tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757642773669370452.post82552521884096499..comments2023-10-18T05:15:14.274-04:00Comments on Nin Andrews: The Power of SuggestionNin Andrewshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12643167108589844026noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757642773669370452.post-3764141451143444412009-03-23T23:14:00.000-04:002009-03-23T23:14:00.000-04:00Although I'm not religious in any sense, the quest...Although I'm not religious in any sense, the questions you raise here bring to mind something from somewhere in the Gnostic Gospels, where Jesus is reported to say (to someone or ones), "If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you fail to bring forth what is within you, what you fail to bring forth will destroy you."<BR/><BR/>One need not be religious, I think, to respond to the sense of this. I believe that what we say carries only a human power, and is not insurmountable. If our words take on the power of suggestion, they remain only our words. We have the power, then, to say other words, and suggest other things. What we have made, we can remake.<BR/><BR/>As if to emphasize the point, word verification is "sproopik".Lyle Daggetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10731915540520704368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5757642773669370452.post-17541442209671745982009-03-23T21:17:00.000-04:002009-03-23T21:17:00.000-04:00this is an interesting topic to me. i've always be...this is an interesting topic to me. i've always believed in the power of the tongue. you know, sylvia plath believed that she conjured up the woman her husband cheated on her with. she was constantly worried and scared it would happen and it did. but who knows, maybe the reason she always worried is because she knew deep down that ted was really an ass hole. anyways, i grew up in a Pentecostal church. There was always talk of "speaking things into existence" or speaking blessings and curses over people. now there are a lot of things i don't agree with in the church but for some reason the power of the tongue has always stuck with me. some might call me superstitious. i call it women's intuition.. Salon Noir .https://www.blogger.com/profile/06700395759992388936noreply@blogger.com