A WORD TO THE SPEAKERS WHO GRACE THE ROSTRUM
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The Swami ought to speak slightly slower for the words to take hold of his audience. Such excessive speed of delivery tends to excite the audience to inattention instead of helping it to settle into tranquil recollection. The pronunciation must improve, so must the conviction in the words spelled out from thesurface consciousness instead of the depth consciousness where resides the Lord in regal repose. The energy exhibited in the lecture is worthy of commendation but for the dispersal of the seeds among fallow lands owing to lack of direction and discrimination in the deliverer devoid of divine perception that lend substance to words and images otherwise depleted in soul-force. A meditative tranquillity is glaringly absent in the entire rendition as is a core comprehension of the message pouring forth at a greater than optimal speed which fail in their very rush of expression to catch the imagination of the listeners who are sent scampering hither and thither for accessing the data thrown broadcast at them. This is no cyclonic monk's speech for the words lack originality, are merely textual, much uttered and rendered insipid and ineffectual through such repetition, and come from the surface cerebellum and not the deep Divine as the cyclonic monk's used to be. However, to give credit to the speaker, he has the youth, exuberance in inexperience and the zeal, seemingly, to hone his skills and progressively develop into a fine speaker and I heartily wish him all success in this regard.
But spirituality is the core issue here and not merely dexterity in delivery of words that will make up a discourse. It is the soul of a speech, especially when coming from a monastic, and in its absence, the talk peters into merely a rapid sequence of words and images, incoherent in content and communication and lacking in the power of persuasion that perceptions divine invariably possess and move the audience unto a higher realm even if for the while. Here, however, one remains stuck up in more modest habitat consequent on such flooding of phrases at an inappropriate speed and in not too polished a diction. Here a lot of work will have to be done to lend substance, soul and symphony to a spiritual talk that can quite as much be more musical than prosaic and lift the listeners to a rapturous level. My best wishes towards such an end and I look forward to more soulful and resonant discourse than is now doing the rounds on account of insufficient training of the speakers and the lack of critical appraisal of the lectures delivered. May Vivekananda guide all aspirants to the rostrum to greater excellence and induce in them such qualities as had made his own self to becoming the orator by divine right!
Written by Sugata Bose
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The Swami ought to speak slightly slower for the words to take hold of his audience. Such excessive speed of delivery tends to excite the audience to inattention instead of helping it to settle into tranquil recollection. The pronunciation must improve, so must the conviction in the words spelled out from thesurface consciousness instead of the depth consciousness where resides the Lord in regal repose. The energy exhibited in the lecture is worthy of commendation but for the dispersal of the seeds among fallow lands owing to lack of direction and discrimination in the deliverer devoid of divine perception that lend substance to words and images otherwise depleted in soul-force. A meditative tranquillity is glaringly absent in the entire rendition as is a core comprehension of the message pouring forth at a greater than optimal speed which fail in their very rush of expression to catch the imagination of the listeners who are sent scampering hither and thither for accessing the data thrown broadcast at them. This is no cyclonic monk's speech for the words lack originality, are merely textual, much uttered and rendered insipid and ineffectual through such repetition, and come from the surface cerebellum and not the deep Divine as the cyclonic monk's used to be. However, to give credit to the speaker, he has the youth, exuberance in inexperience and the zeal, seemingly, to hone his skills and progressively develop into a fine speaker and I heartily wish him all success in this regard.
But spirituality is the core issue here and not merely dexterity in delivery of words that will make up a discourse. It is the soul of a speech, especially when coming from a monastic, and in its absence, the talk peters into merely a rapid sequence of words and images, incoherent in content and communication and lacking in the power of persuasion that perceptions divine invariably possess and move the audience unto a higher realm even if for the while. Here, however, one remains stuck up in more modest habitat consequent on such flooding of phrases at an inappropriate speed and in not too polished a diction. Here a lot of work will have to be done to lend substance, soul and symphony to a spiritual talk that can quite as much be more musical than prosaic and lift the listeners to a rapturous level. My best wishes towards such an end and I look forward to more soulful and resonant discourse than is now doing the rounds on account of insufficient training of the speakers and the lack of critical appraisal of the lectures delivered. May Vivekananda guide all aspirants to the rostrum to greater excellence and induce in them such qualities as had made his own self to becoming the orator by divine right!
Written by Sugata Bose
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