"The angels are so enamored of the language that is spoken in heaven,
that they will not distort their lips
with the hissing and unmusical dialects of men,
but speak their own,
whether there be any who understand it or not."
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
I spent last weekend at the International School of Story Telling...
What was I really doing there? Many reasons, but it wasn't just to listen to stories. I observed the magical art of weaving light through words. I was like a little child, fascinated 'yes, yes, yes, tell me more...'. Interestingly, it wasn't exactly the words that fascinated me... but rather the space between the them.
So many times, I have failed to find the words to express this vast infinite heaven within. So often words defy what is at the centre of my core. Having a story to tell, yet no words to share them with, ignites a determination within me to break free of these limitations. I really understand what Emerson is trying to express in the quote above. It is certainly not because of arrogance that the angels do not speak fondly of words. Not at all.
They DO speak. They speak all the time. They speak through nature, through synchronicity, through dance, through play. When they try to speak, they find that they cannot squeeze heaven into such a narrow passageway of vocabulary. They find that when they do, the message is often lost.
Listen also to the space between the words. Even in the presence of a word smith. Feel the energy. Perhaps the real message will be found in the space between the words.
For me, that is the only place I have ever found the real 'story'.
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Words can wound or heal
18 June, 2012 - 07:09 — Trinity BourneWords are powerful.
Words can wound.
Words can heal.
When inspired by the soul, they can offer a supportive bridge between worlds. Between the old world that longs to fall away, and the new, that beckons to unfold.
Yet, before a word is even born, it's the consciousness, the energy within that matters above all else.
So when we use words, let them rise like a fountain from the divine.
Let them be inspired by the language of Angels.
Divine expression
18 June, 2012 - 13:19 — DavidNow this is a language I understand, the space between the words.
So beautiful that you have given space to and shared the enormity of expression in this way. I liken using words as trying to squeeze something so big through something so small, like trying to squeeze an elephant into a hobbit house
These lines really resonated with me:
"Yet, before a word is even born, it's the consciousness, the energy within that matters above all else.
So when we use words, let them rise like a fountain from the divine."
Ahh, yes of course. It's not about finding the right words, rather tuning into the right place to express them from.
Thank you for such a divine sharing.
David
Divine
18 June, 2012 - 15:59 — Trinity BourneThank you for sharing this David.
This has always been such an important exploration for me... Fundemental to my purpose.
x
space-love-speechless
19 June, 2012 - 08:00 — Rékaoh Trin, you hit the right topic for me too - again!
coming from a highly intellectual-artist (poet even) line of a family, words have always been an important part of my life. We kinda have a good relationship. It always fills me with joy when I can express something precisely (btw here I am doubly struggling, writing in a language which is not my mother tongue, never mind).
So playing with words, experimenting with them has always given me great joy.
As you say, words are not purely 'words'. To me they are carriers of subtle energies, like building blocks of an energetic house of teaching/exchange. They have huge power, their imprint on the mind (and else) is phenomenal, and singing/reciting (especially the so called "bij"=seed or core, i.e. highly charged) mantras like in the Eastern traditions is a very beautiful, ancient exploration and understanding of this energetic vibration (and its effect).
But as a result of a process of some years now, it's not the words that call my attention so much. It's what is behind (you say between, I'm sure we mean the same thing). When we speak, write, communicate, we can do it either through words, or through 'space'. Well, actually we do both. But oh man, what difference there can be! There was this period like some 2-3 years ago when my focus shifted from 'words' to 'space' and to tell you the truth I had to go through quite a period of adjustment because first I was thinking: "My God, is everybody lying or what?!?" Sometimes people/we don't even notice how different it is what drops out from their/our mouths from and what they/we really mean.
So I learned to listen to the space behind. And funnily I also noticed that it works in writing too! So there is no need for a physical presence to hear the space. This is what I call (we talked about this Trin before) an energetic teaching.
