What's In A Word?
Who speaks of the musicality of truth? Where do words come from? Is language, as Buckminster Fuller once said, “mankind’s greatest anonymous inheritance,” truly without name, meaning, an impersonal acquisition – the result of random forces acting on matter to produce a result – or is it something else? Something greater, such as the glue that binds humans together. In other words, is language the product of the brain, or did language, in some form or another, create the brain as well as all other material products we see before us in the world?
The radical proposition of language as a force of creation is a premise that has not, to my knowledge, been given serious consideration by humanity. Obviously, language is changing all the time, in a state of flux, but does it have underneath it, so to speak, a fundamental creative power that has been present since time immemorial (for example, since the creation of the universe)?
Language exists today in a rundown state. We use it unconsciously, hardly aware of its power, not to even mention its origin. We take it for granted, but maybe we ought not to do so. Think, for a moment, of the power of words. Words instigate action; a perfect example of this is the general who issues orders and the chain of command underneath him who then carries this order out. This may give some inkling of the power of words. Another (tragic) example would be the rantings and ramblings of a Hitler, which gave rise to the tidal wave of destruction that was the Second World War. Are we beginning to see the power of language?
So, what are words? Where do they originate? What do they do? And, can language be stopped? Or, is it a force that exists with or without us, of which we are a part and in which we “swim?” Think on this, please.
The difficulty for many of us is that our language no longer corresponds to our action or our reality. That is why we must become people of our words. Simply put, this means doing what you say and saying only what you intend to do. Otherwise, don’t talk. Don’t waste words, don’t lie, don’t say what you don’t mean, and don’t speak unconsciously. Instead, implement the language of silence, which is looking, listening, and acting quietly on what is perceived. Then, if our silence accumulates such power, perhaps, as a result, our language will begin to correspond, once again, with our reality and, finally, with Reality (objective reality independent of subjective perceptions and interpretations of them).
Frankly, I grasp for truth here, for this is an uncharted territory. However, what I am certain about is that language in its present state is a much maligned and malingering entity. Its abuse has destroyed its efficiency and effectiveness. Therefore, we must initiate a new respect and reverence for Silence and its potential. In silence is vibrancy, creation, and Life itself. In silence lies are reduced to rubble and incinerated; what remains is truth. But, we must want it and court it, court the ascendancy of silence to become again, children of the Sun.
Poetry, art, blends with the most exact science to reintroduce the products of light in the Mind, coupled with a renewed appreciation of sound.
Can you dig it? Can you embrace it? Can you accept the challenge of change? Where are you, the children who will hear this and respond. Let me know. Let me know you’re out there.
The radical proposition of language as a force of creation is a premise that has not, to my knowledge, been given serious consideration by humanity. Obviously, language is changing all the time, in a state of flux, but does it have underneath it, so to speak, a fundamental creative power that has been present since time immemorial (for example, since the creation of the universe)?
Language exists today in a rundown state. We use it unconsciously, hardly aware of its power, not to even mention its origin. We take it for granted, but maybe we ought not to do so. Think, for a moment, of the power of words. Words instigate action; a perfect example of this is the general who issues orders and the chain of command underneath him who then carries this order out. This may give some inkling of the power of words. Another (tragic) example would be the rantings and ramblings of a Hitler, which gave rise to the tidal wave of destruction that was the Second World War. Are we beginning to see the power of language?
So, what are words? Where do they originate? What do they do? And, can language be stopped? Or, is it a force that exists with or without us, of which we are a part and in which we “swim?” Think on this, please.
The difficulty for many of us is that our language no longer corresponds to our action or our reality. That is why we must become people of our words. Simply put, this means doing what you say and saying only what you intend to do. Otherwise, don’t talk. Don’t waste words, don’t lie, don’t say what you don’t mean, and don’t speak unconsciously. Instead, implement the language of silence, which is looking, listening, and acting quietly on what is perceived. Then, if our silence accumulates such power, perhaps, as a result, our language will begin to correspond, once again, with our reality and, finally, with Reality (objective reality independent of subjective perceptions and interpretations of them).
Frankly, I grasp for truth here, for this is an uncharted territory. However, what I am certain about is that language in its present state is a much maligned and malingering entity. Its abuse has destroyed its efficiency and effectiveness. Therefore, we must initiate a new respect and reverence for Silence and its potential. In silence is vibrancy, creation, and Life itself. In silence lies are reduced to rubble and incinerated; what remains is truth. But, we must want it and court it, court the ascendancy of silence to become again, children of the Sun.
Poetry, art, blends with the most exact science to reintroduce the products of light in the Mind, coupled with a renewed appreciation of sound.
Can you dig it? Can you embrace it? Can you accept the challenge of change? Where are you, the children who will hear this and respond. Let me know. Let me know you’re out there.
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