Editorial January 10, 2000 Issue

If "thoughts are like arrows"

William E. Moody

Thoughts are like arrows. Once released they strike their mark. Guard them well or one day you may be your own victim." This wise bit of counsel is a Native American proverb, passed along in the Chickahominy Tribe of Virginia. But it certainly isn't a subject relegated to ancient axioms with little current relevance. In fact, the effect of thought on human experience has in recent years become a subject of widespread interest among religious thinkers and writers, spiritual seekers, social scientists, doctors, and researchers.

The "thought arrows" that are wrong and cruel need to be kept in check.

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