December 9, 2013

December 9, 2013

Dear Reader, 

 

When Sound Verbal Behavior (SVB) was discovered by this author, he instantly knew something of tremendous beauty had happened. Much to his own surprise, he felt suddenly without any problems. Since he had been having many problems in the period preceding his discovery, he could not believe it was possible for him to be in this state. To test his experience, he began saying whatever came to his mind. It was clear that it was not easy for him to communicate his problem-free state. Since he read many books about meditation and consciousness, he was convinced that he should be without any expectation, but this was not at all what he experienced. He felt more demanding than ever before and he upset everyone with his adamant claims. In spite of his joy, he was aware of the huge and difficult task that lay ahead of him: communicating his experience. 

The people he had been meditating with no longer wanted to talk with him, because he would disagree with just about anything they said. He had gotten upset with them after the meditation, because then, with a cup of tea in their hands, they would come out of their meditation and talk with each other. According to this author, the meditation ended the moment that they again opened their mouth. This annoyed this author, who felt disturbed and annoyed by their chit-chat. It happened more than once that this author became angry about the conversation, which according to him was not meditative. Although there were plenty of other meditators, who agreed with him that this was indeed the case, they, like him, believed that getting frustrated about this was a sign of being unconscious. So, even if they agreed with him, they still rejected him, because he got upset and refused to calm down. In spite of his discovery, this author became offended each time he tried to talk about meditative communication with his buddies. Only one person, who was also considered an outsider by the group, did not mind that this author got upset. He laughed and encouraged him to keep going. With this person the author began to explore the beginnings of what they called “The Language That Creates Space.”