves have an emotional charge. I am not suggesting that you suppress your emotions. Changing your feeling is not the same as suppressing your emotions.

Have you ever met someone who seemed transparent? They said what they meant and acted in a consistent manner. It is refreshing to know these enjoyable people. They are original, natural, authentic and sincere. You feel like you can trust them.

We have been deeply programmed with a means of communication that is extremely limited because the words often mean one thing and the emotional energy and body language say something entirely different. The words do not convey the truth of what we really feel.

We attach emotions to words based on our social environmental programming, and each culture has a unique interpretation; yet the body language is similar. You know without a doubt when someone is angry regardless of the language. The actual words we use would not matter so much if they were said in a loving way.

Luther Burbank, the renowned botanist and author of The Training of the Human Plant, wrote that plants may not understand the spoken word, but they were capable of telepathically understanding meaning. My stepfather was a perfect example of this; he developed a rose garden and was well known for his beautiful roses. However, while he was working in his garden, we would hear him cuss at his roses. Yet they flourished. The reason was because it was not the words he was saying, but the feeling of love that was projected even though he cussed. Plant life responds to the vibration of feeling, despite the words.

Certainly there was a contradiction of words and emotions, but, if we really get in touch with, look at or listen, you will realize how few of our words convey the sincere emotion of what we are saying and feeling.

Understanding the power of words and communicating what you actually mean emotionally through feelings and body language will cause others to feel you are original, natural, genuine and sincere. If you are not already, you too, will be counted among the authentic few.

"Words are the most powerful drug used by mankind," by Kipling in his 1923 speech

References:

• The Way of the Wizard by Deepak Chopra
• Training of the Human Plant by Luther Burbank
• The I AM Discourses by G. W. Ballard

For more information call Tonda Adams at (775) 825-2588.

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