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Perhaps with no other blemish is our civilization so much tarnished as with the sin of speech. Its potency, its creative aspect, is very little understood. The wastage of force and energy through bad words, false words, useless words and idle words, is immense. Not a sage-prophet but has warned and instructed people on the subject. "Not what goes into the mouth but what comes out of it" was regarded as of paramount importance. On the metaphysical side, in the Gospel According to St. John, word, Verbum, was given as the designation of Deity itself: "The Word was God" "the Word was with God"; "the Word become flesh." In these and other similar phrases the potency of speech was taught. |
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© `The Theosophical Movement’ (February, 2002) published by Theosophy Company (India) Private Limited, 40 New Marine Lines, Mumbai 400 020. Reprinted with permission. |
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