Some thoughts on language and a desire to create a new word.

in #philosophy6 years ago (edited)

I was listening to something on YouTube the other night and.. In the video someone said something like.. "We need a new image".
And I'm thinking.. Yeah.. That makes a lot of sense.
But.. How do I surpass the images I've already sort of attached myself to?

For example.. Anarchism is probably one of the labels I identify most with because it essentially means.. "No Rulers".
What could be wrong with that? Though.. Apparently it has a bad reputation and a lot of people actually think we need rulers..

Another label I highly associated with which I think is very similar is "veganism".. The definition varies but the one that seems most popular and that I like the most goes something like.. "An effort to reduce unjust harm to others within reason".

I know I changed it around a lil bit and I'm butchering it a lil and "animals" is in there somewhere, but to me veganism transcends animals, it includes all sentient beings whether from this planet or not.
And technically humans are considered animals.. So a vegan is someone who wants to reduce unjust harm to their fellow humans as well WITHIN REASON.

That's a key point, it doesn't mean you go out and starve or die trying to help and it doesn't mean you become so OCD you don't even walk over grass in fear of stepping on bugs.. It just means you do your best within reason to avoid harming others..

What's wrong with that..? But once again.. This label has a really bad reputation and many "vegans" will stop referring to themselves because of such.
Perhaps it's just a normal part of any concept that becomes popular enough, you get pro and anti crowds..

Though.. Anyways.. Back to the idea at hand.
One other label I tend to associate with is "pantheist" which is someone who sort of believes that "everything is God". I believe in some kind of spiritual energy and, I don't think God is a physical being somewhere it makes more sense to me that it is everywhere and everything.

So... What new image could transcend those labels? They took me much of my life to discover. Is there a way to combine them? Or perhaps tap into something different?

This more and more makes me feel like.. I should try to create my own new word. Why not? I've done a lot of other cool things in life.. Why not try to create my own word? :D

I think that would be pretty ultimate and awesome! It seems like.. It's really hard to create something new that hasn't been done before, but.. What if I could create a new word that people used into the future? That would be awesome! It would sorta be like magic, like me giving the world a magic spell to use.

I dunno what the word is going to be yet, but I think I know how I'm going to help make it more well known.

Even though I'm so busy with the IFC.. I've been thinking of coming up with another new group of really awesome people who help others.. And.. They're not all vegan, they're not all anarchist, they're not all pantheist.. But they are all awesome people who genuinely care about others and want to help.

Maybe the new word I want to create, could be the name for this new group also.. And then in time as our reputation grows from helping others, the word and meaning of it will also grow. :)

It's not the first time I've created a word, I've made quite a few in my poetry, and when younger me and my friends created our own secret language. But.. This is still different I think.. I wasn't looking at it like this before.

Panarchan maybe? Lol. I'll have to think about it for a while, though at the very least.. I think this is a fun exercise that a lot of people don't really think about too much.. Many barely even learn how to spell basic words, let alone the etymological history or dual meanings or hidden secrets, let alone do they try to create their own words!

Which reminds me of a language I learned of not too long ago. I met a magician who speaks the language which led me to to the discovery.
It's called Esperanto, and it was apparently released to the public in 1887 and is intended to be a "global" language. Isn't that a cool idea..???? A language for the whole world to share and use?

Anyways.. I don't wanna ramble on too long cause I know a lot of people don't like reading the longer posts..
But.. I think more and more.. If we're to build a new system to replace the old or make it "obsolete".. Then we should definitely have to make a new language too.

Language is one of the most important things and it's my personal belief that the language we use now is sort of a slave language which keeps our potential down.

I'm not personally advanced or smart enough to create my own whole language, however.. I think it would be cool if I just started with one word. :)

Words are incredibly powerful.. They are like spells, like magic.. What could be more mage like than creating your own words/spells? I think it's a great idea and I dunno why I didn't think about it more sooner.
As usual would appreciate any feedback anyone has if they managed to read all that! And.. I'd also like to ask, have you ever created your own word or words? If so, would you share? :D

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you are so funny, and make me laugh but with happiness. sounds like words we are creating for steem monsters. LOL
combined with your own group like. have a happy saturday! :)

Yeah you know.. I think the steem monsters thing actually helped me to develop this thought! When we were thinking of names to name some of those things, I think it helped me expand my understanding of language even a bit more to help me get to this conclusion. :) So.. I have you and aggroed to thank for this new line of thinking! Thanks! :D
Also thanks for the well wishes I hope you have a happy Saturday as well! ._.

@apolymask cool! SM is interesting and it definitely gets the mind working in different ways. have you thought about the ulog initiative? just taping yourself instead of writing? i love writing, which is why the blogging thing really got me about Steemit. It's 4th of July now ... so happy 4th!! :) sorry i got to this late .... wahhh

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