Practicing Truthfulness
The starting place for practicing truthfulness is watching the words that come from your mouth and maintaining a practice of speaking accura...
The starting place for practicing truthfulness is watching the words that come from your mouth and maintaining a practice of speaking accurately, gently, honestly.
With the words you speak in good shape, the next step is to watch the thoughts you think. Rather than violently stopping or negating critical, gossipy thoughts, begin instead to question if they are accurate.
Do this silently and over time you will notice a pattern: Unkind thoughts are frequently based on inaccuracies, assumptions and impulses.
“I don't know. People always think that there has got to be a dark side to everyone, a closet with skeletons, demons under the bed. People think all kinds of things about one another. They feel compelled to make up fears and false assumptions.....”
With the words you speak in good shape, the next step is to watch the thoughts you think. Rather than violently stopping or negating critical, gossipy thoughts, begin instead to question if they are accurate.
Do this silently and over time you will notice a pattern: Unkind thoughts are frequently based on inaccuracies, assumptions and impulses.
“I don't know. People always think that there has got to be a dark side to everyone, a closet with skeletons, demons under the bed. People think all kinds of things about one another. They feel compelled to make up fears and false assumptions.....”
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