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NEGATIVE SELF TALK

Not all self-talk is bad.  In fact there are many situations in which self-talk is very helpful, such as, when you're down on yourself, you can give yourself a pep talk or whisper sweet nothings like delightful reverberations of wind chimes into   the inmost temple of your heart.  Affirmations can be unbeatable tools for upliftment and healing. 

But it is useful to think of self-talk as a well-trained animal ally, like the seeing-eye dog is for someone who is blind.  If you have a veteran buddy, it can protect you and even save your hide now and then.  If you have an unruly pup that is not completely under your command, you don't dare step across a room, much less out the door and into the world with such a dangerous beast. 

In other words, when you say be still, it becomes a stone sphinx, a great guardian of your energy, which is otherwise often exhausted in needless inner and outer chatter.  When you use self-talk and the voice in general purposefully, thoughtfully, it becomes a commendable power in its own right.

Who's in charge, you or your runaway thoughts [which are always accompanied by self-talk]?  When things get out-of-hand, find a way to anchor to a core Still Silence.  Command the tossing seas of your emotions, your restless thoughts to Be Still.  There are any number of ways to do this. 

Then BE STILL.  SILENT. ... still as a stone in the heart of a sacred forest.

You're in charge.

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