Yesterday I talked about God as a verb. Today I’m wondering if we all shouldn’t shed the notion of ourselves as nouns, things, objects. We are human beings after all.
English anthropologist, Gregory Bateson, was fond of saying, “Stamp out all nouns.” His theory was basically that once you’ve given something a name, you have created a label that can then be categorized, judged, stereotyped, and separated from all else. I don’t personally know how you get rid of nouns and still communicate, but I appreciate the sentiment.
As Ulysses S. Grant was dying of throat cancer in 1885 he said, “The fact is, I think I am a verb instead of a personal pronoun. A verb is anything that signifies to be; to do; or to suffer. I signify all three.”
Let us see ourselves as generative, creative movements upon the earth. With our very essence we are called to be bearers of light, beacons of hope, arms of compassion, and words of peace. This is the core of our being. This is what is means to be yourself. The pettiness, the anger toward the way people behave or believe, the fear of not being enough, the self-criticism or loathing, our sharp tongues and passive-aggressive jabs are NOT part of our deepest, truest being. We must strive to move past those.
Love & Light!
Kaye