Going beyond words

 

Words have meanings that we distort. For example, the word “brainwashing” implies that your brain sometimes needs washing. You do not want to walk around with a dirty brain, a dirty mind. What is wrong with the word “brainwashing?” It indicates a clean brain, a clean mind, but it is used in a derogatory manner. 


The word “disillusioned” is the same. It is good that you are disillusioned; it means you have come to reality. 


Purana means “that which is new in town, the most modern” but it is now used in the sense of being old. The word “enthused” comes from the Greeks which means “God is with us.” Then it came to mean crazy, and today it has changed again. 


In the course of time, meanings of words change. Do not be stuck on words. Your worries are words. Your ideas are words. Wisdom is beyond words. It is the very Being. It is the essence of all words. See and relate beyond words. Then there are no lies in your life. 


If you manipulate words, it is a lie. If you play on words, it is a joke. If you rely on words, it is ignorance. If you transcend words, it is wisdom.