Speech/swearing/prakrti/guna: brainstorm about expressions and modifications

thnx for the replies.
Allow me to share my thoughts, which arise when i read the comments.
interestingly, bad words can be used as in:

  1. social mirroring /sarcasm (probably what mr. nobody described)
  2. cynical (telling straightforward what you think about it, true/false yes/no disagreements)

(…and probably more ways, but for now lets stick with these)

about the first: im trying to train myself to not stimulate others with sarcasm/sarcastic jokes. i’ve did some research and it can ofcoarse be fun (=unexpected), but sarcasm can leave very destructive, unconscious thoughtpatterns in the mind. Sarcasm is most often targeted at people in a negative way. Also, people can only attribute to a joke succesfully, if it makes the situation even more grim/humiliating.
Some people are even double sarcastic when its too late and they reply ‘it was just a joke’ (meaning: “I/you dont get it”) instead of ‘sorry, i didnt want to hurt you’. I went down this road myself, used to hang around people like that a lot, my conclusion is : too much tamas-energy is not inspiring and will get you nowhere :slight_smile:

The second: some people are proud to be cynical (“i say whatever i want”). i even tried this approach in the past and my conclusions are: this doesnt lead to yoga/union with other people and therefore yourself.
I would describe it as hypocricial separatism: “i play bassguitar in my metalband, sing ‘fuck the police and the corporate world’, and then sell my records and merchandise to my fans, and enjoy my beer which i bought at the shoppingmall” :slight_smile:

If i think about JSK’s question: my conclusion is that always if one of above variations occur, it seems like i and the (group)conversation ‘harden up’, and prevent discussing subtle/emotional/openminded discussions/brainstorms.

anyways, i notice that (to me) inspiring people are usually people who dont indulge into extreme bad language or swearing. Their jokes are usually light, and emphasize a good aspect of a person.

Yes, I guess this is something I am going to have to work on eventually, or it will drop by itself as I make progress.

I love god so much…

I really don’t care what others do, because I am firm in my faith and I [B]can[/B] say ‘whatever I want’.

People may say ‘oh, if you say you love god, you really don’t’ or ‘if you say whatever you want, it means you still have a long way to go’…

I mean, for heaven’s sake, how do they know anything about this anyway?

If anybody says to me: “you are a fraud” or “I don’t believe you” do you really think I care? Honestly? When I have Shiva, that’s all I need…

Also, if the whole world tells me off, I probably will stand up and take notice. If a few people do, that’s just ‘water off my back’…plenty more people out there (that’s if I actually gave a damn about convincing others to the validity of my beliefs anyway…which I don’t).

I’ll try and unfork my tongue later though…let’s call it a ‘New Year’s Resolution’.