Intelligence,

 

I heard someone on TV, annoyingly, repeatedly talking about the supposedly important book he had written, about intelligence. He said in a tone of importance “What I talk about in my book is that intelligence begins with acknowledging reality.” He wasn't talking about intelligence, of course, but about what we have continued to pretend to be intelligence because of our commonplace, disembodied way of talking. Disembodied Language (DL) not only causes us to converse unintelligently with each other and with ourselves, but also causes us to engage in all sorts of other ludicrous acts that we would immediately stop if we spoke from our intelligence and engaged in Embodied Language (EL). Everyone has their own intelligence when we speak with EL instead of DL.

 

With our EL we readily admit that nothing is ever actually said in a book. No one talks about anything in what he or she has written, including me, in this text, which is most likely being read silently by you. However, if you were to read this text aloud, you would begin to talk to yourself about what I have written and you would be able to hear what I have written, but you would not hear me, but yourself. Only when you talk to me, can you hear me. I hope this writing encourages you to do so. You can send me an email and make an appointment. There is no cost attached,  as I do this because I enjoy this. Here is my email address: mpeperkamp@sbcglobal.net

 

Even if you listened to me, in the same way, as I listened to that attention-seeking, pedantic man, who was trying to promote his book on intelligence, even then, you wouldn’t really hear me, because this man, he doesn't really talk, as he is only selling his so-called message about intelligence. He has DL and so, he only pretends to talk, because he hopes we will buy his book. In English language "to-buy-into" is the same as believing what someone says. If someone says, he or she is not interested in reading New Age books, he or she says: "I-don't-buy-into-it", which means, he or she does not believe in those books. When someone says, "I don't buy into all that New Age crap," that person is rejecting not just one single idea, but "a whole set of ideas," and that's exactly what we do when we stop doing our DL.

 

You and I can, of course, talk to each other about what was written in some book, but even if, as millions of people do, we talk with each other about the was written in the Bible, the Upanishads, or the Torah, we never have a real conversation, for our conversation is limited by what was written. This, in short, is the sordid history of the written or printed word. Once the printing press was invented, we started talking from what was written by others. It is very important to take a closer look at this incredible change, because it has caused us to neglect and forget the sound of our own language.

 

When I discovered EL, I called it the rehabilitation of our sound-experience of our language. Talking intelligently is only possible if we embody our language and speak about our direct experience of our talking. I still find it inconceivable no one really pays any attention to this, because that attention just keeps going, to all sorts of other things, that seem to be more important. So everyone keeps pretending that what is written in books would determine our intelligence and we all, in that unintelligent way of dealing with language, put the cart (our language) before the horse (our voice).

  

When we have come to experience the immense difference between DL and EL, we know that our intelligence can only arise, be generated or revived by how we talk with each other. Recognizing and acknowledging the reality, which we, individually, create for ourselves, with our spoken-and-heard language, I call our Language Enlightenment (TV). Written language, such as this text, cannot but be preceded by spoken language. Much EL preceded these words. In other words, we cannot write about what we have not yet been able to say. As a result, we all – the writers and the readers – live under the illusion that, by reading, we are taking part in a conversation, which in reality is nothing more than the inevitable fantasy, born of our unfulfilled and unconscious desire for sincere communication.

 

All those praised speakers who, because they have written books, give lectures, make podcasts and or videos or have their own radio or TV program, in which they apparently tell it like it is, are only pretending to have a conversation with others or with themselves, while none of them— so-called leaders and authorities, so highly regarded by so many, because they are supposedly so intelligent—listens to themselves. In order to talk about what we really experience, we must listen to ourselves, but this does not happen, because listening to others and being heard and being acknowledged, by others, always proves to be more important than hearing ourselves, consciously and recognizing ourselves. We are and we remain unconscious of ourselves, as long as we are engaged in DL.

 

Although it is certainly deeply sad that no one is able to have EL, it is fortunate enough to be able to share it with one or two people. For those who have come to know EL, it's a matter of accepting the fact that this is the reality. However, the big shock this brings is mitigated, as we recognize the difference between DL and EL. As a result, the few who have come to experience EL, are no longer distracted by DL and a self-reinforcement of EL takes place that could never have happened without this insight.

 

Because of EL, all strife and discontent about DL is suddenly allowed and coming into our awareness, because it is understood that strife and discontent is the very essence of DL. We forgive both ourselves and each other because we simply didn't know any better with DL, than to act from old conditioning, which was undeniably associated with primitive, survival-oriented impulses. There is no time to lose in regretting all the stupidities we have committed with DL, on the contrary, once we have EL, we are finally free and have solid ground under our feet.

 

It is very poignant that we have been unconsciously engaged with DL for many years, but EL takes us to a reality that we will never forget, even though we still occasionally fall victim to our old conditioning with DL. When we realize the enormous difference between these opposing modes of communication, we feel blessed and saved from colossal calamity, because we know, everyone is imprisoned by DL, without realizing it, while we ourselves, somehow, miraculously, escaped from this dance of the dead.

 

Our certainty about our future is diametrically opposed to the uncertainty we continued to have with DL. It's unbelievable, but at the same time, precisely because no one else seems to really believe it, that it's such an incredible reassurance, that what we believe is true. Those few people who discover EL and thus, go on with it, they feel chosen, but not in the stupid way, as one also feels special, because of a belief in a non-existent higher power or some grandiose self-image. EL truly makes us believe in ourselves and allows us to start living from our own intelligence.