The Cult of Language

[CARDOZZO]

Humanity lives within a invention called language. They live as if language is real, existential and fundamental. 

Words cannot hurt you. You are doing it. Language, words, meaning, metaphors, description - inventions, inventions and inventions.

Contemplate: 

• Which fears are linguistic inventions? (Being dumb, strange, ugly etc.)
• Which illnesses are linguistic inventions? 

 

 

 

 

[CARDOZZO]

Contemplate

• Why do you give power/permission to words to transform your internal state, perspective, reality, identity?
• Who said that words have the power to change your inner state?

 

• Create an experience where language/words do not alter your internal state, they do not have power/effect over you. How does it feel? What is possible now? 

Edited 8 hours ago by CARDOZZO

[Natasha Tori Maru]

https://youtu.be/Ca_RbPXraDE?si=sW07Xkh2EvK859Zb

[CARDOZZO]

13 minutes ago, Natasha Tori Maru said:

https://youtu.be/Ca_RbPXraDE?si=sW07Xkh2EvK859Zb

Language as an alien parasite. Crazy theory! 🤯

[Natasha Tori Maru]

Just now, CARDOZZO said:

Language as an alien parasite. Crazy theory! 🤯

I haven't watched all of it, but it was an interesting conceptualization of language! 

Looking at it as something foreign, parasitic and fundamentally altering our entire perception.

Language is fascinating.

[CARDOZZO]

 

 

Edited 7 hours ago by CARDOZZO

[CARDOZZO]

1 minute ago, Natasha Tori Maru said:

I haven't watched all of it, but it was an interesting conceptualization of language! 

Looking at it as something foreign, parasitic and fundamentally altering our entire perception.

Language is fascinating.

100%

The map is not the territory.

[LifeEnjoyer]

One of my favorites!

[Natasha Tori Maru]

We are automatically going to filter all descriptions of experience through language.

The insidious cataract between our awareness and reality 💀

Everything is therefor always going to be inherently muffled, incoherent and obscured.

No wonder teaching is so hard, so many misunderstandings arise, and so many fights are had!

Edited 6 hours ago by Natasha Tori Maru

[CARDOZZO]

2 hours ago, LifeEnjoyer said:

One of my favorites!

Is it a good talk? Spira seems a very grounded decent guy.

[CARDOZZO]

1 hour ago, Natasha Tori Maru said:

We are automatically going to filter all descriptions of experience through language.

The insidious cataract between our awareness and reality 💀

Everything is therefor always going to be inherently muffled, incoherent and obscured.

No wonder teaching is so hard, so many misunderstandings arise, and so many fights are had!

BCIs are the next frontier. Telepathy as a service.

[LifeEnjoyer]

1 hour ago, CARDOZZO said:

Is it a good talk? Spira seems a very grounded decent guy.

Oh yes it is! Might not be as much on language as I thought it was, now that I'm rewatching it, but still very good nonetheless. 

Edited 3 hours ago by LifeEnjoyer

[Joseph Maynor]

How to regard language is really an intellectual problem, although people don't want to openly admit this.