Wait,

 

The only way, in which you are going to be able to have ongoing Embodied Language (EL), instead of Disembodied Language (DL), is if you wait for it to happen. I know, you don’t have the patience, but if you want EL, you have to control your impatience, which, of course, is a basic characteristic of your DL.

 

If you want to experience peacefulness, relaxation and silence, there is a need to wait, but this waiting, must be accompanied by language, which describes this serenity, rest and stillness. The reason you don’t experience these essential qualities very often, is because your language doesn’t include them, you never talk with yourself about them, consequently, they don’t happen, because they can’t happen.

 

Once you have figured out, you can have EL instead of DL, you can hardly wait for the fun to happen. It was, in my case, however, this positive restlessness and dissatisfaction, which led me to be so frustrated about talking with others, that I finally began to take talking out loud with myself and listening to myself more seriously. As it turned out, on my own, it was very easy for me to wait, as my EL immediately occurred.

 

You can’t wait a moment, because your DL doesn’t allow you to slow down. Once you tell yourself and,  let yourself know, you can only become calm with EL, it happens effortlessly and you will know, what I say about your use of language is true: unless you talk out loud with yourself, so you can attentively listen to the sound of your own voice, you can’t feel the difference between your DL and your EL and you  continue to engage in DL without even realizing it.  

 

A long time ago, I saw Waiting For Godot, a play by the famous Irish playwright Samuel Beckett. In this tragicomedy, which was considered to be the most significant English-language play of the 20^th century, two characters engage in a variety of discussions and encounters, while waiting for Godot. It appears to be a long wait and they aren’t even sure if they have ever met Godot or whether he will ever arrive. Two other troubled men briefly join the scene, but don’t add any meaning. Their departure leaves the first two fellows bewildered, to continue their wait for the absent Godot. Eventually, some kid arrives, who tells them, he is a messenger of Godot, who will not be arriving tonight, but surely tomorrow. They ask the boy about Godot, what he does, what he looks like and what is holding him up, but the boy only has some vague answers and soon leaves.

 

The two men talk about the possibility of leaving but decide to stick around and their wait continues.  Because the play is so stripped down, so elemental, it invites all kinds of social, political, philosophical and religious interpretation. Nonetheless, there is such senselessness in this questioning and guessing. Surely, it is their DL, their so-called conversation, which signifies the futility of man’s existence, when salvation is expected from some external entity and the self is denied introspection. Their waiting couldn’t result in EL, as DL was never properly addressed. In other words, although it was a good approximation, the play was merely another failed attempt – in the sad and long tradition of failures – to identify DL, our common foolish way of dealing with language.

 

Perhaps, I should call EL the language of waiting? If you dare to wait, that is, if you have the courage to wait, paradoxically, the wait will be very short, even if it takes – as in my case – sixty-five years to get it. It is worth the wait, and it is never too late, to wait, so why don’t you just try it and wait and see? There is so much goodness, that lies in wait for you. Once you describe your waiting, you will not only allow your EL to continue, but you find Godot has arrived, as you attain your Language Enlightenment (LE).