I recently viewed a thread about music and how it affects our soul, so to speak. The author was in my opinion, asking how does music evoke emotion. In this forum the question is how do words affect our souls and provoke actions?
What is it, in the human experience, that words do to our nerves and our perception that spur us to certain actions.
If I say "I love you", why does that expression in itself produce a warm physical sensation that can be tangibly felt in the center of my chest. You all know exactly what I mean. If I say, "I hate your guts!" Why should those words evoke anger or sadness? These are only words (verbal expressions of my feeling about another). Is it that we place meaning upon these individual words, ie: I , meaning me, hate.. meaning dislike or disdain...your ie: the existance of you ...guts..the core of ones being. But why should that offend me?. Because I want to be loved by all, accepted and understood. I think that I am good, with certain reservation about myself, nothing to abstract mind you. If someone infers that they do not accept me, my soul is shunned, and it hurts. One begins to question, "Why"? How powerful words are. In the Bible it says , "The tongue is a two edged sword, Praising God at one moment and deriding , or cutting down another soul in the next." As for me and my soul I will endeavor to speak only kind words, and if I have none, I will keep silent.
Would that we could all harness our toungues!
Blessings to you
Martha