Positive Language starts within, with the Positive Self Talk or you may call it Positive Inner Dialogue.
When it is positive on the inside, it will be easier to speak positively on the outside.
Today we discussed potential challenges and what can help us in using Positive Language. Here are our lists:
Challenges For The Positive Language
- In relation with those close to us
- When we are tired
- When we are ill
- When we are hungry
- When we are confused
- When we are angry
- When we think we have a right to be rude
- When we make a mistake
- When we fail
- When our mind tortures us
- Better relationship with yourself
- Better relationship with others
- Supporting others
- Greater feeling of satisfaction
- Consolation
- Better relationship with Krsna
- Remembering that goal more often
- Speak based on sastra
- Avoid impulsive responses
- Thinking before we say something
- Cultivating an attitude of gratitude
- Being grateful for the gift of positive speech
Positive Language is described in the Bhagavad-gita:
... speaking words that are truthful, pleasing, beneficial, and not agitating to others, and ... regularly reciting Vedic literature.
Bg 17.15
