Light Language: The Language of Intuition

Is light language actually a language?

Not in the traditional sense of the way we speak and write English, Spanish, Mandarin, American Sign Language or any other “language”. It doesn’t have a writing “system” or set of words & sounds that are meant to convey a specific meaning. But it is a way of communicating, even that which we can’t express through the limits of vocabulary in a traditional language.

Define Language & Compare

The Oxford dictionary defines language as:

The principal method of human communication, consisting of words used in a structured and conventional way and conveyed by speech, writing, or gesture. A system of communication used by a particular country or community.

Languages have a set of rules that they follow for grammar, syntax, pragmatics, semantics, etc. This makes it possible for one person to communicate a complex topic to another person. It works because both people have learned to associate the sounds or writing with a particular meaning. But its precision is limited by each person’s interpretation of what is said or written.

Ever said something you thought was perfectly clear and had another person misunderstand what you meant?

This is because we each have our own perception about what words and phrases mean. It’s also why two people can read the same book or watch the same movie and have different reactions to it.

We have different interpretations at different points in our lives. We don’t respond the same way to what someone tells us when we’re 5 years old as we do when we’re 15 or 30. Our perception changes over time. And as this happens, the meaning we associate with words and phrases does as well.

It’s not only what you say but how you say it

Think back to when you were a child forced to apologize. Did someone ever tell you to say sorry “like you mean it”? Even beyond what we say, it’s the intonation and emotion behind our words that convey the true meaning of what we are communicating.

In the apology example, we’re actually saying something like “I’m telling you I’m sorry because someone told me to and I know if I don’t I’ll be in trouble”. Our language becomes distorted and disconnected from ourselves. It’s no longer a way for us to express our ideas to another because it’s become formulated into automatic responses of how we should feel and respond in a given situation.

How many times throughout your day do you speak in automatic responses?

Some example of automatic responses are:

“how are you?” -> “good and you?”
“have a nice day!” -> “thank you, you too”
“what’s up?” -> “nothing much”
“thank you” -> “you’re welcome”
“I love you” -> “I love you too”

These responses are NOT bad or wrong. They also are not necessarily inauthentic, but they can be when we say them because we feel like we have to. And sure, it’s polite to thank someone or ask them how they’re doing, but what if we showed it more instead so that it is known that we appreciative or that we love someone?

This is where light language comes in.

Light Language for Communication

Just as we can communicate ideas and emotions through art, we can convey messages through light language. It’s a bit like the abstract art that expresses in a way that creates space for people to make their own interpretations of it.

Here’s a definition of light language and how it compares to traditional language:

Light Language is a form of communication that bypasses human limitations around the meaning of words. As opposed to a language made up of symbols and sounds that we have mutually agreed upon as a society or culture. Light Language has no fixed alphabet. It is a vibrational expression that speaks directly to our soul and DNA.
-Pure Generators

Imagine being able to express exactly what you mean and have that exact intention be received by the person you wish to share it with. Light language does this. We cannot always translate what we experience into traditional language words, but that is also what allows us to surpass the limitations imposed by having to use the words that have been predefined for us in our language.

A poet plays with language to express ideas and emotions in a way that goes beyond explaining. They use words with creative structures that disobey the rules of language to create an art piece that can be interpreted based on the language, it’s aesthetic, and how the reader feels while reading it.

An artist paints or otherwise creates a visual expression of their ideas using colors, textures, shapes, and other visual and tactile elements. This is then interpreted by the viewer through logical thought and openness to feeling what the art piece triggers in them.

Light language directly communicates what one person feels and thinks to another person while the other person receives the transmission. It bypasses language as we know it because it is understood through feeling rather than logical processing.

Have you ever exchanged looks with a close friend when you were both thinking or feeling something but were in a situation where you didn’t want to talk because of other people in the room?

Think back to elementary school when your teacher says you’re going to choose partners for a project and you look at your best friend feeling and knowing that you should be paired together. You feel the anticipation build as you listen to the teacher finish droning on about the project that you’ve barely paid attention to. You and your friend are communicating without spoken or written language.

Light language is like this on a more intense level. It can even include spoken and written language - it just isn’t recognizable as having a logical meaning. It can also be physical touch and movement like hand gestures and dancing. It’s like an art that is transmitted to another person and received as a language that they understand just so long as they don’t think too much about it.

So, what is light language?

It’s communication in its rawest form from one soul to another. While there is no explicit structure or vocabulary, there is a way to learn to learn to speak it: practice opening your mind & body to being receptive to emotions, sensations and ideas. Embrace your discomfort and disbelief in what is possible for yourself and the world around you. And just when you think you’ve gone as far as you can, challenge yourself to step just a little bit further.

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