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Language reflects YOU
Persistence
From where does your language come and what does it reveal? Have you ever thought about your language beyond using it?
In my opinion: Language is a mixture of diverse beliefs. Every time words are spoken they carry forth the vibrations of the speaker's beliefs..... like strings attached to the words. Our words are chosen by our brain based on our perceptions and PERCEPTION is a conglomerate of all our body senses.
Stop for a moment and think. When asked to recall, would you agree the brain has stored fragmented bits and pieces from all senses to create a composite memory? You could easily call it a 'story'. For example, seeing an apple is not enough information to create the brain's story of apple. It is a fractional re-presentation, further enhanced by the added fractions of touch and taste, aided by the sound of eating an apple. Then the brain must add variations on the theme. How many colors of apple? How many changes in texture? Now apply the same sequence to other memories or language labels your brain stores. All are conglomerates of our individual life experiences with oft added dialogue: other people's opinion.
Now look at the world surrounding you/me/the guy next door, particularly at the technology which consistently inundates us with waves of "information spam" which can threaten and submerge the authentic Self. Surrounded by devices openly relying on illusion: reasonable "facsimiles" by way of sound and image files which trick the brain into perceiving it's expectation...Be it camcorders, camera cell phones, DVD players, HDTV, all work on the same principles of image interpretation. Brains are known to receive, compare data (to that previously stored) then go to decoding and storing only the changes... or not changing any thing at all. What we perceive as "real" is only and always, all ways, based on our perceptual expectations coupled with previously sensational stored data. Yes, we create sensational data by what we choose to save and what we choose to ignore from that very same experience. We all form patterns of predictive reality, stored right in our 'user friendly' brain = treasured, and perhaps tightly held, expectations. Now add the additional element of consensual reality created by our local society of other humans. Stretch it further to include the global societies of other nations. Is it any wonder we sometimes mis-interpret what we see and/or hear? or pull forth a fractional memory of people and/or events? You could accurately say we, human beings, are co-evolving within the cyberspace of technology. It is a fact we seldom consider, yet we are daily at the effect of cyberspace pressure. I spend more time on computer than on the phone which also means I have had to hone my skills in written expression, which leads to seeing my thoughts on paper, especially my choice of words which sometimes surprises me.It shows old beliefs I thought I had discarded, leading me to change the word, the phrase. I've gone from the old language of 'fighting' for some thing to 'cooperatively finding resolution'....People respond with often unconscious body language to words. Fight is one of them. Why? because we all have memory stings attached to the word....some may be very unpleasant. Even using the word 'defend' opens more doors to solution than 'fight'... How about the word 'opportunity'? Did it bring up resistence or interest from your brain? Language is a complex blend of individual experiences.
I am reading "The Speed of Trust" by Stephen Covey and realize I must expand my own ideas of TRUST within my own thoughts, having little to do with what is "out there" and .....far beyond my own concepts gained through living in America and abroad, beyond the many books read, seminars attended wherever. When reality is acknowledged, my own thoughts are the 'devil at hand'....all the things I think I 'know', while there abounds the many 'things I don't know I don't know'. How complacent to 'know'...and how hilarious to dis-cover what I don't....Yes, I mainly find it amusing to my SELF which empowers me to ignore the option of taking it personally....that is, to me,a foolish waste of precious time.
So how does one bridge the gap between nations? One has only to watch a news broadcast to discover a dilemma of interpretation. What are the expectations (fractional memories) my brain automatically pulls forth (to ensure my survival is it's only job) which could be erroneous in today's world? When speaking, where do I find the middle road of compassionate authenticity? For me the road lies within my own beliefs of Life being in Divine order, whether or not I understand the sequence. Every time I rely on stored expectations I am again reminded to ask my Self "am I allowing my everyday reality into being manipulated/influenced by my own expectations?" STOP.Investigate my initial response. Sometimes I change it as the adjustment is easy and sometimes it is rather tedious and difficult."Experience" wants to rear it's time honored head to caution me. Other times it is simply FUNNY....For example, I treasure my time in '83, finding my Self smack dab in the middle of Aussie culture and the 'otherness' of living here... Forget the road pattern, that was the easy part. Ah .....the language. In my naivety I thought we all speak English, right? HAH ...was quickly informed I spoke YANKEE. So I learned to ASK: "is that what you mean?" am I correct?" would you rephrase that?" etc. etc. Clarity leads to power and I survived admirably. I returned again in '95 for 3 1/2 yrs. and thoroughly loved my life there. I was even accused by a friend of "Oh my gawd,you're beginning to sound like an Aussie"....Adaptable I am.
Perhaps you have some similar memories.....Even between parts of America language differs...add Canada... venture southward to Mexico where Spanish is NOT the same as spoken Mexican. Oh no, life is never dull. You might consider it an invisible challenge to train your self to momentarily investigate preconceived/habitual expectations in order to see REALITY with newly adjusted eyes and ears that fully experience the unfolding "NOW" moment. Technology can be equally accurate, yet as you may have learned, equally deceptive. Both brain and technology are susceptible to manipulation. Be aware, and more than being aware, be CARING of our world and everyone in it. It's the only one we've got.......so far.
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Contributor's Note
I write based on my own experience.Comments are welcomed as I never know what I don't know. Aloha.
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