How do we think? What do we think in? George Carlin has a great quote when he talks about offensive language. He says: "we do think in language and so the quality of our thoughts and ideas could only be as good as the quality of our language."
I believe that there has never been so true a statement as Carlin's quote above. So if we think in language (which means people never say anything they don't mean, because we mean all of our thoughts ... if only for a moment), then you should be able to take a step outside yourself ... take a quick look at what you are saying ... and get a glimmer of what you are thinking ... which means get a glimmer of truth, however fleeting. Easy to say, but tough to do.
George Carlin also said "There are no bad words. "Bad thoughts. Bad intentions. And woooords."
And this implies that the words are only an expression of the mind/heart/soul/true feelings of the individual. And that means that if we quiet ourselves, we can listen to the voices in our heads and truly hear what they are saying.
The real question is "How do we know when what we are saying in our heads are truly our thoughts/intentions, or those of everyone else?"
I hope George found the answer ... although he was pretty clear about his point of view ... and that is ... there is no answer.
See you on the wire
Steven Cardinale
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