I once led a seminar in Cape Town, South Africa. The topic of
conversation turned to transformation. People asked how transformation
happens - literally, where does transformation show up? Some said
transformation happens "in the mind". A couple said transformation only
happens "in a pure nervous system". One guy said transformation is "a
positive psychological state". A woman said she knew transformation
when she experienced it but she couldn't say with certainty how it
happens ie where it comes from.
I said to them "There's nothing worth believing in what I'm about to
say, so just try this on for size: Transformation shows up in my mouth.
Transformation happens in my language and in my speaking. And when I'm
no longer speaking transformation, then I'm no longer transformed.".
In an earlier, health conscious time, it was said "You are what you
eat". I also heard it said in a later, wealth conscious time "You are
what you wear". I would like to propose, instead - for today and for
the future - "You are what you speak".
This is the timeless gift of transformation: in the beginning (and in
the end), The Word ...