The Cult of Language

[Joseph Maynor]

On 2/1/2026 at 9:13 PM, Natasha Tori Maru said:

You have a unique view. If I understand what you point to - the divine is the reaching out to the sublime? Sublime according to its proper definition. In service to something greater than ourselves?

Maybe yes and more, is more accurate  If I understand your divine component being an addition and not detracting from survival patterns. This might harken back to that pendulum swing analogy from another thread around here. Different domains overlapping.

Yes.  Basically, I have a component of Absolute Beauty in my spirituality that appears to be very rare.

[Rafael Thundercat]

On 02/02/2026 at 6:27 PM, UnbornTao said:

Definitely. And here's an exercise - or meditation, if you will: What's an experience of reality prior to "language"? What was life like before the addition of this layer?

Not easy.

We were like animals

[UnbornTao]

8 hours ago, Rafael Thundercat said:

We were like animals

Thanks. And what was that like? Were you able to experience having no language at all - no self-talk, no symbolism, no reference, and so on? Did you experience the genesis of this invention?

It's a difficult meditation, partly because we will try to use some form of language to get us out of language. We shouldn't forget that language can also take the form of images, sounds, and so on. Imagination, for example, seems to be largely language-based, which is the main thing we'll do when we try to answer that question with our minds.