1-22-12 Moon in Capricorn goes in Aquarius at 10 pm Kin 134 4 Ix

“Talk is cheap”, or, so they say. I’ve known a number of people who are an expert at talking but following through with their words to action is an entirely different matter. Ain’t it funny how some people can go on and on about something they know very little, If anything, about? More so, when it comes to handing out advice, you’d think they were Socrates, himself. Problem is, they, along with their empty words fall on deaf ears, simply because we all know the performing fools, who spout off words like a bad case of flatulence. We just shake our heads as if in agreement and then turn away to another subject in haste. As we quickly leave the scene, we can still hear them blabbering in the wind about how “we’ll be sorry” if we don’t listen to what they had to say.

‘Sorry’ would be the state IF we lingered with these shallow minded folks too long. They jabber and clabber in droves; easy to spot, just look at the crick in their necks and the amount of times they swallow before finishing one simple sentence. It’s not what they say, may in some dimension of time, have relevance; it’s just they don’t take their own advice. In some warped way of thinking, they believe they HAVE the answers for everyone else. They mistakenly believe they are infallible possessing the powers of superman and the intellect of Einstein. Smug and self-confident, they expect people to look up to them, as if they are setting some sort of example.

Philosophically, these people are walking paradoxes. It’s a strange phenomenon, but when a person wholeheartedly believes he is sharing, and is hell-bent on delivering truth, he probably isn’t speaking anything near what is needed; for the other person, at least. An age old Chinese aphorism states, “Truth can’t be uttered.” Truth is a bizarre creature. He flees from those who wish to exploit him for glory’s sake. In other words, when we seek to gain credit or benefit for something we are trying to say, we miss the bird who just shit on our head.

Truth is inconsistently resilient and will not conform to personal parameters. Truth remains relative and inexpressible except through action. “Walking the talk” may be a more accurate way of defining it. When we live our truth, we have no need to garner proselytes. That’s exactly where impatient Christians fall short. Instead of simply living the gentle peace, serenity and joy discovered, they want to convert, continually. Yes, it was, Jesus so beautifully reminded us, “Let your light shine before men so that it might glorify your father in heaven.” (Paraphrased) Most often times, however, people are not satisfied with living their truth they want to lambast others with it.

If you have genuinely found something that makes a difference in your life, you don’t have to tell others, repeatedly. They will see it in you. Because we exemplify, in action, every word we could possibly infectiously overzealously utter, the ones we would want to notice will be showered by our enlightenment. Our bodies have a unique way in shaping our innermost perceptions. We walk with either a bounce or a drag. Our limbs flow like a ballerina’s butterfly’s pose or they reflect the enormously heavy loads we carry by the awkward slouch in our gait. It’s a relatively safe assumption to say that when we speak, the internalized authenticity of our words either penetrates the ether or grossly deflects in the opposite direction. Haven’t you ever experienced that dreaded silence hovering over an imbecile layered conversation?

In other words, people know who and what we are as soon as we open our mouths to speak. By the distinct way our words are enunciated, the calibrated pitch, inflected and resonated tone, concise duration of correctly pronounced syllables, in addition to the specifically selected vocabulary used. It is highly unlikely to cover up our ‘impossible to remove’ ingrained character, defined by environmental background, family upbringing, depth of education, social conditioning, biological make-up, hereditary biases, and influential personal experiences. We may try to impress but unless what we say is real, ‘natural and convenient’ (to us), the words will proceed flat, false and faulty!

Nothing is more humiliating than ‘running our mouths’ in high gear with nothing of value to say. Especially, when we are trying to tell others what they should or should not do. We instinctively know when a person is ‘pulling the wool over our eyes’. Our habitual thoughts and images show themselves all over our bodies, most assuredly in the phrases we choose to use in conversation. We can never be fooled by the other UNLESS and UNTIL we want to be. Remember: we gravitate to the people, places, circumstances and WORDS; we need to interact with for a continued healing and revealing.

The most beautiful words which embody our flesh reverberate as sweet, lyrical music for others when we are being true to our nature (calling). But, just as important and relevant, when the same words are not being heeded by ourselves, we dissipate our vital life-giving energy. We age and suffocate our spirit. Become acutely aware, at all times, that when we speaking to another, we are really talking aloud to ourselves. Listen carefully to the symbolized thoughts which are in need of modified structure and form. That’s the intricate viable part the other person plays. Realize how the messages are delivered for you and you, alone. Listen with a receptive heart to your conversations. You can learn so much IF you shut up!