(Lecture given in Montevideo, March 27, 1949 by Carlos Bernardo Gonzalez Pecotche*)
We will present an image that will illustrate anomalies shown by the psychological configuration of the human being, in effect, what did the individual do with his reasoning from the moment he made the first contact with it? Nothing! Having thus been deprived of the conscious control, his mind remains at the mercy of circumstances, of situations and of the fluctuations of the thoughts that wander about in the world.
In such conditions, no one gives value to the words one has
pronounced, and so, from the smallest to the biggest lies are told in a natural
manner, leaving the person "untouched" as if nothing happened. This
generalized fact has led the world to the most frightening confusion. People
lie to each other and are deceived in good or bad faith. As a result, mutual
trust is affected creating huge disappointments especially when, due to
excessive good faith, one deposits his trust in someone else. But what
assurance can anyone give of his word? Is it not common that one's word is made
good only when it is convenient or when one takes pleasure in doing so?
There is no doubt that the word must be the faithful
expression of the dignity achieved by each one. It must be nurtured as
something precious because it represents one's inner asset: a great asset that,
one could say, has been dilapidated unconsciously. This is why so many poor
people exist in the world; spiritually poor, having squandered this valuable
asset called the word. What concept would a person deserve when, after having solemnly made a
promise or given his word asking the other to trust in his moral integrity, he
withdraws it, negates it or forgets it?
This is the tragedy of the world; human beings have
forgotten that God gave them the gift of the word to build with it their
happiness and never their disgrace. It is precisely the word that expresses the
true content of life, the first, as I said before, that the newborn utters in
the form of a scream as it cannot yet articulate other sounds; and it is the
same one, extracted from one's conscience, that is deeply felt and uttered in
the last goodbye upon closing one's eyes to life.
Each person must convert into a true guardian of his word;
and if you see that someone amongst you says inappropriate things, totally
extraneous to human thinking and feeling, I invite you to call his attention
directly while at the same time striving not to commit the same error yourself….
Knowledge and experience restore the good sense in the human
minds starting by cleaning them from all dregs in order to allow one's
conscience to retake its place as the owner and lady of one's life. It is for
this reason that Logosophy has repeatedly stressed the value of the word. One
day will come when one would be able to say, referring to somebody else, that
he is worth a lot because he possesses a great asset in his words; because he
never deceives when he expresses them; because he tells the truth without
hurting, without offending, always doing good and leaves in others a gratifying
sensation of well being.
*Excerpt from the book "An Introduction to Logosophical Cognition"originally published in Spanish. Free Translation
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