I was reviewing some of my more recent posts and I found a theme among most of them. I keep stating the words are subjective, they don’t belong to the object of thought or that they are a poor way of communicating. I started thinking that you may wonder why I write (communicating with words) if I keep writing about the inefficiencies of words. A conundrum indeed.

I want to teach and guide not confuse, so let me take a moment to explain this in hopes of clearing up any doubts that come up for you.

I do believe that words are a poor way of communicating and I also know they are a powerful tool. I have yet to figure out how to teach without using them. I would love to do that and I am working on it! But if I wait until I figure that out, I might miss an opportunity to help myself along my journey and, in turn, possibly help you. I am writing because it is the tool available to me at this time.

So what I encourage you to do is read the words, but try to “read” the space between the words. The space between them is way more powerful than the words themselves. Without the space, the words would not exist and yet the space is nothing or no-thing. The no-thing doesn’t even have to have form and yet it produces a great thing…contrast. Pretty cool when you stop to think about it. Words can only convey just so much. Plus, words have so many different meanings, not only in their definition, but within different cultures.

Don’t get stuck in the words. Take that step to “read” between the words, and then go further by going beyond them. Move from knowledge (conceptual understanding) to feeling (experiencing them). Feel what the author is saying even within the limitation of the words.

How?

You know how. Do you ever notice that people often say that the book was better than the movie? You know why? Because you experienced what the writer was writing for yourself. You went beyond the words and created the scenes, the characters, the voices, the moods, the sounds, everything! The reason the movie isn’t as good is because you are simply witnessing someone else’s experience and it isn’t yours. It’s not as good because you judge it as being bad instead of simply experiencing the contrast and choosing what is right for you. What you created while reading the book was perfect for you.

So I am asking you to do that here. Don’t get stuck in the words. Go between and beyond them. Move from the conceptual knowledge of them into the experiential feeling. Feelings are even more powerful than words. They are limitless. Go to what feels right for you. Make it your own. There is a reason why we are always being told not to feel so much, to not be so sensitive, to numb ourselves with a number of drugs or food (synthetic or natural), to forget that we are love… the greatest feeling of all.