Speak Your Language

With all the new readers visiting the site I want to take a step back from my investigations and get personal.

I’ve been told I’m way too intense for most people, and so I’m trying to make some changes in the way I relate. I’m not making these changes because I care what people think OF ME, but because I care what people think. I care what people think about the world; I care what people think about themselves; and I care what people think needs to be done to create the change we all need in the world. I guess the point is: I care.

And I have learned that in order to come to a knowledge about meaningful things we have to pay attention. We have to truly engage and be aware.

Now that might sound way too obvious - but I can assure you it is not so easy. Paying attention doesn’t mean judging and it is not about categorizing. It is about being open. Directing one’s attention towards meaningful things requires an openness that draws no boundaries. And to do this we need to suspend what we think we know and let the inherent wisdom and truth of the Other wash over us. To truly know other people we need to swim in their collected individuality.

Everybody speaks their own language – even though we are all utterly interconnected, woven into the fabric of life and the social context from which we come. My ‘language’ is not the same as yours. So feel open to speak your language.