I didn’t think I was defensive.

I was only acknowledging that I made a mistake and probably make others too. And that that’s OK with me.

And thanks for giving me the correct etymology for language, which I had read in some book many years ago.

And thanks for being part of the conversation.

Regards, Morty

Sorry what I wrote made your “skin crawl.”

I never claimed to be infallible and in turning out a 1200-1400 word blog post weekly, along with interviews and papers and web sites and video programs, I’m sure I make a bunch of mistakes.

In fact, I don’t even claim that anything I say is “the truth.” I do think what I say is a useful “a truth” most of the time.

And I think it is a useful “a truth” that the very nature of our language has a powerful influence on the way we perceive reality.

Thanks for joining the conversation.

Regards, Morty

Congratulations on becoming aware of your language and its implications.

Good luck on changing it.

Regards, Morty

This is why we are not being truly racist against Irish people when we use the word hooligan, nor are we racist against Mexicans when we use the word marijuana. The fact that these terms got their start in the English lexicon as linguistic tools of racist sensationalism no longer impacts the reality associated with use of that word.

As for language creating reality, we could also look at it as reality creates language. It’s a chicken and egg problem. But according to Lefkoe, language is a strong force in belief. I think I could agree with this, even if his awful attempt to use etymology to present a credible foundation for what he goes on to say in this article makes my skin crawl, hehe.

If we believed that (as Mr. Lefkoe says he does), then we would have to believe that uttering a false etymology made it the real etymology.

I’m a linguist and I’m sensitive about these things.

No, it comes from ‘lingua,’ which means ‘tongue.’

The next time you write about language, get your etymologies straight.

Good example. There are so many ways in which the words we use influence us.

Regards, Morty

another “nice” concept that causes a LOT trouble comes from the usage of the word _environment_to describe the natural world we live with.

From to environ = to surround, around, circle.

That implies that we are NOT a part of nature and therefor are not affected by what we do to nature.

What if instead we used a word like “livingment”, “source of life”, “foundation” or good old “mother earth”?

Go on
Karl

PS: It takes more guts to kill brother bull than to make beef.

It’s one of my goals to stop those words in thought and spoken in their tracks and change them to ‘more allowing’ words which feel so much better.

Just read your post. Excellent. Thanks for the link.

I’d love to get our work into the high schools. We need more research to prove the effectiveness of The Lefkoe Method.

We’ll get there.

Regards, Morty

Sorry about that…something with the way I tried to make it a link somehow goofed it up.

Here’s the url for the post:

http://TheSuccessSecrets.net/the-success-secrets-succeed-or-fail

It ties right into your whole point about language determining our reality because in my post I break down the word “fail” and how we’re often programmed to see it as the opposite of success.

Again, keep up the great work. They should make your work available in high schools across the country–it would have a tremendous impact on our society’s future!

Cheers!

Michael

What you are suggesting is part of the process of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Yes, describing reality positively versus negatively would change how people experience life.

The problem is, how we perceive life is a function of our beliefs and conditionings and we can’t just “want” to be positive. Negative beliefs about ourselves and life will result in a negative sense about reality.

You can dissolve negative ways in which reality occurs for you by using the Lefkoe Occurring Process.

Regards, Morty

Thanks for taking the time to comment on my blog post and share your thoughts with everyone.

Regards, Morty

Thanks for the additional info about the Lakota not having a word for “me.”

Regards, Morty

The way we describe our experiences is largely a function of our beliefs. So we can change how our reality “occurs” for us either by changing our beliefs or by using the Lefkoe Occurring Process to dissolve the occurring and be left with nothing but unadorned “reality.”

Regards, Morty

Thanks for your contribution. Great examples.

Regards, Morty

Thanks for the suggestion.

Have a great day.

Regards, Morty

I tried to read your blog post but your link didn’t work.

No problem in leaving a link if it’s to something my readers will find valuable.

Glad you are finding my posts useful.

Regards, Morty

Thanks so much for your interest in our work.

The best way to get into the “creator” space is to use the Who Am I Really? Process regularly. After you’ve eliminated at least one or two beliefs, you can just play that program any time you want. You can even download it and put it on your iPod or other MP3 device.

It is included as part of all the packages we sell.

