The sound of a cannon, its explosion, destroys the glass of a window. On the other hand, a soft word pacifies anger or wrath; but an insulting, inharmonious word produces anger or melancholy, sadness, hatred, etc.
It is said that silence is gold but it is better to say that: it is as incorrect to speak when one should be silent as it is to be silent when one should speak.
There are criminal silences, there are infamous words. One should calculate with nobility the result of spoken words, for oftentimes one hurts others with words in an unconscious manner.
Words full of ill-intended meaning produce fornications in the world of the mind. And arrhythmic words engender violence in the world of the cosmic mind.
One should never condemn anyone with the verb because one should never judge anyone. Slander, gossip and calumny have filled the world with pain and bitterness.
If we work with Sexual Super Dynamics, we have to comprehend that the creative energies are exposed to all kinds of modifications. These energies of the libido can be modified into powers of light or darkness. It all depends on the quality of the words.
The perfect man speaks words of perfection. The Gnostic student who wishes to follow the path of the Revolution of the Dialectic should become accustomed to controlling the tongue. One should learn to handle the verb.
It is not what enters the mouth that causes harm to man but rather what comes out of it! The mouth supplies insults, intrigues, defamation, calumny, debates; all of these are what harm man.
Avoid all types of fanaticism because we cause great harm to man, to our fellowmen with it. One does not only hurt others with insulting words or with fine and artistic ironies, but also with the tone of the voice, with the inharmonious and arrhythmic accent.
Samael Aun Weor