So this is why I love talking to you, Trin, so much, and I promise, just for the sake of a good laugh at ourselves, once I'm really going to tape record our 'conversations', because to a listener of 'words' there's hardly any intelligable in it
One of my favourite Rumi quotes springs to mind/heart now, I feel it has something to do with what I'm trying to express. He says: "Although I may try to describe Love, When I experience it, I am speechless. Rumi ♥"
I think one way of describing the space between/behind the words is simply LOVE.
Oh doesn't my heart just want to explode when this communication (or maybe even communion?) of love-angel talk starts among people... Yes, this IS the real story.
So make love, no words!
ha-ha
love, Reka
Speechless
20 June, 2012 - 06:45 — Trinity BourneThank you, thank you, thank you Reka :innocent:
I have always found that when speaking in a worldly unintelligible language that it is always understood, IF the sharing is 'meant to be'. I have also had to quickly learn the 'sign post' language of words for other functional purposes.
Reka wrote "I think one way of describing the space between/behind the words is simply LOVE.
I might also think of this a 'unity consciousness'.
There is an energy through and around us all. It is like a universal transmitter. If we tune into this space then words can easily fall away and leave the most comprehendable knowing, like a resounding note.
I love the Rumi quote.
xxx
space/void/depth/lightness/intensity
20 June, 2012 - 12:22 — Rékayes, yes, I meant love similarly, as pure love, or love as the sufis mean it...
this space/void/depth/lightness/intensity which we are struggling to express by our clumsy words (the very means that are there to conceal it) is a
"heartfelt loving embracing compassionately listening deep knowing presence communing softness"
-- to me...
or unity consciousness...
noticing in my best moments how it's been filling me, gradually, more and more
I so much cherish others and myself in this sacred space, listening by being listened to, receiving through giving, giving through receiving, and a crystal clarity perception of any given situation...
why on earth to give words, and label things and kill it all?
sometimes these days I just feel that there's no more word-talking 'socializing' left for me; all of my being is now given to holding this space for me-others. I have no desire to waste time with meaningless conversation anymore...
and i mean meaningless conversations
Meaningful conversations
20 June, 2012 - 17:41 — Trinity BourneI agree!
For me conversations with meaning are any that hold a soul to soul connection and no less. That could equally mean a highly articulate dance of words or a silent engagment.
When you say 'I know what you mean', from a look in the eyes and I didn't even 'say' anything. I love it!
Kahlil Gibran on Talking
20 June, 2012 - 17:46 — Trinity BourneI really do resonate with the masterful words of Kahlil Gibran on talking...
And then a scholar said, "Speak of Talking."
And he answered, saying:
You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts;
And when you can no longer dwell in the solitude of your heart you live in your lips, and sound is a diversion and a pastime.
And in much of your talking, thinking is half murdered.
For thought is a bird of space, that in a cage of words many indeed unfold its wings but cannot fly.
There are those among you who seek the talkative through fear of being alone.
The silence of aloneness reveals to their eyes their naked selves and they would escape.
And there are those who talk, and without knowledge or forethought reveal a truth which they themselves do not understand.
And there are those who have the truth within them, but they tell it not in words.
In the bosom of such as these the spirit dwells in rhythmic silence.
When you meet your friend on the roadside or in the market place, let the spirit in you move your lips and direct your tongue.
Let the voice within your voice speak to the ear of his ear;
For his soul will keep the truth of your heart as the taste of the wine is remembered
When the color is forgotten and the vessel is no more.
language of the heart
21 June, 2012 - 07:11 — DavidI love this Kahlil Gibran quote. I know not the words he speaks of, but that of the energy left behind.
Beautiful
David
Understanding silence
24 June, 2012 - 06:55 — Trinity Bourne"He who does not understand your silence
will probably not understand your words."
Elbert Hubbard
oh dear, how true
28 June, 2012 - 19:37 — Rékaand how appropriate (again) at this very moment in my life
love you, thanks for being in the space with me/us
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