If
who I am
is my
word,
and if
integrity
is
honoring my word
as
who I am,
then my life is given by my
speaking.
My
speaking
ie
language
is the leverage I have to
create,
to invent, to bring forth. When I
create
ie when I invent, when I bring forth, I can bring forth that
which already is ... and ... I can bring forth that which
already isn't. Given the possibility of possibility, yes
we do have the
power
to bring forth that which already isn't.
Before I learned to invent anything new with
language,
I had to learn to invent that which already is. "Wait!
Why
is it necessary to learn to invent that which already is if it
already is,
Laurence?"
you may ask. It's a good
question,
the answer for which may just be "Because life
works
better this way.".
I didn't plan it like this ie I didn't set out to learn to invent that
which already is. However what I noticed was if I don't invent that
which already is, then I would be living a life which was perpetually
at odds with ie out of sync with the physical universe.
"Inventing that which already is" is a euphemism for being totally
aligned
with that which already is (ie with the physical universe), for
accepting
that which already is, for
surrendering
to that which already is. Inventing that which already is, in other
words,
is being in a relationship with the physical universe in a way that has
me being
cause in the matter
of my experience of it, rather than has me being a guest
actor playing
a bit part cameo role on its stage. Being willing to invent that which
already is ie being willing to be
cause in the matter
of your experience of the physical universe, is what it is to be a
friend
of the physical universe.
Once I've manifested myself as a
friend
of the physical universe ie once I'm
being cause in the matter
of my experience of that which already is, I'm ready to invent that
which already isn't. In other
words,
being a
friend
of the physical universe, is the smart person's
prerequisite to inventing possibility.
What's the
connection
between the physical universe, and possibility? ie what's the
connection
between being a
friend
of the physical universe, and inventing possibility? The physical
universe is a given. In addition to the physical universe,
there's one other component of life which is also a given, and that's
possibility. Possibility is a given, not so much as a component of the
already is physical universe, but as a component of our
being human ie it's a given of our human-ness (if you will). The
power
to bring forth that which already isn't ie the
power
to invent possibility goeswith (as
Alan Watts
may have said) being human. It just may be that before we can really
invent possibility, we have to be willing to
be cause in the matter
of our experience of the physical universe ie we have to be willing to
be a
friend
of the physical universe. If we're not, inventing
possibility is as elusive as balancing is when trying to
stand
up in a hammock. When possibility is elusive, all that's available to
us is change ie all that's available to us is more and more of
the same old same
old.
Listen:
without
transformation,
change is the only yardstick for what we're capable of. Without
transformation,
inventing possibility isn't the status quo - yet if you
tell the
truth
about it,
possibility was all you knew when you were a
child,
yes? Without
transformation,
inventing possibility gradually became an aberration as you grew up.
Yet inventing possibility ie deploying
transformedlanguage
really is our essential
power
which change has obfuscated.
