LANGUAGE AND MIND
Language exists in time and space for
communication in 3D on the material plane where
telepathy is difficult; occurring, as it does naturally,
higher up, on the mental plane. Language is used to
communicate emotions - and information, which is
communication about external conditions occurring as
a result of mental activity on higher planes - cf weather
- over distance - be it temporal or spatial.
The words chosen are important. First, we should
think about WHETHER to speak, then about HOW to
do so. We ought to choose words carefully, and try not
to use stock phrases and cliches (like those, for
instance!).
Do not take a ready-made concept and pass it on like
a bad cold.
Language exists in time and space for
communication in 3D on the material plane where
telepathy is difficult; occurring, as it does naturally,
higher up, on the mental plane. Language is used to
communicate emotions - and information, which is
communication about external conditions occurring as
a result of mental activity on higher planes - cf weather
- over distance - be it temporal or spatial.
The words chosen are important. First, we should
think about WHETHER to speak, then about HOW to
do so. We ought to choose words carefully, and try not
to use stock phrases and cliches (like those, for
instance!).
Do not take a ready-made concept and pass it on like
a bad cold.
Language and Spirit
Communication with Spirit is of necessity 'telepathic' - it's
hard to talk when you haven't got a mouth any more.
Unfortunately, if one wants or needs to pass on a message
from Spirit to others on the earth plane, it is necessary to
use the medium of language, and often the words just
don't do it; it is hard to squeeze into wordy sentences the
vast ideas encountered while the mind is tuned in to the
higher frequencies. The Language Acquisition Device
grafted onto humanity was not put there to assist in
communication with higher planes; it was rather to prevent
such.
It is fashionable in Linguistics to study language exclusively
synchronically, i.e., to take a 'slice' through the tree trunk
and look at it as it is then, and how all the bits relate to
each other on a sort of photographic plate - which isn't
there...
It would be considered less than scientific to attempt to
describe a person fully by looking at a photograph of them,
even though the photograph would at least show you what
they looked like at the time it was taken.
Language never looks like anything. It doesn't exist
outside. It is an ever-changing code used to communicate
emotions, thoughts and ideas, through the medium of 'air'
i.e. the 'gaseous' matter in which we conduct our physical
existence. Air is the stuff our physical bodies breathe in
and out - 'inspire' and 'expire' - hmm; the physical
representation of the inspiration and expiration of the
universal 'energy' we need to take in and give out to 'live' -
i.e., to conduct one of the active earthly cycles, which
alternate with inactive ones, round and round until it is time
to ascend to the next level.
Until it is again possible to communicate directly through
Mind, we make do with words; through which, it must be
admitted, it is easier to conceal than communicate truth, of
whatever order. The words are also essentially
second-hand - pre-owned - and consequently not really fit
for purpose. This is the case particularly with written
language, where the spelling of words is fossilized while
the spoken version changes so fast.
In order to communicate in writing we now have to follow
conventions set down as rules (cf medicine), and though
the spoken version does change, it does so in spite of
efforts made to the contrary, by those in power, who
attempt standardization, with the threat not only of
inferiority but even imprisonment, should we choose to
disregard their attempts to control our thoughts by
controlling the words we are allowed to utter in public, and
sometimes in private.
Language is a power tool, and it is an easier one to use
than a hand drill to alter the way minds work. We know that
the real way to change Self is from within, but, physically
as well as mentally, external conditions do have an effect,
for 'good' or 'bad'. If we assume it just goes from one word
to the next - 'forward' through time, with no underlying
structure, as was once suggested, in the days when
Skinner was popular - the idea of controlling language to
control people is frightening enough; but in the case of
generative grammar and hierarchical structures, it is far
more sinister.
Communication with Spirit is of necessity 'telepathic' - it's
hard to talk when you haven't got a mouth any more.
Unfortunately, if one wants or needs to pass on a message
from Spirit to others on the earth plane, it is necessary to
use the medium of language, and often the words just
don't do it; it is hard to squeeze into wordy sentences the
vast ideas encountered while the mind is tuned in to the
higher frequencies. The Language Acquisition Device
grafted onto humanity was not put there to assist in
communication with higher planes; it was rather to prevent
such.
It is fashionable in Linguistics to study language exclusively
synchronically, i.e., to take a 'slice' through the tree trunk
and look at it as it is then, and how all the bits relate to
each other on a sort of photographic plate - which isn't
there...
It would be considered less than scientific to attempt to
describe a person fully by looking at a photograph of them,
even though the photograph would at least show you what
they looked like at the time it was taken.
