We've been taught to see ourselves as divided. We may say we're body and spirit, or have five koshas or energy bodies, or that we're composed of body, mind, and spirit. And yet, if I were to ask you to separate what is mind, body, and soul, could you do it without resorting to meaningless abstractions? I suspect not, because duality and separation is an illusion. What we call spirit is experienced as higher awareness. When people are looking into their heart's mind, that also is a form of higher awareness.

No matter what your spiritual practice might be, it's always about attaining higher awareness. So then, is there truly a corporeal or physical level, or is this just a level of awareness, too?

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Each of us are creating our reality by what we believe and accept to be truth. This goes far deeper than merely seeing things differently from others. Each of us are literally within a box made of mirrors reflecting back what we already believe. Within this box, our truths are true. Whatever we believe, is true. If we believe the sky is gray and the grass is blue, then that is what our reality actually looks like. If we pray to a god of anger and retribution, then that is how our god works within our life. Within our box of mirrors, all that we know and experience and see is what we allow.

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What does Spirituality and Worldviews have to do with Language? More than you may realize.

I don’t know whether worldviews determined the nature of the language or languages created the worldview, but it doesn’t take more than a cursory look at low or high context languages to see how they mirror the worldview of the culture's speakers. Asians tend to value community and possess philosophies/religions that promote a holistic view/relationship with the world. Westerner’s value individuality, and possess philosophies/religions that promote a person-centric mindset.

This makes it particularly difficult for Westerners and Asians to communicate effectively. What is considered polite in one culture is considered rude in the other. What is considered obvious in one culture is consider obscure and even indecipherable in the other. This takes on even more significance when one culture appropriates the sacred texts or philosophical writings of the other and interprets it based on their own pre-existing language and perspective. The result is not an accurate rendering of the original writings, but a syncretism/merging of two different worldviews into something new, and it deserves a new name to identify it as something different than the original, because it is different than the original.

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Citations/References:

[1] For a more depth look at the differences on how Western and Eastern cultures acquire language, see https://groups.psych.northwestern.edu/waxman/documents/LavinHallWaxman2006ActionMeetsWord.pdf

[2] These may differ depending upon the specific Asian country. Korean is hierarchical language. “Social hierarchy is ingrained in the language, more than any other language of the world, and depending on who you are talking to will determine what vocabulary, verb endings, particles, suffixes and address terms to use. Scholars say that traditionally there were 8 levels of honorific endings and around 4-6 are in use today.” (https://asiasociety.org/korea/lost-translation-cultural-differences-linguistic-aspect)

[3] Drawn from https://savory.global/what-is-holistic-management/

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