Zenkey on- illness, death and hurt

 "Be thankful to the odd day you are down with an illness, it makes you know how precious health is. Be thankful to the event of death, it makes you realize what an opportunity life is. Be thankful for the people who hurt you, they help you know- what a blessing those who dont (hurt you) are." Zenkey said one day.
He paused and then he continued " But..... can people hurt you if you choose not to get hurt?"  a mischievous grin presented itself on his face.

Double Dose of Zenkey

Strolling though the slopy dense forest Zenkey reached a high place and stood there for couple of moments to relax and relish the beauty around. While continuing to walk he heard a faint voice calling his name. "Sir, Zenkey". Inside a nearby bush lay Pappu the Porcupine couched and looking rather dull.

"Why do you look so grim and tired" Zenkey asked.

"I had a terrible day today and feel that I am left with no motivation or energy to do anything. Please give me a double dose of enlightenment and motivation as I need to carry on and do much of the things that I need to do"

Zenkey smiled and asked'  "So you have to carry on and keep doing things?"

"yes"

"You dont need any dose, even single let alone double, because you are aware of your obligation, your awareness about your state is the only requisite needed to get you started  and you already have it" Zenkey said.

Having said this he disappered in to the forest.

Language a great barrier to communication

This title sounds a dramatized fallacy but a little reflection on our part would prove it a great truth. Disagree? Then listen to this.

We communicate in terms of language and our language proficiency is the sum total of our knowledge of vocabulary, grammar and all the tools that language offers like Idioms, phrasal verbs, metaphors , oxi morons etc.

                When our vocabulary is restricted or when we are ill at ease with metaphorical expressions, our ability to express stays curtailed.

Upon reflecting on my own writings and communications, I have found that my ability to express things gets limited due to the limitations that have rooted in my communication.

We try to speak or write in terms of the language that is within our cognizance. We narrate event, express ideas or write down depictions purely in terms of our linguistic capacities.

This greatly impairs our communication- both oral and written.

So, our expression should not be dependent on our linguistic abilities. Imagination should be free from it. It should be a play presented on the stage of mind. We should become cognizant of imaginations, ideas and views, and then try to present them transgressing the barriers posed by our language.

Example : If you don’t know the word “wallow”, pigs in your imagination just stand , sit or run around . They never wallow in the dirt around them. How realistic would be a pig that never wallows. In contrast, when you know the word wallow. Not only the pigs do wallow but lot more happens in the metaphorical realm. Your friends wallow in their past love affairs. Your old aunt wallows in the nostalgia of her glorious past and society wallows in the dirt of self-imposed inhibitions. 

Hence, we shall keep our cognizance free of imagination and then discover a language to express them and it shouldn’t happen otherwise.

Language should be innovative, fresh and adventurous. Perhaps then only we would be able to do justice to our intellect, that has immense capabilities.