Page 79 - The Solution To Secret Sorrows

Harun Yahya

ity has been discovered, sometimes his voice reflects this. The natu-
ral, strong, lively, flowing, easy and healthy voice he uses in every-
day life gives way to a tone which is uncomfortable, stiff, cold,
choked, hoarse, strangled and troubled and is very difficult to un-
derstand. In such circumstances, the manner of speaking he uses is
not the one normally adopted, and especially not during cheerful
moments. The best way of judging this is to compare the person's
voice with the tone he adopts when served a dish he likes very
much, when a favorite piece of music is playing, or when he is given
something he wants very much. In general, a person's normal tone is
one he uses when he is cheerful and at peace. The loss of this tone
when he is given advice or a warning—that is, when an environ-
ment places a strain on him—results from his harboring negative
thoughts inside.
Of course, all these details in a person's voice have meaning and
contain a message. He sends the impression that he is not happy
about the criticism, wants the subject closed right away and other-
wise, will put an end to his conversation with the other person and
distance himself. By this means, he is implying that if the person he's
talking with uncovers his defects and mistakes, his spiritual state
will be disturbed and he will lose his normal peace of mind—so that
the other should not go on talking about him in this way and should
even take a step back.
No matter how much he may seem to be saying positive things,
such a person using this voice may in fact be saying the exact oppo-
site. This is the "rejection tone of voice." Although he may seem to
agree, he is not of the same opinion in his heart. This is one of the
most significant signs of the secret insincerity we have been dis-
cussing from the start. It can be realized very clearly from his tone of
voice that he does not agree with what's being said to him, is not

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