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ShuutokuTentei
Oct 27, 2010, 4:20:13 PM10/27/10
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One single word can ignite a nation, another unite a people, a
third causes us to step back in awe. Like the four seasons there is a
time and a place for the words we write or speak. Our words can dam
up a river, or release a raging torrent that destroys everything in it
path. Sometimes our words are careless, sometimes deliberate, often
carefully pointed, and meant to illicit responsiveness. Can we say
that our most eloquent words spoken from our heart always induce the
intentions of good we expected when we sent them out? What motivates
us to speak the words we speak? Are all our elocutions sanctified by
the divine, or do we miss-speak in evoking his name. What part of our
words is he, and what part of our words is we? Most importantly, how
do we know when we have said enough, or too little?
In the world of debate, words are the essence of the discipline.
That is, if the participants thereof consider debate a discipline.
For most, there are rules of debate. Conditions of participation both
spoken and non. It may vary from table to table, mug to mug, pulpit
to pulpit, yet for most, prudence and responsibility are tantamount to
the free exchange of thoughts and ideas, otherwise debate essentially
degenerates into debacle that ultimately benefits no one except those
who seek to make debate debacle from the very start. Those who
proceed as such have learned to be master manipulators of those who
see debate as a discipline. A wise teacher from Nazareth once said
those who seek debacle will take what you see as sacred, trample it
under their feet, turn and tear you to pieces.
Should we then martyr ourselves so that our own words can be
heard? In doing so, do we enhance our own cause and that of the
divine? Our words are often spoken in haste of our own ego, not
giving thought to the snare that our enemies set for us. We often see
virtue as a moral imperative, when virtue is often best served by
silence, contemplation, and prayer. Sometimes the best act is to
leave those who promote debacle and derision to their own devices. If
they have no one to hate, no one to attack, no one to manipulate, no
one to trample, they ultimately end up with each other. Not so bad.
Yes?
ShuutokuTentei
http://www.arkofthecovenantyhvh.com/
One single word can ignite a nation, another unite a people, a
third causes us to step back in awe. Like the four seasons there is a
time and a place for the words we write or speak. Our words can dam
up a river, or release a raging torrent that destroys everything in it
path. Sometimes our words are careless, sometimes deliberate, often
carefully pointed, and meant to illicit responsiveness. Can we say
that our most eloquent words spoken from our heart always induce the
intentions of good we expected when we sent them out? What motivates
us to speak the words we speak? Are all our elocutions sanctified by
the divine, or do we miss-speak in evoking his name. What part of our
words is he, and what part of our words is we? Most importantly, how
do we know when we have said enough, or too little?
In the world of debate, words are the essence of the discipline.
That is, if the participants thereof consider debate a discipline.
For most, there are rules of debate. Conditions of participation both
spoken and non. It may vary from table to table, mug to mug, pulpit
to pulpit, yet for most, prudence and responsibility are tantamount to
the free exchange of thoughts and ideas, otherwise debate essentially
degenerates into debacle that ultimately benefits no one except those
who seek to make debate debacle from the very start. Those who
proceed as such have learned to be master manipulators of those who
see debate as a discipline. A wise teacher from Nazareth once said
those who seek debacle will take what you see as sacred, trample it
under their feet, turn and tear you to pieces.
Should we then martyr ourselves so that our own words can be
heard? In doing so, do we enhance our own cause and that of the
divine? Our words are often spoken in haste of our own ego, not
giving thought to the snare that our enemies set for us. We often see
virtue as a moral imperative, when virtue is often best served by
silence, contemplation, and prayer. Sometimes the best act is to
leave those who promote debacle and derision to their own devices. If
they have no one to hate, no one to attack, no one to manipulate, no
one to trample, they ultimately end up with each other. Not so bad.
Yes?
ShuutokuTentei
http://www.arkofthecovenantyhvh.com/
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