Lanuage

Language is defined as a system of communication used by a particular country or community

As well as the method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured and conventional way

I copied and paste the definition I found online. That's why the first line looks the way it does.

So today I'd like to write my thoughts on language...well, more so on something I observed in regards to communication.I came across a video that was titled "Deaf people hear for the first time"

What happened in the video isn't what interested me, but what people in the comment section said about the video. I wonder if it surprised them as much as it did me...okay well it first it didn't surprise me,  but I sat on it for a while just now and I got to thinking.

I should specify that there was a particular portion in the comment section that I read. Some people were having conversations about how they thought it may have been abrupt for child in the video to suddenly hear so much noise, because in the video the mother and the lady who was controlling the ear piece were constantly calling his name.

Some of the other comments were about how the boy probably didn't understand a word they were saying because he never heard "speech" before. People who are deaf (some) will resort to using sign language right? To me, this is similar to any other language in the word.

Now, I'll tell you why this is interesting. The people had no qualms over this being bizarre and they actually agreed. I agreed as well. Now, when it comes to our domestic house pets, some people will swear their pets can understand them and they talk to them.

Some people believe that they listen to the inflections in our speech to gauge or determine what we're saying. I have two dogs and two cats, and I can call a pet from another room and that pet will come running. So I believe they understand certain words.

As far as them communicating to me or communicating back, well one of our dogs as a much harder time than the other. Sometimes I don't quite understand what they're trying to tell me. So for example, I'll ask them the obvious "Outside?" or "Water?" or "Food?" and depending on whether they respond to a word, I"ll understand what they're trying to tell me. So if I say "Outside" they run to the back door. If I say "Water" they go to their bowl or they'll twirl around.

What I'm getting at is that we somehow find a way to communicate. Yet, I believe we base it on what we can see.

But this isn't the interesting part. That was only half. The other half is what if we, or some of us, have not been able to hear anything?

I'll explain. So I'll take sight. Because we've been bombarded with consistent stimuli for so long, it's natural that our minds will only focus on what's important. For example, we don't have to think about breathing (or some of us) or our heart beating. These things are done without us having to think about them.

So due to blocking out certain things, perhaps we aren't fully aware everything. So imagine walking through a tunnel and seeing only light at the end. Now imagine if the walls were see through, but due to us blocking out everything, we're not focused on it.

Where am I going with this? So for me, I'm a spiritual person...sometimes. Sometimes I'm a normal person lol But I'm a spiritual person, and I believe in the possibilities of...well a lot of things. Due to this, it can be overwhelming. Now, because I'm a person who is open to the possibilities I still come across as having "strong views", and this is perhaps due to my ego *shrugs*.

Anyways, I'm saying this because although I can't see spirits or communicate with them, I do believe in the possibility of spirits.

The only reason I'm saying this all is because I'm posing the question to you, as well as myself, on what if the spirits are here among us, within a different plane of existence, but their form of communication is different? Though I pose this question, I've read a bit about how spirits communicate. I thought to myself "Why the symbolism? Why not just tell me what you want?" because some of them were once humans. And as I was showering I realized that it's because they don't posses the "physical" means to do so. They don't have a mouth or vocal cords like we do.

This is why I mentioned my dogs. Dogs communicate differently. The only reason we even have any sort of information about the way dogs communicate is due to people observing the animals.

The difference with spirits is that they are "invisible", but this is only because we don't know how to see them. This is why I mentioned the conversation is the comment section being so interesting.  Without realizing it, these people were having a conversation about language and communication.

And if I'm honest, I don't think we've even scratched the surface on properly communicating with each other (especially through speech).

So although I can't "see" spirits, nor can I "hear" them, I think it has more to do with me just not knowing how to go about it, rather than it not being something that is possible. I also think, as spiritual beings, we all have the ability. We just don't remember.

I remember wondering why we would choose to have "amnesia" when we come into a lifetime, and my theory (and this is based on some things I've read as well) is that we either 1. we can truly test ourselves in this life without remembering 2. to not distract us from our currently lesson or 3. It's just not important (or past lives)...at the moment anyways

I have found it interesting that some people can be affected by things that happened in their past lives. For example, I once read a case of a client who was placed under hypnosis and did a past life regression where we stated that she put on a lot of weight in her current life due to a lifetime where she starved to death (I believe is how it happened). It was either she starved or there wasn't enough food for everyone in her group. So when she saw food, she felt the need to eat enough because she felt there wouldn't be much left over, or that it may be her last meal.

Now, to test whether or not I can see spirit is something I think requires a lot of discipline and focus, and I don't have that at moment lol But I do believe I can "feel" things. Me and my younger sister use to spend so much time with each other that we use to say the same thing at the exact same time and then start laughing (telepathy). I also remember being at a mall with my family and, I don't recall why we were doing this, but we were talking to a guy who worked for this store and he jokingly asked us to guess his age. Everyone was throwing their thoughts out and my first guess was his age.

A lot of people would say "Well, that's just a coincidence!" and maybe I would agree with them to extent. However, during my last few quarter at my college was full of "coincidence", so many in fact that I felt that it was very strange how things played out lol

Apparently coincidences are a casual amount of events with no apparent connection, but I don't believe this was the case with me. From leaving one college, at the exact time I did, to finish certain classes when I did, to just barely missing the closing of my school by one quarter, this is an interesting string of coincidences haha Now, I'll say this, had I not run out of funds to continue taking my Gen Ed. classes (and trust me, I wanted to stay a bit longer!) when I did, and this was years before the news about the school closing became any sort of "thing", I would not have graduated. I wanted to do certain things, but had I, I would have been months late and found out my school closed, I wouldn't have a diploma and I wouldn't have met the people that I know now.

To me, coincidences are a strange phenomena.

Back to language.

So imagine for a second that you are blind and that you've never seen anything ever. To you, your world is dark. Now you can't see, but you can hear on the side of you, someone tells you what they see. You can't imagine this because you've never seen it before. It doesn't exist in your eyes. And it's nearly impossible for the person to describe something to you that you've never seen. Pretty much, Plato's The Allegory of the Cave.

This is probably what it's like for a person who can see spirits, try to describe it to people who "can't see".

But, I get it. Because there are some "fake" seers out there. Some people may say that we should use our discretion, and I agree. But the best way to not have to deal with that is to learn to do it yourself.

It's interesting because people who just weren't believers or this who have had NDE or OBE have suddenly changed their minds about being against it.

Now, don't get me wrong, I think skeptics exist for a reason. If we blindly went along with everything, we would never have any advancements in technology or our thinking.

I do believe we should be respectful of one another. Something I can't stand seeing are people calling each others names lol Honestly, what exist within your reality may not be what exist in someone else's.

For example, a few days I was walking home from the bank and the schools nearby was letting out. I watched as a bunch of kids exited their school. Can you imagine if they started telling me about their day and I say "No it didn't. None of that happened" to them lol They would probably say "How are you going to tell me? You weren't even there!"

Anyway, that's all of my thoughts for now. If anything else comes up, I'll try and type it here. I've been feeling very drained, so I'm trying to give myself time to recharge.

Good night!

Mon