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Parent Post: Language is a parasite
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seraphima
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11/24/2025, 4:31:45 PM
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It's akin to meditation, I think. I'm committed to not using words for an hour a day, is all I was saying. All I want to do is stop myself from going to words to communicate first and foremost. To stop automatically thinking with words and just experiencing things first. Words are limiting. I'm committed to the feelings, the images, the impressions first and foremost before labeling them and then categorizing, classifying, judging them. Hope that makes sense.
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tajudeen_bin_tijani
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11/26/2025, 10:08:09 AM
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What are your thoughts about how words and its shared meaning comes to us?
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seraphima
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11/26/2025, 7:06:45 PM
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Interesting question! I thought it was simple to answer at first but it’s taken me a while to think. If words are from God, that has implications. If not, there are different implications. I think God spoke all creation into existence. I think He is The Word so words are glorious and perfect. How we, mankind, use them, however, is a different story. I think they came to us from above and have been corrupted by below. In between, I think it’s better to say less sometimes so as to be precise and careful. 🤷♀️
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gracejoy
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11/26/2025, 9:11:55 PM
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"*If words are from God..*." While everything is from God, "The Word" is Jesus; & also the Bible. Words used by us, w/out inspiration, are just words, a means of communication. In general, short of disagreements, it seems to me that as long as there is goodwill & dialogue, misunderstood words can be easily clarified. Unfortunately, goodwill isn't guaranteed🙄: "*The heart is deceitful above all things, & desperately wicked: who can know it?*" (**Jeremiah 17:9**)
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