Unbelievable,
For
those who don't know the difference between Disembodied Language (DL) and
Embodied Language (EL), it is unbelievable that EL is a way of dealing with our
language in a permanently novel manner. The beautiful, poetic sentences that
can be created by us in EL are effortlessly, attentively and joyfully produced,
and immediately evoke a sense of fulfillment and stillness. Precisely because DL
is going on everywhere and always inevitably has even more disastrous
consequences, it is such a great relief to have EL and to finally allow it.
I
am convinced that the sound of our own embodied natural speaking voice is the
very best stimulus to activate our own brain. EL also has an effect on our
breathing, which becomes deeper and more regular. We breathe shallowly in DL or
literally hold our breath, because we can't, shouldn't, dare not or won't say
what we can say. It is not – as put it – that in DL we keep our words
inside of us and have an inner dialogue with ourselves, but it
is true, we cannot express ourselves verbally, what we are in principle capable
of. In other words, in DL, we are constantly limiting and canceling our language and not using our own intelligence. Of course, we are harming ourselves
by doing this.
When
two people have EL with each other, there is an audible and noticeable newness,
as we can flow together with our words and the more people participate in this
creative process, the more powerfully the flow of our attention, love and
clarity absorbs and dissolves everything that ever bothered us. Nothing
remains of our old selves, in the magic fire of our Language Enlightenment (LE).
Although
we can put words to it with our EL, it is our LE, which, like a wildfire, sets
everyone on fire. People often wonder, helplessly, distraught and hopelessly, what they should do about their problems – which seem to be increasing because we
don't really know what to do about them – because DL prevents us from listening
to ourselves. The solution always comes from ourselves and not from someone
else. Absolutely nothing is achieved at all, by the so-called spreading of awareness
or the right information.
When
I organized weekly evenings, at my home, some twenty-five years ago, during
which we, in a small group, patiently and calmly, explored our EL – the language
that creates space – I was still against writing about my EL, because I felt, that
speaking and listening to the sound of our own voice, is the only way is to
have and understand EL. This is as true now, as it was back then. I was then
against writing about EL, because I still considered writing – from my own conditioning
with DL – as writing to or for others. Now that is no longer the case. This
writing is therefore all for myself, even if you can read it.
It's
wonderful, interesting and exciting to be able to write about my LE with my EL,
as it benefits all my other behavior. I experience deep gratitude and inspiration, when I read the ever-unfolding, miraculous texts from my dear friend,
AnnaMieke, the woman with whom I started discovering, discussing and describing
LE. It is so wonderful that it has come about, that we can undertake this
journey together, because we have continued to go our own way. There is no
leader or follower in EL.
Our own way of dealing with
language is a form of receptivity,
that has never been mapped
verbally before. Unnoticed,
from our old habit with DL, we
have always pretended that this
surrender and openness had
nothing to do with our language
at all. It is believed, so to speak,
that our consciousness is
something beyond words and
therefore has nothing to do
with our so-called thinking.
In EL, however, we find, what
we call thinking in DL
- and what has been considered
as an inner process - is nothing
more than how we deal with
our language and that EL is
always said, heard, written,
because we are 100% sure
that our language is never inside of us.
With
DL, one religiously believes, one is one who thinks and this illusion, like any
other superstition, has many ill effects, for we never get to know or be ourselves
with DL, since our language is based on the same kind of lie, as if the earth
were flat or that diseases were caused by evil spirits. So, to be clear, no one
thinks at all and in EL, we boldly say this and we realize this. There is, of
course, what we do or don't do with our language. Surely, there is a lot wrong
with what we do with language, but it is also
important that with EL we are able to pay attention to whatever asks our
attention, as this shows us the things we haven’t done, but still can and must
do.
It doesn't matter during EL
whether we speak or write
about something we hear, see,
experience, remember or
something that somehow
catches our attention right
now this moment. The shift
of our attention determines
whether our EL can continue
or is stopped. If we get carried
away by words, our EL soon
ends and we go back to DL
again. In DL, what we say is
always more important than
how we say it and so we limit
ourselves in our language
because we are verbally fixated.
Only by hearing the resonant,
embodied sound of our own
voice can we permanently free
ourselves from our language.
Our own sound immediately
lets us know that we are
experiencing positive energy,
which makes new descriptions
and experiences possible.
We
can handle our language much more effectively, if we don't adopt a preconceived notion of how
we should use it. However, much has been imposed on us with DL and therefore we
impose on ourselves and on each other again what was once imposed on us. This
went on for generations and everyone is in the same boat. We don't impose anything
on ourselves in EL and that's why we can finally fully admit to the big
difference between DL and EL. In DL, we repeat ourselves and force others to
join us in our repetition, with our belief, in our reality.
In DL,
we remain unconsciously tied to all our old descriptions of who we supposedly
think we are, and so our identity is the real cause of virtually all of our
problems. Science is literally nothing but having the right language about our
own experiences and observations. Observing our own use of language requires us
to listen to ourselves. DL is unscientific, because we keep listening, not to
ourselves, but to others and distort everything with our language. Science also
includes self-knowledge. If we can't be happy, content, lively, and serious,
then what we presume to know about ourselves is worthless. DL does not allow us
to experience what we experience and even though we experience it, we do not
have the right words for it. Only when we describe our LE to ourselves with our
EL, do we gain access to our own intelligence through our own experience.