TROUBLES
Each
culture since cultures began has its own language we know. By the
way, the invention of language was not the beginning. It came long
after man had been around on the ground called earth and mud. Doing
quite well. It was the work of things like thumbs, wrists, and hands
and feet he had to credit for that. If you were going to thank
someone for your hands, who? Well, if you were going to thank someone
for a boat, who would you thank? So, who makes hands? Do you even
have to know a name for the maker in order to be grateful for the
hand? And, if you are grateful, what does it mean?
A
problem that every newborn soon faces without knowing what it is that
is being thrown at him is language. By that I mean contrived
languages of man. These things called words are all defined by other
words, none are from the source of anything else. They are like dogs
chasing their own tails. Words
constantly change their meanings. So, they are foolish. Or, they are playing
around and know it. Knowing it is the deal.
By
age seven the child is another fool. I was. For example, people go on
and on and on about God and
love, and truth
and responsibilities
and have not a clue about what
they say. At some point we say something like,
"Hey, You, I was just playing around and now I know it"
and hope to God it is not our last breath we are taking when that moment comes.
"Hey, You, I was just playing around and now I know it"
and hope to God it is not our last breath we are taking when that moment comes.
I
could go on but why? I am not able to do this for you. Just point. I
am using words and you know what they are like. So, there you have
it. The fox is inside the henhouse.
I
wanna talk a moment, point out, something about gestures. Gestures
are made by life itself, a powerful force inside the one who
gestures. Nobody else asks, What did that mean? Because we are alive
we know. We have no need for a book of gestures. In fact, that would
restrict them to the point of being doubted. Maybe there is some
wisdom here. I suggest that breath can be seen as a kind gesture. The
first word? And, the last? Have we any need of a book to take a
breath? Is our relationship with life fulfilled in each one without
debate? I bet we can plug language into the source of gestures and
make sense of it all. That might just do it. Would we have to do it
together all at once? One, two, three go, maybe?
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