Words in Thai

This post is my attempt to write out my pronunciation of a few Thai words in English.
I begin with my present understanding of the meaning of each. Each meaning is followed by my idea of its (phonetic) pronunciation.

a medium(like the one who helps you to communicate with your dead uncle Slim)
* khon song

house, home
* ban (a bit like a New England barn)

elephant
* Cha-ang

water
* nam (as in Viet nam)

Individual Development Suggestions

Consider reality; if it seems difficult to contemplate, try meditating on it.

The power with which you are conscious is essential to  your individuation (coming out from among them). Consider attending to it.

In your thoughts and in your speech, words with clear referents can help you toward purity.

You have a power to give. You deserve to find joy in its use.

You don't have to do anything.

Limitations of Language

Can I misunderstand a word? Misuse it? What is the result of that misunderstanding? What is the result of that misuse.


Is it possible for a man to figure out a reality using a word which refers to that which isn't?


Can words get a woman into a great deal of trouble in the privacy of her own mind?


Calling a given word a symbol for a particular definition helps me to be aware of the limitations of language.


Being aware of the limitations of language helps protect me from building parts of my life around the meaning of a word or sentence which masks or veils my best interpretation of my real life experience,

Questions, As Seed for Meditation on "Word"

Choose one ....... at a time:

~ How can I have a word with you?

~ How can a word be shared?

~ Why is a word worth sharing?

~ How can one be taken by a word?

~ What's in a word?

~ With whom would you have a word about it?

~ How might a word 'become flesh?'

~ What does that word mean?

~ How can a word mean?

~ Who shall take me at my word?

~ How is she bound by her word?

~ Where can a word take them?

~ How can you take him at his word?

~ What do their mean words mean?

~ Why might a word be worth thinking about,

Teachings

The following is is from what I sometimes call the ageless wisdom teachings. It only represents my limited understanding as of this day. Please forgive me if I write as if I thought that you have chosen me as your teacher. I do so mainly so as to avoid feeling the necessity to qualify each sentence.


You understand more and more that it is difficult to trust your senses appropriately. You believe that you have already been betrayed by them. They do not betray. You gather information and learn skills you need to interpret them appropriately.


You learn that when you say, "Those flowers smell beautifully." or, perhaps, "That smells like shit." you are using your words to betray yourself. You know that neither flowers nor shit has the ability to smell in the way you understand. On what levels does your mind 'understand' that which you say?


Some find the skill of right speech is easier to develop than is right perception. You will increase your sanity by learning both.


Take a few minutes of the next couple of days to note the ways in which men and women innocently say things which are incorrect to others and to themselves. When they say things which are not correct and when you say things which are not correct, minds are deceived. Find it best not to deceive your mind. Your mind tends to believe you. That mind is weakened and confused by the 'lies' you tell it. Your mind hears that which you say and believes much of that which is said with feeling. I may believe when it has only been told once.


Increase your power. Correct your ideas of your existence. Your mind is your tool tool for mastering your senses, your interpretations, and your communication. The more truth and reality your mind is treated to the more beneficently and effectively it will work for you.


You have the power to master a mind that is recognizing its power.


You have a great self. The better you treat it the more powerful its function.


It is a good practice to avoid telling yourself that which is not correct.


I teach to learn. Thank you.

There Cannot be A War on Lies

To say that there is a war on cancer or a war on drugs is a very dangerous lie. Wars are made on people. They are made on men, women, and children.

The decision of on which people to war ought to be made with care.

Your words are important.