“When you squeeze an orange, orange juice comes out–because that’s what’s inside. When you are squeezed, what comes out is what’s inside.”
-Wayne Dyer

Language is challenging. In the Science of Mind we often refer to “The Word” of God and reference the power of “The Word” as the impetus for all creation. But what is “The Word.”

While the word is in part the language we use to express our intentions, desires, and requirements — it is more than that. Language is simply the crude representation for what is happening within our minds and hearts, at the deeper level of Soul and Spirit. I say it is crude, because, try as we might, there are aspects of this deeper level which are ineffable.

When we talk about the word in New Thought philosophies, I think we are really intending to explain the energy behind all of creation. So let’s not get confused thinking that merely stating something is going to bring it into expression. It doesn’t. The most simple way of explaining this is to use the quantifiable… in this instance let’s use relationships.

I have friends, and I appreciate the quality of those friendships. I could have a lot of friends, or I could have just a few friends. My friendships can leave me feeling loved and fulfilled or sad and lonely. It is not the friendships themselves but the energy behind the friendships that leads to those feelings.

I am in charge of it all. I am in charge of those relationships in my life. I am in charge of the feeling and intention which I carry into those friendships. I get to decide.

That decision is backed with energy… and when I state the word in language, it is the energy of the word behind the speaking that activates the creative process.

I think this is very present for me today because I see so much in the world where intention and energy is not matched in the language. That may be a recipe for disaster. So I ask myself, “where is my energy and intention not matched with what I am saying?” After all, if I am seeing it in the world around me it is within me. My experience of the world is simply the manifestation of what is in my mind. It’s high time I did something about it.

So here’s the practice… align in truth and trust, be transparent.

This is a tall order for so many, and can be for me depending on the weight I assign to aspects of my being. Transparency is scary because it requires vulnerability. Transparency doesn’t equate to the elimination of kindness, though. We must be discerning in our transparency. Sometimes transparency is only for us, personally. We need to be transparent with ourselves.

In all things let us lead with kind intentions, kind words, and kind thoughts.