Darkness Silence

Darkness Silence

One always reveals something of the truth.

The other is a method of communicating and may reveal truth

Or falsehood.

Darkness is the condition of lack of light.

Silence is the condition of lack of speech.

When Light and words agree

One may be on the right track.

“The people that walked in darkness have seen a Great Light:

They that dwell in the land of the shadow of death,

Upon them hath the Light shined."

Light is a good thing,

Without it, we stumble,

Fall and cannot find our way.

If the closer one walks to the depths of an organization

The darker it seems to be

That organization should perhaps change the light fixtures

Or the paint on the walls.

Light is absorbed.

Speech reinterprets it.

Throughout history, leaders

Under the illusion of seeking efficiency

Turn to methods of darkness.

Decisions are made without consultation.

And without illumination.

The results, of decisions made, are covered

To protect the decision maker.

And the group begins to fail as it walks in darkness.

The only eyes utilized are those of the leader.

And light from other sources is absorbed or ignored.

Thus the eyes of the leader can only see where he chooses to look.

Efficiently making decisions in the darkness

Is a very risky behavior!

“I am the Light”

The words of Jesus.

“In the beginning was the Word

And the Word was God and the Word was with God…”

The Light and the Word do not conflict one another.

Light reveals what is really there.

The Word reveals what is really there.

The words of one with limited vision are limited as well

And sometimes colored with deceit.

Democracies seek to shed light on the subject.

Even they can be taken over by those who

Speak false words

And many ---

So that the words become noise

With no meaning

And are worse than silence

Because they cause chaos

And add to the confusion

Of those walking in darkness.

When speech is consistent with sight

And when many are shining light

On the subject

And the people high and low

Search for such conditions –

Those where the light and the speech are in agreement -

Then the people are walking in the Light!

Even government works.

Any governing mechanism can fall to the tools of darkness and self-interest.

Any can for a time use the light and rational thought to do good.

However, when light and speech are in conflict

The structure needs a method to shine light on the subject

And hear from the people

High and low

Until the light and the speech are no longer in conflict.

When vision is limited,

Light should be shined in dark places.

When Light and speech are in conflict,

It is the speech and the interpretation of vision

That must be examined.

“Without consultation, plans are frustrated, But with many counselors they succeed.” Proverbs 11:14

“Without consultation, plans are frustrated,

But with many counselors they succeed.

A man has joy in an apt answer,

And how delightful is a timely word!…” Proverbs 15:22

When the words of a plan and Light are not in conflict,

Plans succeed!

Billy Reese Masten

12-15-2014