Continuing upon the previous post on language and mayhem. Tracing the same lineage in Indo-European languages one undoubtedly comes upon spirituality and the effects of language on religion. This is something the Kabbalah (Sefer Yetzirath) goes into at great depth, trying to explain seed syllables (as in Buddhism) and their effect upon the perceived world. In simple terms, depending on which wovels we use for certain energies in nature, we will attach them to either natural points or not so natural. Like the sound “aaa”, that most place at roughly the same place. Later wovels differ quite alot at which part of the body they resonate. This will of course lead to a drastically different effect and meaning. Some languages have more wovels than others as well – that resonate at parts not possible in others.
There seems to be a correlation between spirituality and the search of enlightenment in said language tree. Most of the organized religions that we know of are descended from India, some spreading eastward some west. Any history buff can clearly see the line of thought from India through Persia to Greece, Rome and then the rest of Europe. The core of the teaching hasn’t really changed significantly over the years so I believe we can safely assume that the problem/solution remains the same.
On to the actual point I’m trying to make here, before I forget the whole thing.
As usual, not so much of a point as food for thought.
If we take the common definition of enlightenment as the natural state of being, without any ego issues – then this becomes a somewhat important point to consider.
I believe anyone with a bit of common sense could easily verify this.
Silence in meditation is the first step along this path, suppressing the word making part of the brain from interfering.
But there is a larger issue here which has to do with the state itself. If we are “programmed” to perceive/describe the world a certain way, our goal will automatically be somewhat off target due to the builtin inaccuracy.
The fact that all shamanistic societies that the indo-europeans encountered got wiped out and were largely considered un-godly probably comes from the fact that the poor little priest just couldn’t understand why the pursuit of a non-natural god was of no interest to them.
One culture that didn’t get wiped out before it imparted its knowledge upon someone else was the Bön tradition of Tibet, that of course spawned Tibetan Buddhism.
Hmm, don’t know if this makes any sense but at least it’s consistent with everything else on this site 