Space,
If you have ever
watched the science fiction series Star
Trek, you are probably familiar with the famous quote: Space, the final
frontier. However, in reality, human beings, are not going on some five-year-long
mission, to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new
civilizations. Human beings are at war with themselves and with each other and they
are literally going nowhere. Certainly, we are not boldly going, where no man has
gone before, on some heroic, fantastic voyage, to other galaxies, in some imaginary,
fancy starship Enterprise. To the contrary, mankind is digging its own grave,
with its outdated, stupid Disembodied Language (DL).
Our final
frontier isn’t something fictional, but it is something very down to earth. Yes,
it is our way of communicating, which sets the stage for how we deal with our
own and each other’s behavior. If we are going to go, where no man has gone
before, we are going to engage in ongoing Embodied Language (EL) or, as I used to call
it, in the language that creates space.
With our usual,
mechanical, unconscious, coercive, unintelligent DL, we don’t give ourselves and
each other any space, to express ourselves. DL is based on a competition
between speakers. Those, who are the best at dominating, manipulating, distracting
and pretending, they win the struggle for attention. All the talking is, basically,
done by only a very small amount of people, our so-called authorities. Not
surprisingly, as long as we keep listening to them, we are never going find out
about the space, we will experience, if we talk with and listen to ourselves.
Whenever
anyone says, I need some space, please, give me some space, what they are
actually saying is: stop your DL and, for Peet’s sake, let’s have some EL. We
could only say that, however, if we knew the difference between our DL, the
language of the group or our straight-jacket language and EL, the language of
our individual freedom. Our ongoing EL changes our space-time experience and
our perception is new.
Whenever you
are in some room, there is always a place – in that space – where it will be
very easy for you, to express your EL. If we are in a group and you are trying
to find that place, in space, we all agree when you have found your place, your
space, where you can express your EL. This is a truly remarkable exercise, which
can, of course, also be done alone. When you come closer to that space, you will
start to have EL and if you move away from that space, you will produce DL.
Furthermore, within your body there is space, but also tension. If you give
attention to the tension in your body, with the sound of your voice, by directing
your sound into that tense spot, the tension dissolves and will you feel space
within your body. Certainly, you can also talk about your so-called problems,
which appear to take up space in your imaginary mind. When you say to yourself
what is going on and listen to the sound of it, you can tell if it is DL or EL.
If you correctly describe DL, it will
stop and then, there will be space to have EL.
As long as
we engage in DL, we have no idea about our own or someone else’s personal space.
Our blatant lack of boundaries in DL, causes us to have conflicts with others
as well as with ourselves. Problems with others cannot be solved by, supposedly,
making us aware about their space, because as long as we stay busy with others,
we are unaware of our own space. Only once we have become aware – with our EL,
because we become more sensitive – of our own space, are we capable of respecting
the space of others. In DL, we are out of touch with ourselves and each other, as
we are busy occupying someone else’s space, by demanding their attention.
In geometry,
we consider three-dimensional space. This is a mathematical, physical or
Euclidian space, in which three values or coordinates – x, y, z, which can also
be defined as length, width and height – are used to locate a point. In classical
physics, this serves as a model of the physical universe, in which all known
matter exists. However, when relativity theory is also considered – and I
should emphasize, that this is only truly the case, when we engage in EL, but only superficially, when
we engage in DL – then these coordinates are considered as a local subspace of
space-time. In a representation of the three-dimensional Cartesian coordinate
system, the x-axis leaves a point, and is pointing towards the observer, the y-axis moves
towards to the right and the z-axis goes upwards.
One can
easily visualize a transparent cube in space. This tri-dimensional space is the
most compelling and useful model of space, to – visually – model the world, as
it is experienced by us. However, relativity theory does not directly relate to
our sound, as it primarily explains the behavior of objects in the universe – that
is, in space – at high speeds and in
relation to gravity. Nevertheless, relativity theory has some implications for the
behavior of sound waves in certain situations. I would say – with my very limited
knowledge of physics – that all current understanding of physics is based on
DL, in which we don’t listen to ourselves, while we speak. When we engage EL, I
predict, we will be able to conceive of aspects of physics – that is of space-time
– which, until now, we literally weren’t
able to talk about. For instance, the speaker, who listens to him or herself
while he or she speaks, produces a different sound from the speaker, who doesn’t
listen to his or her own voice, while he or she speaks. Surely, the listener,
who listens to the former or to the latter speaker, will also have an entirely
different experience.