Solomon Islands is a sovereign country consisting of a group of a hundred over of small islands located to the east of Papua New Guinea and Australia in the southern part of the Pacific Ocean. It is said the indigenous people who live on the islands live far from civilisation. They do not have powerful modern tools like chainsaws to cut down big trees. They only have primitive tools like an ax. When there is a huge tree that needs to be felled, primitive tools are inadequate.
So what do they do?
The indigenous people will gather around the tree that they want to fell every morning. They curse at the tree, yell at it and hurl all kinds of negative words at using very negative energy. They do this for 30 days. Slowly, the tree starts to rot from the inside and finally on the last day, the tree fell down by itself.
I first knew about the Solomon Islands when I watched the award-winning Hindi film, "Taare Zameen Par" (Like Stars On Earth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbkMDS7y1I8). And I felt an immediate impact the story had on me as soon as I heard it.
Words are double-edged swords. Words can inspire. Words can uplift spirits. But words can hurt too. Have you ever felt so happy after someone said something positive about you and you felt you could do anything in the world? And have you ever felt so lousy about yourself that you thought you should just die and disappear from this world?
I have my share of those moments. Since young, I have been exposed to these words for many years:
"You are useless!"
"You are good-for-nothing!"
"Why are you so stupid?!"
"Why can't you even do a small thing right? How can I expect you to do big things in future?!"
"Did you eat shit to grow up?!"
"Asshole!"
"Go and die!"
"You are better off dead than living!"
And many more.
Many people think and say you will eventually grow out of all these negativities. I thought the same, but I was just lying to myself. After I have begun working and started to be independent, I found that I was a very unhappy person. I thought very lowly of myself. I had no confidence. I may look happy and confidence on the outside but that's just because I told myself to put up a facade. It was only recently I became aware of these issues within me after I went for my mentor Suria Mohd's Soul Detox class. I am much more happy now as I am more aware of my emotions and how to manage it.
Have you had similar experiences?
Let's make an effort to use positive words 100% of the time! Let's make this world a better place for ourselves and our next generation.
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More Websites:
Do trees die of cursing in Solomon Islands?
http://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/23231/do-trees-die-of-cursing-in-solomon-islands
Blessings and Curses
http://www.tparents.org/moon-talks/hyungjinmoon/HyungJinMoon-071013.htm
An Island where trees are not cut but cursed.
http://snoopymind.com/trees-are-brought-down-by-curse-magic-in-solomon-islands/
Is it true that people of Solomon island curse the trees if they want to clear the trees?
http://www.answers.com/Q/Is_it_true_that_people_of_Solomon_island_curse_the_trees_if_they_want_to_clear_the_trees
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