“Everything you think, feel, say, and do contains seeds of more of itself.”
― Alan Cohen
Kabir – The couplet
शब्द बराबर धनि नाही, जो कोई जाने बोल |
हीरा तो दामों मिले, शब्द ही मोल न तोल ||
Transliterated:
Shabd barabar dhan nahi, jo koi jaane bol |
Heera to daamon mile, shabd hi mol na tol ||
Translation:
There is no treasure like the spoken word, use your words with care |
Even diamonds can be bought for a price, but words are truly priceless ||
My
understanding:
Every word, spoken, lays seed to a new thread that grows into its own forest of
ideas, reactions, conversation and debate. This is a forest that many
participate in and partake of, and if done right,
Every word, not spoken, creates a different forest – only this stays in our own mind, seeding a forest that grows faster than weeds in a sultry hot patch of land. And this forest blocks out all potential for healthy growth of the mind!
So speak, but thoughtfully, and we will be like the glorious sun spreading health and happiness over every patch of land it shines on.