{"id":6267,"date":"2020-08-14T16:01:53","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T16:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordmagicglobal.com\/?p=6267"},"modified":"2020-08-14T16:01:53","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T16:01:53","slug":"does-the-english-language-make-swiss-cheese-of-human-consciousness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordmagicglobal.com\/does-the-english-language-make-swiss-cheese-of-human-consciousness\/","title":{"rendered":"Does the English Language Make Swiss Cheese of Human Consciousness?"},"content":{"rendered":"

After watching my 2010 YouTube video, The Secret Spells of the English Language<\/a>, <\/em>people want to know \u2018Who did this to us?\u2019 It\u2019s a really good question and is perhaps the reason why Greg Carlwood of the HigherSide chats invited me onto his conspiracy-focused podcast in 2018.<\/p>\n

Personally, I don\u2019t like to dabble in conspiracy theories around this issue \u2013\u2013 as one might easily do \u2013\u2013 because it\u2019s so dark and ugly to contemplate anyone who would want to degrade countless others into becoming less than who and what they truly are as magnificent manifestations of the Infinite Love-Intelligence from which we all derive.<\/p>\n

I also like to stay away from the question \u2013\u2013 Who did this to us \u2013\u2013 <\/em>because it must be asked from the vantage point of the victim. In any case, the answer is no doubt multilayered and the solution is far more interesting.<\/p>\n

For the record, I personally believe that because the Christian Church was the dominant cultural influence when English was evolving, its vision of a divided UniVerse dominated by two irreconcilably conflicted male superpowers, the fallen state of humanity, the resultant misery of life and the inferiority of women inevitably imprinted itself on the English language symbol and \u2018sound system\u2019 \u2013\u2013\u00a0when it was still a molten stream of consciousness coming from a variety of linguistic and cultural influences.<\/p>\n

But was the language intentionally a-salted with subliminally subverting, self-defeating messages, like these tale-telling bedfellows \u2013\u2013<\/p>\n

Assent = Ascent<\/p>\n

Dissent = Descent<\/p>\n

Possibly so. However, here\u2019s what Dan Brown had to say about it in The Da Vinci Code: <\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cUnlike French, Spanish, and Italian, which were rooted in Latin \u2013\u2013 the tongue of the Vatican \u2013\u2013 English was considered \u2018la lingua pura\u2019 because it was linguistically removed from Rome\u2019s propaganda machine \u2026.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ultimately, the far more interesting and empowering question is, \u2018What can we do about it? Your reflections on the subject are not only welcome \u2013\u2013 they are essential!<\/p>\n

Here is my intuitive sense of why English is so corrupted \u2013\u2013 such that it programs us toward fear, conformity and mediocrity:<\/p>\n

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  1. There is an inevitable linguistic corrosion that takes place over time because English is so imprecise, divisive, self-contradictory, out-of-tune with natural harmonies, and influenced by everyone who uses it \u2013\u2013 for good or for ill.<\/li>\n
  2. I believe that language is not only grammatical but holo-grammatical, as well. Thus, it inadvertently echoes and reflects the consciousness and culture from which it derives. And because we are trained in the West to \u2018watch what we say\u2019 rather than to listen, as well \u2013\u2013\u00a0and our culture relegates homonyms (puns) to the realm of humor only \u2013\u2013 then, when we do detect an interesting connection, we mostly dismiss it as inconsequential. Yet, it is anything but! My essay, Degringolade: The Word That Defines the Moment, <\/em>shares more of my ideas about this problem and provides some telling examples of it. I sketch a solution in the conclusion. Here\u2019s the link to the blog: http:\/\/wordmagicglobal.com\/degringolade\/<\/u><\/a><\/li>\n
  3. This brings us to the matter of intentional manipulation \u2013\u2013 which should come as no surprise to us. For we see it going on right before our ears and eyes today \u2013\u2013 as it surely has since the language first coalesced into what we now call Old English, then Middle English, and now the rapidly changing and purposefully sloppy and distorted \u2018Ing-Glush\u2019 of Today. The reason behind it, of course, is that we are run by the ideas we embrace. So, the battle is \u2013\u2013 and always has been \u2013\u2013 to herd the mind of the majority of the people toward whatever ideas will most benefit the puppet masters. Consider as Exhibit A, George W. Bush telling us, \u201c\u2018I just want you to know that, when we talk about war, we\u2019re really talking about peace.\u2019 Exhibit B would have to be Bill Clinton\u2019s timeless admission regarding the irrelevant question of whether he had ever been sexually involved with Monica Lewinsky, \u201cIt depends on what the meaning of the word \u2018is\u2019 is.\u201d<\/li>\n
  4. As for whether the puppet-masters and linguistic manipulators are a foreign, off-planet intelligence or the idiots that appear to be running and ruining the planet? I personally don\u2019t know. And I am not even sure I need to know. For if the Word truly is the ultimate creative force on the planet \u2013\u2013 then we\u2019re in a position to do something about it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Fortunately, we have the power \u2013\u2013 collectively \u2013\u2013 to intentionally evolve English to resonate with higher frequencies. And as I have shared elsewhere, many philosophers \u2013\u2013 from Confucius up to the present day \u2013\u2013 are aware that upgrading language is a prerequisite to upgrading human consciousness and behavior. Here\u2019s a recent statement by Gregg Braden:<\/p>\n

    \u201cWe need a new, neutral vocabulary that helps us embrace the deep truths of our existence as human-to-human without the judgments. \u2026 I believe it gives us the evolutionary edge that we\u2019ve never had \u2013\u2013 not just to survive but to transcend and thrive in the new world that\u2019s emerging.\u201d <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    Increasing numbers of people are coming to this same conclusion but may not be able to demonstrate it convincingly to others. And they may not have a vision for implementing a solution.<\/p>\n

    I believe The Secret Spells of the English Language <\/em>makes a clear case for the problem:<\/p>\n

    https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mJTpwe3OiV8<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n

    And my WordMagic Global anthem, Taking Command of the English Language, <\/em>points to how we can creatively, collectively tune-up English to bring our hearts into accord:<\/p>\n

    https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QBtqO6GHDoo<\/a><\/p>\n

    Please feel free to reach back out to me with your thoughts and suggestions on this important subject.\u00a0 For together, we can Heal the Word to Heal the World.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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