Gossip

One of the obstacles to be overcome if you are serious about pursuing the path of knowledge is habitual gossip. You can never know yourself as long as you listen to or share gossip. As you know, the soul works with ethics, and when you are involved with gossip, it is not simply spoken, heard or seen by the mouth, ears and eyes. It is heard and seen by the heart, wounding it. It is wounded because rather than filling a space within it with love, compassion or kindness, you are pouring a poison on it. Gossip is a poison that weakens you physically, intellectually, and spiritually. During this lecture will refer to many types of gossip, like gossip in the workplace, in
friendships, groups, family, etc., as well as social gossip.