After my last blog entry I began to think, what exactly is the language of the soul? What is the language that all human beings share in our most inner core? Here, in this question we come to the very fulcrum of our existence, for it is the soul, that binds us all together as human beings. Now I postulate here, that we do indeed have a soul, and furthermore, that the soul is an undying entity, which defines us in the most basic level, meaning that it is the very essence of a person. Whether or not this is the case, is a matter of another debate.
So what is it then, that we as people all individually have, but universally share with others? And more to the case, what is the language it speaks? The speech in the video (check out the first part) gives us some thoughts about it. It talks about hope, trust, strength, compassion. It defines the language as the language of the heart and soul, which is used to transmit the voice of our ancestors and our inheritors to come. From that i would continue, that it is the language of our innermost desires and self-awareness.
That language would be love.
And I’m not talking here about the mere feeling of love, though that is a great part about it. I’m talking about the whole complexity of love as something that defies definition, but we still know it. But then you ask, what if our soul is twisted and black? What if our soul speaks evil? How can the language be love? I would maintain, that our soul cannot be evil. I believe that the human being was created as inherently good, and that the image of God, that we carry with us, is indeed in our soul. I believe, that the evil, that resides in us is more like a shroud on our soul just like tar shrouds your lungs if you smoke. And when we ask God to save our souls, we indeed ask, that He saves the good in us and banishes the tar so to speak. But if the soul is hurt, like it more or less is in every case, it begins to desire restoration. And that’s exactly what God does, He restores our soul. Unfortunately in many cases, we humans seek not restoration, but short term retribution.
Anyways, I would argue, that the soul itself is in essence pure and inherently good. Thus it speaks in a language of love. It is something, we share universally with other human beings (and perhaps with other life to some extent). This is why the maxim in the speech is so beautiful – that we must be kind to each other – since its the greatest form of understanding we can share. And what is language, if not transmitter of understanding?