Language never looks like anything. It doesn't exist
outside. It is an ever-changing code used to communicate
emotions, thoughts and ideas, through the medium of 'air'
i.e. the 'gaseous' matter in which we conduct our physical
existence. Air is the stuff our physical bodies breathe in
and out - 'inspire' and 'expire' - hmm; the physical
representation of the inspiration and expiration of the
universal 'energy' we need to take in and give out to 'live' -
i.e., to conduct one of the active earthly cycles, which
alternate with inactive ones, round and round until it is time
to ascend to the next level.
Until it is again possible to communicate directly through
Mind, we make do with words; through which, it must be
admitted, it is easier to conceal than communicate truth, of
whatever order. The words are also essentially
second-hand - pre-owned - and consequently not really fit
for purpose. This is the case particularly with written
language, where the spelling of words is fossilized while
the spoken version changes so fast.
In order to communicate in writing we now have to follow
conventions set down as rules (cf medicine), and though
the spoken version does change, it does so in spite of
efforts made to the contrary, by those in power, who
attempt standardization, with the threat not only of
inferiority but even imprisonment, should we choose to
disregard their attempts to control our thoughts by
controlling the words we are allowed to utter in public, and
sometimes in private.
Language is a power tool, and it is an easier one to use
than a hand drill to alter the way minds work. We know that
the real way to change Self is from within, but, physically
as well as mentally, external conditions do have an effect,
for 'good' or 'bad'. If we assume it just goes from one word
to the next - 'forward' through time, with no underlying
structure, as was once suggested, in the days when
Skinner was popular - the idea of controlling language to
control people is frightening enough; but in the case of
generative grammar and hierarchical structures, it is far
more sinister.
LANGUAGE AND SPIRIT
The problem with language in a spiritual context is that
it simply does not suffice, as a means of transferring
information. Dealing with 'Spirit' is dealing with
dimensions and on levels other than those on which
language applies and has relevance. It is, after all, a
tool for communication, used on the material plane, to
transmit feelings, thoughts and ideas which exist in
rarer, faster planes of vibration..
Some ideas which emerge are so far removed from
the ordinary that words just get in the way, which is
why so much old knowledge is recorded symbolically.
Of course, the meaning of the symbols is not always
immediately apparent, but when it comes through,
usually after a longer or shorter period of time spent
trying to describe the concept in words, it's like a
lovely soft explosion of orange light that warms you
and tastes sweet.
I have spoken of concepts and the lack of means of
describing them, which is frustrating and odd. Even
more frustrating and odd are the false concepts
people readily and regularly accept as true. Someone
draws an entirely arbitrary line around an amount of
stuff and gives it a name, after which the stuff changes
its nature in the minds of the people who adopt the
word, so that it fits into the space they have made in
their heads for it, rather like yeast and bread
The problem with language in a spiritual context is that
it simply does not suffice, as a means of transferring
information. Dealing with 'Spirit' is dealing with
dimensions and on levels other than those on which
language applies and has relevance. It is, after all, a
tool for communication, used on the material plane, to
transmit feelings, thoughts and ideas which exist in
rarer, faster planes of vibration..
Some ideas which emerge are so far removed from
the ordinary that words just get in the way, which is
why so much old knowledge is recorded symbolically.
Of course, the meaning of the symbols is not always
immediately apparent, but when it comes through,
usually after a longer or shorter period of time spent
trying to describe the concept in words, it's like a
lovely soft explosion of orange light that warms you
and tastes sweet.
I have spoken of concepts and the lack of means of
describing them, which is frustrating and odd. Even
more frustrating and odd are the false concepts
people readily and regularly accept as true. Someone
draws an entirely arbitrary line around an amount of
stuff and gives it a name, after which the stuff changes
its nature in the minds of the people who adopt the
word, so that it fits into the space they have made in
their heads for it, rather like yeast and bread
SYNCHRONY vs DIACHRONY
OK - in Linguistics, we can analyze a given system at any
'point', taking a 'slice through', but this is not to say that
only the surface representations count - because they are
surface representations
of underlying structures, and the structures are
time-related if the language has changed or been changed
- and what language hasn't?
The case is the same for the societies and systems based
them - through 'politics', 'religion' etc - synchronically, but
the underlying structures are there too, and they are
history-related - and much of the history is actively kept
hidden, while the rest is not sufficiently carefully examined.
OK - in Linguistics, we can analyze a given system at any
'point', taking a 'slice through', but this is not to say that
only the surface representations count - because they are
surface representations
of underlying structures, and the structures are
time-related if the language has changed or been changed
- and what language hasn't?
The case is the same for the societies and systems based
them - through 'politics', 'religion' etc - synchronically, but
the underlying structures are there too, and they are
history-related - and much of the history is actively kept
hidden, while the rest is not sufficiently carefully examined.
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