Language paved a pattern in our mind, through which we perceive the world. What we perceive with our senses gets filtered and categorised by the tool of language. After a few years of this information filtration, it gets hard to separate our true perception from language. Our mind has a comfortable editing format for the sensory input. There is a place behind language where we can truly meet each other. Sometimes we feel that, a jolt of deep connectedness. It goes through the learned layers because it is stronger than them, and truer. But it takes courage and more energy, so it could make us feel drained after a while.
Usually, we rely on what we perceive through language. Our perception is forced through what we can describe with words, and it's easy to refer to only the outcome of that process. When that happens, we take words literally. When many individuals come together, their individual perception has to be simplified before it is shared. And when it is shared, it is mixed with all the other simplified images. The simplification process underlies certain rules that emerged from the societal evolution and are accepted by the majority. These processes are neccessary to bring people together and form a society that more or less works. When millions of people living very closely together, this simplification process is crucial. It enables us to talk and develop abstract, complex concepts. But we shouldn't forget that we have tools for much deeper communication and expression, if we let go of language. By not talking for a while, by taking time and observing what is going on, by walking through a forest, by simply looking at each other calmly, by simply being present.
