http://www.pathwaytohappiness.com/happiness/2007/01/19/be-impeccable-with-your-word/ Through Self Awareness: Change core beliefs, emotional reactions, and create love and happiness in your relationships Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:56:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.pathwaytohappiness.com/happiness/2007/01/19/be-impeccable-with-your-word/comment-page-1/#comment-9031 Gary Sun, 21 Dec 2008 04:11:54 +0000 http://pathwaytohappiness.com/happiness/2007/01/19/be-impeccable-with-your-word/#comment-9031 I have found in my journey over years of spending time with don Miguel that my understanding of "Impeccable" has evolved. It doesn't mean what it use to. I didn't have the insight then that I do now. I'm also not clinging to my definition. I remain flexible with the intent that I will expand my understanding in years to come. I have found in my journey over years of spending time with don Miguel that my understanding of “Impeccable” has evolved. It doesn’t mean what it use to. I didn’t have the insight then that I do now. I’m also not clinging to my definition. I remain flexible with the intent that I will expand my understanding in years to come.

]]> http://www.pathwaytohappiness.com/happiness/2007/01/19/be-impeccable-with-your-word/comment-page-1/#comment-8458 Rosalyn Mantle Sat, 06 Dec 2008 19:41:13 +0000 http://pathwaytohappiness.com/happiness/2007/01/19/be-impeccable-with-your-word/#comment-8458 Being Impeccable with your word means something entirely different to me. Don Miguel explains that each of us live within a "dream." It is essentially our perception of our reality. It consists of our morals, our values, our mores' and those concepts we have learned by virtue of our family, our society, and our influences. Our word is like a sword and can slice through the belief systems of others. Here is an example. I am a very intense person. I have a lot of energy and work hard because I was taught by my parents that hard work will result in prosperity. To me, having motivation, being active and working are all positive attributes. They taught us to be very observant. However, I met a man who criticized me and said, you worry a lot, you are very intense, and you sweat the small stuff and are not self assured. Those negative perceptions he had of me caused me a great deal of sadness. What I had been taught were positives he had assessed as negatives. Suddenly, I began to question my dream. That is what is meant by being impeccable with your word. You must be aware of the feelings of others. You may not say something necessarily unkind, just unaware of the dream of another and what you say may destroy their perception of happiness. It's different than just saying unkind things to me. Being Impeccable with your word means something entirely different to me. Don Miguel explains that each of us live within a “dream.” It is essentially our perception of our reality. It consists of our morals, our values, our mores’ and those concepts we have learned by virtue of our family, our society, and our influences.
Our word is like a sword and can slice through the belief systems of others.
Here is an example. I am a very intense person. I have a lot of energy and work hard because I was taught by my parents that hard work will result in prosperity. To me, having motivation, being active and working are all positive attributes. They taught us to be very observant. However, I met a man who criticized me and said, you worry a lot, you are very intense, and you sweat the small stuff and are not self assured.
Those negative perceptions he had of me caused me a great deal of sadness. What I had been taught were positives he had assessed as negatives. Suddenly, I began to question my dream. That is what is meant by being impeccable with your word. You must be aware of the feelings of others. You may not say something necessarily unkind, just unaware of the dream of another and what you say may destroy their perception of happiness. It’s different than just saying unkind things to me.

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