Listen to me !

i am older, i am wiser, i know - so just listen to me...

sound familiar ?  we were annoyed when spoken to thus and i am sure we annoy others when we say it..

let's look at what we are intimating with these words :

first and foremost, we are taking the "god" principal out of the equation and supplanting it with "me, me and only me "... what we know changes daily, so really, we don't know!  if we did, we would be happy ourselves, but obviously aside from the infinitesimal fleeting moments of non-misery that we assume is happiness, most of our lives are, well, not so happy .. we lack peace, contentment nor have we experienced silence - we are, instead, filled with fear, anger and doubt - so how much could we possibly  really "know" !

if anyone needs to be heard, it's that Universal Consciousness ( call it whatever you want as per your religion or lack thereof ) - herein lies the rub : do you know how to listen; can you yourself hear it ?  if not, don't preach what you don't know and if you do, what need is there to speak - for you know, all is the way it should be for it can be no other way.... have faith in your faith !

of course, it's easy to give advice ( no one ever asks " is that how you live ?" or " do your really follow what you are suggesting?" )   don't speak as words inevitably fall on deaf ears; Be the advice - live it, radiate it and let all those around soak it up and be drenched ...

if you are the one they need to hear it from, they will be directed to you and they will ask....

He alone knows.  He alone speaks ... be available to Him and He shall flow through you... if you are too full of yourself, you leave no room for Him.

so shut up and live well ...