Experience has show that Spiritual Truths are difficult to communicate; often because they present a conundrum between our flesh (ego) that craves pre-proof and instant gratification . . . and things existing in a frame that is greater than just us.
It helps that there are SO many Spiritual analogies woven in the fabric of everyday life. But again, our flesh (ego, feelings, urges, desires for instant gratification and the total avoidance of anything painful) rails at and creates copious sophistries as to why such Truths “deserve” immediate rejection.
In communication class there’s a diagram… see enclosed picture that show how our filters, the noise within us and outside us makes things difficult to understand what the other is saying.
I wish everything was a bit easier to communicate really. A giant problem is that, to me anyway, we aren’t always in a situation where we actually have to physically listen anymore. We can only think of responses to stuff. A conversation doesn’t have to happen in real time. I guess, via penpal type stuff, it never really had to. Everyone seems to be in “talk” mode.
That I no longer want to answer my phone. If you are not in my phone list, I won’t answer. There are too many sales calls, or political calls wanting money donations. There is the guy from Pakistan that tries to make you think your Windows have been hacked. He just wants to plant a bad program onto your computer. I don’t let him.
4 responses to “Lost in Translation”
Experience has show that Spiritual Truths are difficult to communicate; often because they present a conundrum between our flesh (ego) that craves pre-proof and instant gratification . . . and things existing in a frame that is greater than just us.
It helps that there are SO many Spiritual analogies woven in the fabric of everyday life. But again, our flesh (ego, feelings, urges, desires for instant gratification and the total avoidance of anything painful) rails at and creates copious sophistries as to why such Truths “deserve” immediate rejection.
In communication class there’s a diagram… see enclosed picture that show how our filters, the noise within us and outside us makes things difficult to understand what the other is saying.
I wish everything was a bit easier to communicate really. A giant problem is that, to me anyway, we aren’t always in a situation where we actually have to physically listen anymore. We can only think of responses to stuff. A conversation doesn’t have to happen in real time. I guess, via penpal type stuff, it never really had to. Everyone seems to be in “talk” mode.
That I no longer want to answer my phone. If you are not in my phone list, I won’t answer. There are too many sales calls, or political calls wanting money donations. There is the guy from Pakistan that tries to make you think your Windows have been hacked. He just wants to plant a bad program onto your computer. I don’t let him.