My experience is that after doing it many, many times, I can get into that state almost at will. But as long as we are also a creation, I don’t think most of us will ever live as a human being in that state ALL the time.

Regards, Morty

Blake said a lot of insightful things. I think he was a “master” who also happened to be a poet.

Thanks for the reminder.

Regards, Morty

Thanks for pointing out another way in which language is being used to to make distinctions that determine our thinking.

There are probably many others.

Regards, Morty

That pretty well covers it!

Thanks for this excellent post on how our language determines our reality. I’m a firm believer that how we use words and what meaning we imbue them with can make a dramatic difference in our reality.

Coincidentally, I recently did a blog post about how we use and perceive the meaning of the word “fail”.

If you’re interested, you can read it (it’s a quick read) here

Succeed or Fail

Keep up the great work!

Michael

P.S. If you don’t allow links, I certainly will understand if edit out the link. Sure don’t want to annoy you. Really enjoy your posts!

Touch me
Feed me
coddle me
hug me
show me
see me
invite me
teach me
nurture me

ichoseyoumomanddad.andeventhoughidonotknowthisnewideayoucalllanguageicanstillfeelyou.Icanhearthemelodyandtoneofyourvoice,icanhearthemusicinyourhearts.Ifeelsuchloveforyouboth.

I………..toooo………..will…………………….oneday……………..learn…………………….to…………………..speak. …….I……………hope……………………my…………..voice……………….will………………please…………….you.

I still remember when it took no *time* to be heard. My thoughts took c-e-n-t-u-r-i-e-s…….t…o…….express. And sometimes, no timeatall.

Your people on your planet, are separated not by space, but by language – and your wars are fought mostly with young men who do not understand one another, literally.

Watch your tone, young man ! And I tell you today, that is what you are after ! Your words are gibberish – and while they certainly try to objectify your feeling (if you are honest with yourself), often they are unclear.

For those of you discussing language here today, I say :

You do not know how you will finish a sentence when you start to speak, so how do you propose to validate the feeling behind them?

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Love is the universe – Love is the feeling-tone, Love is, in your terms of language, the whole. Love is the music, the harmony, the archetype of the heavens on earth -

I am trying to speak in words you dnatsrednu, and in a time f…….r…….a.m……e.w……..o……..r……..k that fits your neuronal structure. If by example it took me 50 of your years to say a sentence……………………….

You hate that which separates you from a loved object. “I want your love, mom and dad, why do you treat me this way, why cant we work it out?” And so you see, hatred is born. Yet it is part of love, for the feeling of love is what you seek. When learning to speak your languages, in your schools, you are already in conflict with your feelings, you see.

You are learning to play with creative energies – t….h….a….t…….h…..a….v..e…..n….o……p…h…y…s…i…c..a..l……voice. And take no ttttttttttttttttiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimmmmmmmmmmmmmeeeeeeeeee to communicate them.

You are learning to think aright, period. So take it easy ! You are learning to express your f.e.e.l.i.n.g.s in physical terms of letters and symbols, no small task !!

I hope to have given you a good laugh, in your terms, today – It wouldn’t hurt to laugh more often, you see.

Best regards on your journey

Glad you liked it.

See you next month at TLC in NM. Can’t wait to see you.

Love, Morty

Thanks for being a part of our conversations.

Have a great day.

Regards, Morty

As long as we can keep creating our experience of life by eliminating beliefs and changing our occurring, it is not as important what is going on around us.

Thanks for taking the time to write.

Regards, Morty

I guess most of us are stuck with the language we learned as a child, but we still can at least be aware of how we use language.

Thanks for taking the time to comment.

Regards, Morty

In the above, I found myself laughing, and included that in parenthesis. Im used to it by now, and I dont restrict my thoughts, I hope I have not offended any reader – it comes from love.

You are surface creatures, entranced by the fantastic creations before you. You behold your 3D space and your bodies, mesmerized by a magician you call God (capitol G). 2000 years ago a man came to tell you of your own responsibility, yet even today you forsake that life and throw stones.

For your technology is paramount, your views of life skim the surface of events and measure experience with earth made objects. Blind to the aspects far greater than you can see. You look at your physical lives as you would look into the sun, blinded by the great light – for intense light causes darkness to fall upon you, you simply cannot see.

