Language
It is very useful to study ancient languages; in them has been recorded the history of man’s thoughts, and it is possible to follow the development and elimination of concepts. Let us take the Sanskrit and Latin languages. We can see to what extent the latter had already dispensed with profound concepts; but ancient Rome, aiming toward materialism, cannot be compared with the records of India’s thought.
Language is the chronicle of a people; the dictionary is the history of culture. (AUM, 231)
We approve an abridgment of language. Combinations of new definitives are desirable. Such a new language releases from immobility of speech. It is of no purpose to worship dead words. It is far more joyful to see how the meaning of a sound effect penetrates and convinces. Everyone understands that not words convince but the sendings of the brain center.… When people say, “This is the language of my father,” ask them: “Are the worn-out shoes of your father still usable?”
Every science is in need of new formulas. Likewise, the certain periods of life bring new expressions. One must rejoice at each new expression. Nothing is worse than the embrace of a corpse! … Seek renovation in all of life. (COM, 141)
The ability to understand even one’s own native tongue depends not upon the ear but on the contact with other centers through the aura. Therefore, it is better to say, “I have understood,” than to say, “I have heard.” (LMG II, p 184)
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