Truth is like an invisible man. He can only make himself visible by putting on clothes. If he puts on a lot of clothes that fit loosely, we get only a very imperfect picture of him. The less he wears, the thinner and tighter his clothing is, the more exact the impression we get of him. But regardless of how well his clothing may reveal his shape, it still covers him, and we see only the clothing but never the invisible person himself.
It’s exactly the same way with truth! The less words we use to express truth – that is, to cover it and make it visible – the better we can recognise it. But by the mere fact of expressing truth in words, covering it with words, we simultaneously keep ourselves from seeing truth itself in its immediacy, its nakedness, its true being. For those of us who cannot see accurately into each other’s minds and hearts, words are the only means of communication we possess. But we never see what the other is really thinking and would like to say . . . we hear only the words about it.
As the light of the intuition develops within us, we begin to see what is truly there in a man’s heart and mind. It is no longer a hunch or a gut feeling. It becomes a true knowing.
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Interesting analogy….appealed to me as I have a tendency to feel hampered by words-I can never seem to find the words that fit adequately. Just as if one might be composing a piece of music or painting a picture, tone, harmony and color are elements that penetrate into the deeper reaches of the heart and can be felt as vibration.
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I know what you mean. What I’ve noticed is that when people are really listening attentively to what you’re saying, they are interested and this flow of reciprocal energy between makes it easier internally to find the right words for them. Clarity of meaning becomes important because you want them to understand what you have come to understand. The same thing applies when we are listening to others. Too often both parties are not really listening in the conversation and there is no flow between. Under these conditions it becomes very difficult to speak meaningfully . . . The right words just don’t come. Purposeful speech, as you say, is like composing a piece of music or painting a picture, with its subtle tones and colours.
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