Your discourse here, in terms of language, is only true to the physical man, who sees no-more. Who cannot see, for the light within is so intense, you are afraid of it – and blinded. You are here because you wish to challenge beliefs, some of you would prefer to kill the self entirely, using drugs, alcohol, and the like. But even those with “systems” to change beliefs, merely replace one to the other”

I tell you your right eye does not ask permission from the left to see* – And your heart beats on its own – to the behest often times *of your – beliefs. For your bodies seek their own *fulfillment – your cells follow that cooperative venture with a vitality and joy that you have forgotten*

Physical life has encapsulated you in a fog of misunderstanding, thy purpose is so apparent, you see. Your only* purpose is to learn the use of your creative energies – to marvel at that creation with awe – and take responsibility of-it. I tell you that a hurricane is an expression of your power, that if you are within one, you helped form it, and now you must deal with it. Who are you in that case? Instead you look at nature and deny your hand in it, blaming it on some outside force that can kill you against your will.

In any case, you look at your own power – miraculously cast outside yourself in an explosion of tremendous psychic energy, thus the magician falls prey to his magic acts.

When I speak with all- of-you, using language now (laughing), it is of a different sort than you are used to – Your beliefs could cast these words aside as fool hearty*, yet I am not speaking to your beliefs, that would be insurmountable in your current state-

You are not bad until proven good* (forgive me) – Hopefully you will all begin to question your ideas about your lives, your world, and who you are – Do not look to scholars as this blog would suggest, but sit quietly and do your own work, it is a noble endeavor indeed.

Best regards

thanks for your reply and sorry for “accusing” you. What you said coud have been directly out of one of Ellis’ books. It is one of his strategies for fighting against/replacing irrational thoughts (from the 1950′s).

Michael

if had peace contentment love joy commitment kindness care giving shown to you then you will have the peace that passes understanding as the song goes ive got the joy joy way down in my heart to stay thats what gets me through..!!

then the promises in the good book & our fathers prayer to the many mansions in heaven that will be on earth..!!!

so while the leaders are preparing us for war we’re meant to grow rubber reinforcing with glass web so all of gods creatures can be protected as in heaven…!!!

nameste blessings & glory & honor are yours lord thank you for your wisdom that keeps growing to protect us…!!!

mbm j

As an interesting side note the Lakota have no word for ‘me’. When they speak of an individual they communicate All.

…. Whereas a slight shift in language (“I’m feeling inconvenienced by this”) can utterly change how the situation is occurring — and a transformational shift in language: (“What an opportunity this is for me to make a positive difference!”) transforms reality.

A BRILLIANT article.

Well done.

Dead to the dark, alive to the light, for now all creaturehood can see the distinctions* in 3D space. “What I am not, has come alive – and it has a voice”

Now, the parallel you are making, although you are unaware of it – is the *dependancy* of distinction – and language. You are moving through knowledge, in a metaphysical sense – taking in the scenery, and trying to *describe what you see !

Now, words are symbolic – as of course you need to label objects to give them meaning *

Your letters allow you to objectify an illusion –

Lets apply your theory of duality as well, I am telling you that language, and music, depends upon what is not to determine what is*

You have a page of letters in a book, each grouping of words separated by space* – And it is that very space the defines the “sentence”, or the musical note in a composition. Your spaces are just as important (your empty space) – as the space that is considered *filled – In your music, the pause defines the note –

So, as you travel your metaphysical roads, you see one theory leads to the next, and so you begin to question them, ever growing and unfolding *into itself*.

Your favorite chair is not you – and there is space to define that. Your languages follow the archetype* .

A step further, some creatures hear only your pauses * -

Consciousness lives in your empty space * So it is very important now, to understand how important the activity within *nothingness is * The atoms are attracted from that void – to create your bodies and 3D objects.

***I am telling you, that you unfold – INTO space – as you move through it – attracting those molecules to build your objects, and bodies – for space is an illusion – and you really go *no-where-

But that is getting ahead of ourselves, for those so inclined it can be a good thought to ponder !

Lastly, for the end of today’s essay – Language is *Thermal*

It exists ultimately as a climate – and felt as a *Feeling* – For after all of you reading this leave your bodies – You will no longer need your dictionaries.

Who am I? I am Soul, and I want you to remember – use your spaces wisely on your planet – and in your language, and music – for space gives meaning to it all.

Best regards to you all