When listening, there is an emotional responsibility that is either taken or not taken that will determine the wealth of the information we receive.
It will prosper within what we are willing to understand and be the reflection of what we are willing to see.
When operating with our authentic self, love tempers our words so that we speak with clarity, honesty, and thoughtfulness, and we are able to listen with discernment. Are you speaking to be heard or are you speaking to be understood? Are you listening to understand another, or are you just waiting for your turn to speak?
White light is all of the spectrum of color, combined. Silence is an immense amalgam connecting us to our experiences.
Drowning is silent, and our silence drowns in a voracious sea...who hears? Those who are intent on listening. No, not hearing, listening. Comprehending. An action driven choice to connect with our higher self and to purposefully create meaningful connection.
The energy we need to stay afloat is precious, we have less of it to put towards finding solace when we desperately look for something, anything, anyone to keep us from drowning.
Then there is the cruel reality that there are some who will throw you a rope that you desperately grab only to find they did not anchor it, there was nothing for it to be anchored to. Some may even throw you a rope and then kick it off the pier, push your head under water, laugh, and walk away.
You will need to ascertain the difference between an anchored rope and an imaginary cord in order to help yourself out of that water and not dive back in. You will need to separate your expectations from the reality of this world. You can expect certain people to help you, but will they? Can they? Some can't swim, some don't know how, some are afraid of the water, and some will jump right in and lose themselves in it thinking they are saving you, when it was an aimless dive all along.
Some will tell you to drown, some will assist you in it. Some believe their condolences and well wishes are capable of manifesting a different reality for you. Some may be taking pictures, or scrolling through Social Media in order to distract themselves from the sight. You are still drowning while the attention is off of what you need to do in order to live.
In that silence, you will need to strip yourself of what weighs you down further. You will need to remove everything that keeps you from floating to the surface and everything that prevents you from pulling yourself up once you finally have something to hold on to.
It starts with us.
When we remove what no longer serves our authentic self, we will be able to discern a genuine rope to hold onto versus the threads we are strung along by.
We will protect our energy in order to get ourselves out of this hell and everything and everyone, including ourselves, that perpetuated a quicker sink to the bottom.
You can't be pulled from the water unless there is something to hold on to. You can't pull yourself out of the water unless you have something to hold on to. You will need to be reachable in order to be reached. Security is realized when we reach out for it purposefully. We reach when we embrace vulnerability, we are safe when we discern who to be vulnerable with. Be intent on listening to the song of your soul, and when you know what it sounds like, listen for that of another, lest we become lost in a voracious sea where our words drown and our connection is mendacious to our authentic self and moral compass.
Words can be taken out of context, flipped, misconstrued, and strung together to create elaborate narratives that cause confusion and chaos by the speaker and the listener respectively. Words contain the power to create shifts and divides and they can unite people together in love or in hate and they do so influentially.
The intention of your words are understood not by speaking, but by comprehending. Those who are truly listening comprehend the intention behind what is being spoken, and there is a lot that can be discerned between what is said and what is left out intentionally.
Are your words congruent with facts or do they contribute to a fallacy? Are they contributing to malignancy of another? Are they considering context? Are they spoken with the intention of connection? By speaking, are you contributing to your authenticity, or are you preying on the fears of yourself or another by manipulating them to fit? What are the stories you tell yourself? These energetically and vigorously affect the actions you take towards yourself and others.
Just because ears are capable of hearing and eyes capable of reading does not mean the action to understand is being taken. To understand is to silence your judgement and mindfully discern what is being said, and who is saying it, and under what context they are saying it.
To deeply listen is necessary to speak with clarity and with the intention of understanding and being understood. Just because you can fill space with noise from your vocal chords or string along sentences that create narratives does not mean what you say is valid to those who are hearing or listening. If you find yourself in a position of sounding like a broken record, it is time to leave the record player and go where you are understood.
Instead of constructive, words can be a destructive battlefield. Instead of loving each other we harm one another, and the only weapon we need are our words. The chaos that can be caused with our words is devastating, far reaching and long acting, our refusal to understand is equally catastrophic.
Silence is not weakness when you desire to be understood and to understand, but for those who do not wish to be understood or to understand, your silence is seen as ignorance, and/or silence is used as a means to punish you. For people who are hell bent on judging you through their own made up narratives, silence acts as a confirmation. However, silence is a waiting room for response, but one cannot respond another is too busy on the battlefield.
Love will temper our words so that when the time comes to respond, we make every effort to be understood, and more importantly, to understand.
The Author - Rose
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