{"id":610,"date":"2011-10-20T07:19:39","date_gmt":"2011-10-20T11:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/awakeintheworld\/?p=610"},"modified":"2011-10-19T07:28:56","modified_gmt":"2011-10-19T11:28:56","slug":"speaking-words-of-wisdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/awakeintheworld\/2011\/10\/speaking-words-of-wisdom.html","title":{"rendered":"Speaking Words of Wisdom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A kind, soft spoken word can change the course of our lives and touch those around us.\u00a0 Though most of us rarely take time to think of how we speak and think language provides the one element that separates humanity from any other species.\u00a0 Using the power of words to heal and uplift can make our world a better place.\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cWords have a vibratory frequency,\u201d says Reverend Rebecca Nagy.\u00a0 \u201cIf you want to go back to any sacred text, they say we were created by the power of the word. Voice lifted in prayer is just about as high a vibration as you can get.\u00a0 Especially when your heart is open and your mind is clear.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/%7E\/media\/24F91772D685409588CFFFB882D65939.ashx?w=400&amp;h=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As one of the most active wedding ministers in Charlotte, NC, Nagy practices the use of vows and words to shape and transform our lives.\u00a0 \u201cWe are constantly creating,\u201d she says.\u00a0 \u201cThe biggest tool we have to create with is the power of the word.\u00a0 A word can uplift or to destroy,\u201d she says.\u00a0 The power of a positive mind over matter has kept her out of a wheelchair.\u00a0 With a degenerative disc disease, she says she could have chosen to resign from being an active participant in her health and life, get a wheelchair and return to her parents\u2019 home to live.\u00a0 Instead, after twelve years of physical struggle and surgery, she recently left behind a leg brace and walks around on her own two feet.\u00a0 \u201cIf we go around with the Eeyore [the donkey from <em>Winnie the Pooh<\/em>] complex, our attitude and the way we say the words will have an impact,\u201d Nagy adds.\u00a0 She notes that more people are calling her lately to say they\u2019re depressed and feeling suicidal.\u00a0 \u201cThey\u2019re asking, \u2018why am I here?\u2019\u00a0 I tell them don\u2019t say that.\u00a0 Words are power.\u201d\u00a0 She says, \u201cYou\u2019re here to out-picture God\u2019s love for us.\u2019\u201d She says the response from people suffering, is sometimes, \u201cwell, God\u2019s not loving us very much right now.\u201d\u00a0 She answers them, \u201cDon\u2019t put this on God.\u00a0 This is man buying into him or herself as a material being.\u00a0 We\u2019re not material.\u00a0 We\u2019re light.\u201d\u00a0 She suggests, \u201cI am Love,\u201d as an uplifting affirmation or mantra to repeat during trying moments.\u00a0 She also advises cutting out newspapers, TV and other negative reading materials that pollute the mind and create negative feedback loops. What uplifting affirmation will you choose for today?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bio:<\/strong> Debra Moffitt is author of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Awake-World-Practices-Divinely-Inspired\/dp\/0738727229\">Awake in the World: 108 Practices to Live a Divinely Inspired Life<\/a>. A visionary, dreamer and teacher, she\u2019s devoted to nurturing the spiritual in everyday life. She leads workshops on spiritual practices at the Sophia Institute and other venues in the U.S. and Europe. Her mind\/body\/spirit articles, essays and stories appear in publications around the globe and were broadcast by BBC World Services Radio. She has spent over fifteen years practicing meditation, working with dreams and doing spiritual practices. Visit her online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.awakeintheworld.com\/\">http:\/\/www.awakeintheworld.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A kind, soft spoken word can change the course of our lives and touch those around us.\u00a0 Though most of us rarely take time to think of how we speak and think language provides the one element that separates humanity from any other species.\u00a0 Using the power of words to heal and uplift can make&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":409,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,4,26,125,3],"tags":[346,345,419,417,416,418],"class_list":["post-610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faith","category-inspiration","category-meditation","category-oneness","category-spiritual-practice","tag-awake-in-the-world","tag-debra-moffitt","tag-rebecca-nagy","tag-the-power-of-words-to-heal","tag-using-words-wisely","tag-vibration-of-words"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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