The Wisdom of Internal Silence
Speak simply when it's necessary. Think about what you are going to say before opening your mouth. It is brief and precise since every time you let a word out through your mouth, you let a part of your chi out at the same time. In this way he will learn to develop the art of speaking without losing energy. Never make promises you can not keep. Do not complain and do not use words that project negative images in your vocabulary because everything you have produced with your words loaded with chi will be produced around you.
If you have nothing good, true and useful, it is better to remain silent and say nothing. Learn to be like a mirror, listen and reflect the energy. The universe itself is the best example of a mirror that nature has given us because the universe unconditionally accepts our thoughts, our emotions, our words, our actions and sends us the reflection of our own energy under the form of the different circumstances that arise in our life.
If you identify with success, you will succeed. If you identify with failure, you will have failures. Thus we can see that the circumstances we live are simply external manifestations of the content of our internal speech. Learn to be like the universe, listening and reflecting energy without dense emotions and without prejudices, being like a mirror without emotions we learn to speak differently. With the mental calm and silent, without giving him the opportunity to impose himself with his personal opinions and preventing him from having excessive emotional reactions, he simply allows a sincere and fluid communication to exist. You do not give yourself much importance, but humble the more you show yourself superior, intelligent and arrogant, the more you become a prisoner of your own image and live in a world of tension and illusions.
If discreet, preserve your intimate life, in this way you free yourself from the opinions of others and lead a quiet life becoming invisible, mysterious, indefinable and unfathomable as the Tao. Do not compete with others, become like the land that nourishes us that gives us what we need. Help others to perceive their qualities, their virtues and shine. The competitive spirit makes the ego grow and inevitably creates conflicts. Have confidence in yourself, preserve your inner peace by avoiding getting into provocation and into the traps of others.
Do not compromise easily. If you act rashly without becoming deeply aware of the situation, you will create complications. People have no confidence in those who say yes very easily because they know that this famous person is not solid and lacks courage. Take a moment of inner silence to consider everything that is presented and make your decision later. Thus you will develop confidence in yourself and wisdom. If there really is something you don't know or don't have the answer to the question you have been asked, accept it. The fact of not knowing is very uncomfortable for the ego because he likes to know everything, always be right and always give his personal opinion. Actually, the ego doesn't know anything, it just makes it look like it knows.
Avoid judging and criticizing, the Tao is impartial and without judgments, does not criticize people, has infinite compassion and does not know duality. Every time you judge someone, all you do is express your personal opinion, and it's a waste of energy, it's pure noise. Judging is a way to hide their own weaknesses. The wise tolerate everything and will not say a word.
Remember that everything that bothers you about others is a projection of everything that you have not yet found yourself. Let everyone solve their own problems and concentrate your energy on your own life. Take care of yourself, do not defend. When you try to defend yourself, you are really giving too much importance to the words of others and giving more force to their aggression. If you accept not defending yourself, you are showing that the opinions of others do not affect you, that they are simply opinions and that you do not need to convince others to be happy. Your inside silence makes you impassible. Regularly fast the word to return to educate the ego that has the bad habit of speaking all the time. Practice the art of not speaking. Take one day a week to refrain from speaking. Or at least a few hours a day as allowed by your personal organization. This is an excellent exercise to know and learn the universe of unlimited Tao instead of trying to explain with words what Tao is. You will progressively develop the art of speaking without speaking and your true inner nature will replace your artificial personality, letting out the light of your heart and the power of the wisdom of silence. Thanks to this force you will attract to you everything you need to realize yourself and completely free yourself. But you have to be careful that the ego does not interfere. The power remains when the ego stays calm and silent. If your ego imposes itself and abuses this power, the same power will become a poison, and your whole being will be poisoned quickly.
Stay silent, cultivate your own inner power. Respect the lives of others and everything that exists in the world. Do not try to force, manipulate and control others.
Become your own teacher and let others be what they are, or what they have the capacity to be. In other words, live following the sacred life of the Tao.
Taoist text translated by Oscar Salazar
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