On the Waters of Hod extended to language.

Jan 19, 2009 14:19

No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.  ~Henry Brooks Adams, The Education of Henry Adams, 1907Just something I'm contemplating today. Most of my work in the past with Hod as Water has been based on work with my own mind and self-reflection. For some odd reason, I've not really ( Read more... )

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anaisdjuna January 20 2009, 00:05:26 UTC

Language is like water because we need it to survive. We are hardwired to be social beings. Directly hardwired into our pain centers. If we don't.... ouch. We need language to get along, learn and grow.

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whimsywanderer January 20 2009, 03:29:31 UTC
Formless and flowing. Nurturing and cleansing, yet also capable of intense violence. Often subtle, much as 'the pen is mightier than the sword', water is more powerful than stone.

It's all in the rhythm. The heartbeat comment above is good.

There are some who seem to believe that language has a concrete aspect. That the communication of ideas can and should be done in solid structured fashions. But the purpose of communication is very often to give form to the formless. The concepts of mind, especially higher mind, are not concrete. They are fluid.

Managing language in the tides of the worldscape is much like trying to stay afloat. be it a tiny boat on the ocean, or a kayak on a river. Sometimes the water is peaceful, sometimes there are massive swells and wild rapids. But remember, it is a -skill-. Not like math or engineering, more like surfing or playing an instrument. Non-perfectable, fluid and prone to unexpected change.

One uncertainty here is knowing what water means to you. How is water like water?

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Hod/water/language zarabold January 20 2009, 08:03:34 UTC
Well now our paths cross, since I have been pondering emotional intellegence for quite awhile now. I have come to believe it as worthy and important as any other type of intelligence....for human beings are not without emotion and emotion is the cause of a great deal of what is beautiful, harsh etc, but really makes us feel alive and possibly is what gets us excited about any endevor including science and abstract thought.

It is my guess that on our death beds it is the emotional experiences we will relive and the emotional ties we had. Just guessing, but have read this a lot and of the few dead I have witnessed die...it has been true.

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