Thoughts on Pronouns
He did it. (Who is he, and what did he do?) She is over there. (Who is she and where is over there?) We want you to go over there, get it, and bring it back to them…
In my opinion we use way too many pronouns, complicating an already confusing language with vagueness. It seems to me we commonly use more then one pronoun in a sentence to refer to more then one noun. Certainly in face to face conversations we can get clearer information by asking, but in the written word this process is slowed or nonexistent. Even in face to face conversations the need to ask for clarification interrupts the flow of the conversation.
I believe one reason we over use pronouns is because at one point, we had deeper access to each other’s minds. It was natural to project a deeper meaning into the vagueness of pronouns. This is something we continue to do. As we speak in pronouns and incomplete sentences, we are thinking about the nouns they represent and finishing the sentences in our thoughts. We are projecting these thoughts out into the conversation, but without a strong belief in the value of these projections and practiced use they may not be as clear to others as they once were. And certainly for the same reasons we are no longer picking up the projections from the others we are conversing with. Not to mention the written word, where the energy the projections leave begin fading immediately (a strong argument for not teaching through the written word, maybe the Druids and others were onto something there).
Many organized religions of today look at this kind of projection and perception as not appropriate for their devotees for one reason or another. In this way, organized religion has curtailed interpersonal communication. Communication and education is a tool of the enlightened. Used by the leaders it can help them to portray the truths as they see them. Used by the masses it could raise every one to a more equitable reality where multiple truths can exist.
In my opinion we use way too many pronouns, complicating an already confusing language with vagueness. It seems to me we commonly use more then one pronoun in a sentence to refer to more then one noun. Certainly in face to face conversations we can get clearer information by asking, but in the written word this process is slowed or nonexistent. Even in face to face conversations the need to ask for clarification interrupts the flow of the conversation.
I believe one reason we over use pronouns is because at one point, we had deeper access to each other’s minds. It was natural to project a deeper meaning into the vagueness of pronouns. This is something we continue to do. As we speak in pronouns and incomplete sentences, we are thinking about the nouns they represent and finishing the sentences in our thoughts. We are projecting these thoughts out into the conversation, but without a strong belief in the value of these projections and practiced use they may not be as clear to others as they once were. And certainly for the same reasons we are no longer picking up the projections from the others we are conversing with. Not to mention the written word, where the energy the projections leave begin fading immediately (a strong argument for not teaching through the written word, maybe the Druids and others were onto something there).
Many organized religions of today look at this kind of projection and perception as not appropriate for their devotees for one reason or another. In this way, organized religion has curtailed interpersonal communication. Communication and education is a tool of the enlightened. Used by the leaders it can help them to portray the truths as they see them. Used by the masses it could raise every one to a more equitable reality where multiple truths can exist.