Fog,

 

I love the fog, because it wraps everything into a blanket of silence. While driving through the hills, I sometimes went into and out of the fog. Also, the sun, then, sometimes appears and disappears, giving the fog the character of a crawling veil over the land. It is beautiful to see, how the fog stays in lower areas and dissipates, if one goes higher into the mountains and one can look at it from above.

 

When we speak about thoughts, beliefs or ideas, clouding our minds, we, unknowingly, try, but fail, to address, that we engage in Disembodied Language (DL). However, when we listen to ourselves, while we speak, we engage consciously and effortlessly in Embodied Language (EL). Moreover, if we manage to continue our EL, our Language Enlightenment (LE) is revealed. Who we really are, was seemingly covered up by words. In DL, we conceal ourselves. 

 

With DL, we pretend to be happy, strong, capable,  knowledgeable, moral or conscious, but the reality is, that our truth is shrouded by words. This fog isn’t anything voluntary, therefore, we must to take great caution navigating our way through the hazard of our daily life. Voluntary EL is a great relief, because the danger is gone. The future is predictable and we  can see further away, as EL shows us where we are.

 

Perhaps, you have heard about the fog of war. It is  mentioned, in the context of justifying the killing of innocent civilians. Obviously, in war, there is great  uncertainty in situational awareness experienced by those who are involved in military operations. There is fear of dying, as one isn’t sure about one’s own options or the capabilities and intent of the enemy.

 

When fog reduces visibility to less than a quarter mile, it is dangerous to drive and slowing down our speed is absolutely necessary. However, when we are talking about DL, we are talking about the fog, which prevents us from hearing what is being said. There is nothing to see in DL and what is shown is merely a distraction from what is kept hidden. Thus, keeping busy with what is visible, prevents us from listening, which would reveal what can’t be seen. Clearly – pun intended – the dense fog of DL, always makes us overemphasize visual, written stimuli, but underestimate aural, vocal stimuli. Speaking more slowly, however, isn’t necessarily going to make us listen, but listening to ourselves, while we speak, is.

 

We have remained blanketed by our own DL and we have not been able to acquire real self-knowledge. In effect, we have been covering up everything and ourselves with language and are incapable of talking sensibly about our experiences, because DL – our common way of speaking and dealing with language – disconnects and dissociates us from our feelings.  The fog around our so-called thought grows heavier and heavier, as long as we fail to stop our own DL.

 

People talk about having a fog of doubt, but they can never succeed, in accurately expressing their emotions with DL. EL implies the absence of doubt and the absolute certainty, that one is expressing  one’s own language, that is, one’s LE. Also, the fog of desire is often mentioned, because we engage, day in day out, in DL, but once know, we express our LE with our EL, we don’t express any desire. To the contrary, in EL, we express our fulfillment and bliss.

 

You can’t see yourself in a foggy mirror. Unless you wipe it clean, you get, at best, the vague contours of who you are. This is a perfect metaphor for DL. Only when you switch from DL to EL, do you attain clarity. Another reference to fog is the brain fog. Of course, you don’t feel good about yourself, as long as your DL, unknowingly, prevents you from being yourself. However, there is nothing wrong with your brain, but with your language. If you feel sluggish, fuzzy or clouded, talk with out loud with yourself, listen to your voice, until you produce the sound, which you like to hear. This is how you switch from DL to EL.