Words, Writing, Divinity and Change

I just returned from training in Biodynamic Cranial Osteopathy with James Jealous, DO. His use of language is very precise, seeking to capture the life and divinity in the healing process through his words. His teaching has moved me to carefully consider the words I use and sparked this essay.

The need for inward time seem primary now as I synthesize the experiences of the last ten days. Integrate is perhaps a more precise word. It begins with being still, creating space and allowing time for the experiences to settle.

As I write these words, I am aware that I may not be using them precisely. Loose usage, vernacular blunts the divinity, the true meaning, the divine communication. So often, we take the life out of our words to appear objective or scientific. What's left is flat, less nourishing, even toxic or dangerous. We're refining our words the way we do flour! Let's leave our words whole, unprocessed, unrefined. There can be such a thing as overspecificity, that looks so closely, so centrally, so concentrated that is misses the whole and the life. Can our words have a soft, peripheral focus that contains and represents the whole yet retains the meaning undiluted?

Our words are a representation, a symbol and often poor ones. A word can create a space for much to manifest. It can water a seed of transformation, of awakening, of healing. Isn't that what we writers seek? Call it what you will but we want to induce a change. The words are only a catalyst. The hearts and minds of our readers must be receptive and in the right place for the change to occur.

Bethany Klug, DO specializes in holistic medicine at the Kansas City Holistic Centre. She is a member of Lieurance Group, a freelance writers cooperative and authors the monthly column "The Doctor Cooks" for the Kansas City Wellness Magazine. She would be delighted to write a column or series for you.

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