Tsunami,

 

Tsunami is a word from Japan. It breaks down in two words tsu and nami, meaning, harbor and wave. Such a large, destructive wave is usually caused by a disturbance in the ocean, such as an undersea earthquake or volcanic eruption. A tsunami consists often as wave train, a series of waves. Figuratively, tsunami is used to describe a large, generally, unstoppable surge. In Japan, as in many other countries, they talk about the grey tsunami, the global and quantum increase of the aged population, due to low birth rates.   

 

Throughout history, tsunamis have left a significant impact on coastal communities around the world. Early civilizations attributed these catastrophic events to supernatural causes or mystical creatures, such as monsters or angry gods. It wasn’t until more recent times that scientific explanations occurred. Similarly, our understanding of forceful or overwhelming events – wars, famines or pandemics – shifted from mystical to more truthful explanations.

 

The tsunami of public outrage, over the war Israel is fighting with Hamas in Gaza, however, isn’t what caused the tsunami of antisemitism, that is currently raging on college and university campuses around the country. Although there is   Marxist’ indoctrination going on in education, the constant hammering, by the right, on this issue, in and of itself, proves it doesn’t really address the workings of the propaganda and, particularly, of the language, which is involved. Simply stated, social media, with its so-called algorithms, has created this tsunami of hatred.  

 

When using tsunami in a non-literal sense – to address, the negative emotional wave, that is at this moment sweeping across our nation - it is crucial to provide appropriate context to avoid confusion or misinterpretation. Such a context is, of course, never provided by our biased, ridiculously outdated narratives, which I call Disembodied Language (DL), but is produced only by our Embodied Language (EL), which is not beholden to any already existing explanations, theories or dogmas.

 

Remember – although many ignorant people, for a long time, believed in it – the real tsunami was never caused by any mystical, imaginary force. The metaphorical tsunami of colliding religious beliefs, Judaism versus Islam or Right Wing versus Left Wing Politics, is also not caused by God, Allah or by this or that political leader, but by the DL, that is used by all people. The context, to understand rationally what is happening – emotionally – can only be provided by our non-religious, non-political EL. Stated differently, what we are really up against, is the tsunami of DL, which has devastated mankind.

 

Once we are clear, that our DL – our emotional, habitual, distorted, superstitious, unnatural, ineffective way of dealing with our language – is and has always been, the biggest threat to peace – whether it is within the family, within society or among different groups and nations –  we adopt a truly rational, realistic perspective about language, as we engage in ongoing EL.

 

In the context of the Freedom of Speech, which is still guaranteed by the First Amendment of the US Constitution, it is very interesting, to stop and consider, the sad fact, that currently, the former president of the United States, is being prosecuted, because he speaks. While violent felons and criminals are let out of jail, Trump is slammed with a gag-order, because he addresses and exposes the corruption, which is going on due to our DL. Unless we address our DL, there is never going to be any reasonable, mutually-beneficial, practical and satisfying EL.

 

I can’t emphasize often enough, that our usual, by everyone-accepted, expected, exaggerated, emotionally-overwhelming way of talking is DL. It is proper to contrast the verbal acrobatics of DL – which plays out as an insidious battle of words, fought by lawyers, who are merely filling their own pockets, in courts around the world – as an emotional event, with our ongoing EL as a much-needed, rational, scientific phenomenon.

 

Once we are able to have ongoing EL – instead of a few, brief, accidental haphazard moments of it – we are no longer carried away by our false sentiments, as we are reasonable, mature, sensible people. EL will reveal our Language Enlightenment (LE), which is to be understood as our ability to keep our negative emotions in check. During DL, by contrast, our emotions get out of control, and this is why, DL-speakers force the listeners to listen. Our DL always negatively steers us, it overwhelmingly strikes fear in us and dysregulates us. The calamitous wave, the DL-tsunami – which is going to continue to destroy the harbor, which symbolizes who we really are – cannot be stopped, unless we know how to stay safe with our EL. Our EL goes further than survival, as it makes it possible for us to thrive and celebrate our LE, which is who we really are.