Fat Monk


24 Aug 2023

Voices

I can "hear" my thoughts. Not audibly, but you know what I mean. It is also referred to as "self-talk". Do you do that?

By nature, I cannot completely avoid self-talk, especially when I am not engaged in an active conversation. How I self-talk affects a lot of things, consciously or unconsciously.

At times, it may feel like a scene from a movie or a comic book. A devil in one shoulder and an angel in the other shoulder. That is an exaggeration, of course; I have never seen either on my shoulders.

But it is indeed important for me to know whose "voice" I am hearing. Never should I mistake my selfish voice or the devil's voice as someone else's voice. It was not others who said I am the greatest; it was my voice. It was not God who said that sin is okay; it was the devil.

I need to check whose voice I am hearing. And only heed God's voice.

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