The hateful chatter of today:
Rhetoric. Debate. Criticism. Persuasion. Dissuasion. Bias. Threats. Accusations. Manipulations. Say-so. Armed Response. Lives Matter. Assault Guns. Funerals.
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Chuang Tsu said:
“Words are not just blown air. They have a meaning.
Words seem different from the chirping of birds.
Is there a difference or isn’t there?”
The intended meanings of words are often contaminated within tones of acrid rhetoric and individual perspectives.
And within the jungle of communication,
the words — syllables and sounds — are everywhere.
Consider the dance:
What one says is wrong, the other says is right.
And what one says is right, the other says is wrong.
If the one is right while the other is wrong, and the other is right while the one is wrong, then perhaps the best thing
to do is to look beyond right and wrong.
Remember, everything can be a “that”
and everything can be a “this” . . . simultaneously.
All words strike chords of personal perspective, and all perspectives are formulated by words.
It’s a conundrum of confinement.
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Do you really want to “know”?
To be free, no longer impeded by finite labels, narrow imputations and tired reactions?
You can only truly “know” things beyond the discriminating limitations of words through knowing yourself.
Take the time, find the space, quiet down, look inside.
Patiently, determinedly . . . watch how it occurs . . . all of it.
Learn the workings of your mind.
Yes, words will still be there . . . but they’ll soon be more noise than influence.
Use them as mere stepping stones until they are no longer useful.
Unnecessary, they will diminish in their ability to distract.
And then you’ll become familiar with . . . you.
This is the indispensable approach.
-Neither grief or a broken heart, or fear, precludes you from doing this.