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Language Traps The Mind & Words Are Not The Thing

by Cico (Chonghe Zhang)

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Words are not the thing, but most people are using language in such a fixed and mechanical way, trapping the mind in thoughts, distorting the mind. This leads to many, if not all, mental challenges. Meditation is to put the language in the right place.

MindWordsThoughtsMental HealthMeditationNeuroticismAwarenessDetachmentInner ExplorationWord AwarenessReaction AwarenessLanguagesNeurotic Life Consequences

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Let's talk about language.

The language has played such an important role in almost everyone's life.

All kinds of things are presented in words,

In terms,

In all kinds of phrases.

And our communication is also carried out by the words,

All kinds of verbal expressions,

Also all kinds of information we can find from the internet,

From books,

Documents,

Laws.

They are all written in languages.

Probably the language is the most controversial invention under human consciousness.

And because of this invention,

Almost all the societies are totally attached to the verse,

Believing that the verse are the thing without any doubt about it.

Because of such a deep-seated belief,

The mind has been narrowed down to verse,

To all kinds of verbal statements,

Expressions.

Everyone is trapped by verse,

By the thoughts,

By the illusions triggered by verse,

Which we call reality.

Thanks to the verse,

People are living in different realities,

And we are still using verse to argue to agree or to disagree,

To further enhance and create more division,

Separation.

Can we be aware of this issue arising from language,

The limitation of language?

Can we see the danger when we believe that the verse are the thing?

If everything is done in a verbal way,

Everything is done in a superficial way,

Isn't it?

Because the verse,

Because the language,

We begin to manipulate,

We become cunning,

Clever,

We do all kinds of tricks to play with the verse.

So,

To meditate is to understand the limitation of language deeply,

To understand all the issues that arise from language in the life.

Because language,

We are all becoming neurotic,

Aren't we?

Because each word,

Each sentence is full of symbols,

And we react to those symbols.

We are living in reactions to verse,

To thoughts.

Such a life is a neurotic life.

The thoughts,

The symbols,

The mental images also conquered the self,

Which is also the consequence of the neuroticism.

So,

A neurotic life is a life full of disorder.

The me,

The self,

Is the greatest disorder,

Isn't it?

To work out of thoughts is to work out the language,

To deeply understand how we use language in such a fixed way,

To distort the mind,

Which is always in flux.

The very understanding of the essence of language opens the door to the inner world,

Where the true meditation can take place.

Meet your Teacher

Cico (Chonghe Zhang)Amsterdam, Netherlands

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