{"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 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\n