Rules,

 

While I am not apologizing for anyone, who breaks the rules or speaking on behalf of those, who want us to stick to the rules, I understand and appreciate the motivations of both sides very well. Since I am the discoverer and explorer of the great difference between Disembodied Language (DL) and Embodied Language (EL), I know that DL, our habitual, dull and superficial way of dealing with language, is in favor of rules, which are made by and for others, while EL, our delightful, happy, intelligent way of dealing with language – which only becomes apparent after our own DL has been stopped by listening to ourselves while we speak – is, of course, about ‘rules’, which are not made by and for ourselves, but which we become aware of, because we behave naturally.

 

Freedom of speech, as understood by our ongoing EL and inspired by our Language Enlightenment (LE), is without any rules, but the so-called freedom of speech, which, unbeknownst to anyone except me, came about, because we were, throughout human history, unsuccessful in identifying and, therefore, stopping our own DL, will always be limited by and, consequently, obsessing about and preoccupied with the rules. As stated, in DL, everyone adheres to rules, which were made by others, although we may still like to believe, we are living by our own rules.

 

In essence, there are no rules in EL, as EL can only be had without following any predetermined script. However, the magnificent experience of the natural flow of our language, can only come about after our DL has been stopped. Moreover, only when talking with ourselves is considered to be more important than talking with others, will we be able to stop our DL. Also, our EL is first and foremost an experience, which will only be understood, after we give it our own meaning. Thus, our understanding of EL follows from our experience of it. All of this is self-evident.

 

If a plant doesn’t get any water, it dies. This is not a rule, but a fact of plant-life. Simply stated, with DL, we can never quench our thirst for truth and we live meaningless lives. All we do with DL is fabricate lies about ourselves and each other. Only once we begin to have ongoing EL, do we become aware of and can we laugh about, the blatant nonsense, involved in DL, which happens everywhere, twenty-four-seven.

 

The proper, intelligent, sensitive and creative way of using our language, is not determined by rules, but by our verbal acknowledgment of what is natural. In DL, we are – whether we know it or not, accept it or not or are aware of it or not – unnatural. According to William Shakespeare, all the world’s a stage and all the men and women are merely players, that is, we are, presumably, always only acting as if we are speaking or acting as if we are listening. However, even this celebrated literary hero, apparently only knew DL, since we are not acting, when we engage in EL. Moreover, in EL we ourselves create – with our language – and live in our reality. Furthermore, the world or the so-called objective or external environment, is nothing else but our experience and couldn’t exist without it. Even what we describe as our own so-called subjective or private experience, is what it is, due to our history of conditioning, due to the way we were once told how to deal with our language. Only when we begin to allow ourselves to speak with the sound of our own wellbeing, do we finally, verbally, catch up with ourselves and become conscious of the correct way of using our language.

 

How can I write every day so clearly and so joyfully about this? I am not making this up. I live without the rules – which you so forcefully, unconsciously impose on yourself and others, due to your almost permanent involvement in DL – because I can be and stay with myself. You only have a tiny bit of EL, because your natural behavior, just like breathing, is still there. Although this will always be the case, you   experience conflict between your natural and your unnatural behaviors, as long as you haven’t verbally addressed, experienced, approved, permitted and followed through on the instructions of your natural inclinations. In other words, you have never really spoken with and listened to yourself. Certainly, I would never call EL the golden rule, as the principle of treating others as you want to be treated by them, has endlessly distracted you from how you treat yourself. Yes, all behavior is lawful and the negative consequences of your DL are inevitable. Lastly, also the ancient Greeks, didn’t know about the difference between DL and EL and, therefore, discussed the golden mean, as the desirable middle between two extremes. There is no middle between DL and EL, it is either one or the other. The latter is about being an individual and celebrating your LE.