Is It bad to gossip about people?

Hello again! Today I was having a bit of a gossip session with some friends and at the same time we were making New Year Revolutions. And I wondered is it bad to gossip? Does it lower our vibration and make bad stuff happen?

Angel Answer:

Were you gossiping about us? We are most curious!!! We understand that this is a serious question, and we would immediately ask you what it is that makes you ask the question? Why, for instance, do you not ask 'Is it bad to drink coffee?' Or walk in the park, or feed the ducks or eat cakes, or indeed any of the other things that you did today? Why do you suspect that it might be bad to gossip?

Me: You are smart and no mistake! Of course you are right. I did all those other things and did not feel bad about doing them and it was only when I was gossiping that I felt bad. I felt guilty, as if I should not be perpetuating rumours that are more than likely hurtful to the people in question, even if they dont know I am doing it and also that I shouldnt be laughing at the misfortunes of others. Is it really bad? Is there a way to stop?

Angel:

When you love each other, truly love each other, you wish only for each other's joy and comfort and happiness and peace of mind. When you feel other things for each other..... you may not actually intend to hurt each other, you may merely laugh when a person slips on a banana skin, but the action of laughing at the misfortune of another is not loving, especially if the other person is not present. If you consider for a moment whether you would be happy if the situation were reversed, and other people were laughing at you and at events and circumstances in your life that make you unhappy, you will immediately know this to be true. That is not to say that you are a bad person for having done this, nor is it to say that you will now be punished! It is important to make this distinction, because many of you have this fear. It is not that you will be judged by some outside force who will then decide a suitable punishment for you! Not at all. It is simply a habit that affects your own energy and closes your heart a little, thereby, as you quite rightly pointed out, lowering your own vibration. When you change your vibration, you change what you magnetise. You may have already noticed that while you may feel a sense of glee when you take pleasure in the misfortunes of another being, it is a strange feeling that is not entirely joyful, nor is it entirely uplifting. It is because you are aware of this that you asked the question. We suggest that if you were to find ways to experience actual joy and bliss in your life, you would not have the taste for gossip! You will find that it is more than likely better that you concentrate your energy and attention on finding ways to experience something more satisfying than to try to make yourself stop doing it, however.