AUTHENTIC COMMUNICATION

"Communication that originates from the core of the Self has an irresistible natural power like that of heat and light."
(Debashis Chatterjee from "Leading Consciously")

The above quote is from a book we are reading in ministerial class. This chapter on communication has been profound to me. What is true communication? It is when we can speak from the self, the truth self. But, we cannot speak from the true self until we really know who we are.

The idea of just talking off the top of our heads, or as a friend of mine put it, out of our asses happens when we are just wanting to hear ourselves talk or think we have the final answer or solution.

True communication comes from thoroughly listening in the silence and then speaking from that place, asking question, after question until the questions just dissolve into an answer that might never be spoken but only felt and then acted upon.

As a ministerial student, I am working on being direct and inspirational speaker. However, I can only be these things when I am willing to speak from my Truth. Reiterating my trials and tribulations or shouting spiritual jargon at you is not inspiring. I want you to know why I believe beyond a shadow of a doubt that God is present everywhere. I want to be able to make you feel it because I feel it and you are receptive to know. I want to let you know how magnificent we are not in words, but by how I look into your eyes and how you look into mine. As a true communicator, I must bear my soul literally and listen to your soul at the same time.

In the depths of the silence of our souls, between God and God, true communication takes place. Want to talk?