Ki, The New Universal Language
The below post is written from research on Ilchi Lee about Ki.
When someone asks, “Who are you?” we most often tell them our name. When someone points to an object and asks, “What is that?” we tell the person the name of the object. However, the name of the object is not the object itself. How far or deeply or truthfully can your name represent who you really are?
Since a name by itself is a poor substitute for a person, we use other names or titles to specify our existence in this society. I am so-and-so, the wife of so-and-so … I am a student at a such-and-such college majoring in such-and-such subject … I graduated from such-and-such school and am working for such-and-such corporation …. This goes on. However long a list you put next to your name, you will never be able to adequately express who you are. No matter how long a name may be. it is just a trademark or a label on you, but not you yourself.
A person’s name, of course, is not the only kind of name in our language. Our linguistic system is composed of names. Nouns are names by definition; verbs are names of actions; and adjectives or adverbs are names of a shape or situation. Our awareness was trained and matured in this realm of names. Therefore, when we see an object, we automatically recall the name of the object, first and foremost.
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