Five Ancient Answers to One Question: Can a Word Shape a Life?

A background tour of how five ancient traditions understood the spoken word as a force that shapes mind and life, for readers of a related book. Every culture with a written record seems to have asked the same strange question: why does a few seconds of speech sometimes change an entire day? A sentence of encouragement, a cruel remark, a vow spoken at a wedding, a name given to a child. Words weigh more than their sound. This article is a background guide to how several ancient traditions tried to explain that weight. It is not a summary of any book. The title that prompted it is THE BILLIONAIRE MIND INFLUENCE (https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=qWTuEQAAQBAJ) by Dr. Ajarn Robert Shumake (Ajarn Shaman Shu), whose subtitle refers to ancient wisdom of the word. Rather than march through history in date order, we will visit five answers, one at a time, like rooms in a house. Room one: the sacred sound of the Vedic seers Related book: THE BILLIONAIRE MIND INFLUENCE by Dr. Ajarn Robert Shumake. More titles: Amazon author store.