FALL EQUINOX NEWSLETTER

September 23, 2007

Happy Fall Equinox! Early Sunday morning, the light and dark were perfectly balanced. Then the planet's energy began to move in the opposite direction from the past six months. Structures that depend on things moving a specific way will surely be demanding our attention these next six weeks.

To better understand structures and how they work, let's look at language. Language defines our personal reality. By the words we choose, we convey to others our beliefs about the world. Not only are we sharing what we believe, we are also defining what we will allow in our lives. The choice of words, the way we say them, and the context in which we mean them all define how we will experience the world. Language is then a structure which allows specific experiences.

For example, have you ever heard yourself say "oh, that could never happen" or "I'm not any good at that", or "I can't". Your words are defining what you believe is possible, therefore what you will allow in your life.

Now, when I watched "What the Bleep do we Know" (and I've seen it 4 times) the piece of information that I found most fascinating was this: our body is taking in 4 billion bits of information per second about the world around us. Think about that for a minute - 4 BILLION bits of information. That doesn't really mean anything, because who even knows what a bit is? But now here is the context: our conscious brain filters out everything except 2000 bits. How does the brain decide which 2000 bits to focus on? The bits that fit into our beliefs. So, we ignore 3-odd billion bits of information for the minuscule 2000 that confirm our world view. I find this simply fascinating!

Therefore, our structures - our ideas and beliefs about the world and how it works - are always available to change. By shifting our view, and allowing our beliefs to expand, the world changes around us. This is called "creating your reality".

Spend the next couple of days listening to what you say to people. How do your words limit your experiences? Do your words say NO to life, or do they say YES? Does your language create doorways for magic and mysticism, or does it make the world a small and bitter place? Do your words tell others that you are a victim of circumstance, and have no personal power? Or do your words tell others that you are in charge of your destiny, and move through a beautiful world grounded in trust?

We live in a culture where words are power. When you attend college, the language and context of a subject are presented as truth. The more you are invested in that "truth", the harder it will be for you to believe or be open to additional bits of information. And then when words are used to deceive and manipulate, we begin to mistrust language. It loses its value, and we become careless with it. This is a shame, because when we are careless with our language, we lose much of our personal power, and the ability to create a life of meaning and pleasure.

Our words teach our children what the world is like. Even though they may find their own viewpoints as they grow, some of their most basic beliefs may be limited because of things heard when they were most impressionable. Hatred, bigotry, poverty, victimization - these are all beliefs that we are perpetuating by our language first and foremost. If words have that much power, can we transform our world simply by choosing different ones?

Language may be the simplest way to change your personal reality. By committing to each and every word that comes out of your mouth, you practice a powerful form of creation. By choosing words of ownership (I have, I am, I can, I will, I believe, I trust, etc) we send a message to others, but also to our subconscious, that we are in charge of our lives. When we then align our actions to those words - our superpower becomes apparent. Move over Ninja Turtles!

I have been teaching conscious language classes for over ten years, and I have watched people catapult themselves into the life of their deepest desires simply by changing the structure of their vocabulary. By affirming their personal power and ability to create their desires; by opening up their structures for more magic and freedom; and by using fewer words of limitation and more words of love - each and every one of these people are making the world a better place.

I invite you to raise the bar on your language, and whatever level you speak, up the ante. Talk about the world of beauty, of sharing, of equality, of compassion. Talk about the fun of living. Talk about the pleasure that is in each moment. Talk about the amazing intelligence of every single thing you encounter.

Then listen for the words of love and encouragement that are winging their way back to you.

Blessings!

Cat

“They used few and sharp words to serve aggressive use; few and hard words for threats; few and sodden words for everyday; flabby words with variable meaning, words that took their sense mostly from the tone and the rhythm of speech, that could equally well be endearment or deadly insult, depending on how things came out. The same words could be an invitation to a woman, a challenge to a ganger, an order to a slave, a greeting to a shop owner, the refrain of a song, or the final insult of a dying man.

As vocabulary is reduced, so are the number of feelings you can express, the number of events you can describe, the number of things you can identify. Not only understanding is limited, but also experience. Man grows by language. Whenever he limits language, he retrogresses.”

Sherri Tepper - “A Plague of Angels”

 

 

 

 

 

“It is the theory that decides what we can observe”
-Einstein