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What do we communicate when we use subjective words? Are we conveying reality or merely our perception of it?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Subjective words do not convey objective reality. Like everyone else, you use subjective words to convey what you believe to be true. However, your beliefs\u2014just like your perceptions\u2014are subjective. These are the assertions of authors don Miguel Ruiz and don Jose Ruiz<\/a>, who further argue that linguistic subjectivity\u2014and our blind acceptance of subjective beliefs<\/a> as concrete facts\u2014are at the root of our unhappiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more to learn how we communicate with subjective words and what impact that has.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Subjective Words Convey Subjective Beliefs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Authors don Miguel Ruiz and don Jose Ruiz (also known as the naguals) argue that our beliefs\u2014and the languages we use to codify and communicate them\u2014are also subjective. Because our perceptions are subjective, they say, we each have our own ideas about how people should live,<\/strong> what the things we perceive mean, and what\u2019s right or wrong. These beliefs aren\u2019t universal, but many of us still assume that the ones we<\/em> hold are factually correct. When we communicate, then, we tend to use subjective words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shortform note: Indeed, the more correct we think<\/em> our beliefs are, the more likely it is we\u2019re mistaken. A 2018 study discovered that the more certain people are that their view of a topic is correct, the less they tend to know about it<\/a>. In short, once we\u2019re convinced that we \u201cknow\u201d something, we stop trying to learn more about it.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We use language to conceptualize and describe those beliefs, so our words carry preconceived notions about what is true, what is good, and what is bad.<\/strong> The naguals believe that, as a result, when we communicate with each other, we describe our subjective reality in subjective terms. In other words, we use subjective words. Two people can hear the same words and interpret them differently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For example, “water” can be a subjective word. Each language has its own name for water, and that name carries additional meanings and implications depending on the circumstances and beliefs of the people who named it. Those people might feel that water is sacred, that it has spiritual significance\u2014or that it\u2019s a resource to be tapped, a danger to be avoided, and so on. In short, the meanings<\/em> words carry are beliefs\u2014and they\u2019re as subjective as our perceptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scientists Agree: Language Shapes Belief<\/strong>

Modern science supports the authors\u2019 claim that the language we use reflects and shapes our fundamental beliefs about the world. For example, linguistic researchers have discovered that people who speak different languages have different beliefs about blame and punishment in the case of accidents<\/a>. If an English speaker witnesses someone accidentally knock over a vase, they\u2019ll likely say, \u201cHe broke the vase.\u201d On the other hand, if a Spanish speaker witnesses the same event, they\u2019re more likely to say, \u201cThe vase broke.\u201d 

As a result of these different constructions, the English-speaking witness will remember more details about the man who broke the vase and assign more blame (and, consequently, punishment) to him, whereas the Spanish-speaking witness will treat the incident as a pure accident. In this way, the subjective words people use impact their beliefs about the situation\u2014just as the Ruizes describe.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Learning Language Means Learning Unhappiness<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The naguals explain that this linguistic subjectivity\u2014and our blind acceptance of subjective beliefs as concrete facts\u2014is the source of our unhappiness.<\/strong> As children, the naguals say, we\u2019re happy because we\u2019re not yet programmed by language to believe certain things. Instead, we accept the reality we perceive for what it is, innocently and without judgment. We don\u2019t have meanings, morals, and expectations assigned to our perceptions. The authors assert that, it\u2019s not until we learn language that we begin to distinguish between male and female, good and bad, or clever and stupid. We just see what is and accept it as given. We\u2019re free to be whatever we are, because we\u2019ve yet to learn it\u2019s possible for us to be \u201cwrong.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shortform note: As the Ruizes note, it\u2019s impossible for children to think critically about what they learn. By the time we\u2019ve acquired the majority of our first language\u2014before the age of six<\/a>\u2014we\u2019re still a few years away from being able to think logically<\/a>. Further, the kind of abstract thinking<\/a> required to analyze and evaluate a culturally-conveyed value like sexism doesn\u2019t even begin<\/em> to develop until age 11\u2014and the part of the brain that handles it doesn\u2019t fully develop until age 25. In short, we spend a long<\/em> time thoughtlessly believing claims we accept at face value\u2014and being miserable because of it.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we learn language\u2014internalizing our culture\u2019s values and beliefs\u2014we\u2019re disconnected from that childish freedom. We become unhappy, the authors say, because we learn the meaning of words like bad, imperfect, and ugly, and accept the implication that we<\/em> can be those things. We accept, if our teachers tell us this is true\u2014that women should be subservient, that men must be strong, that hairstyles are gender-restricted, and so on. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shortform note: One of the easiest\u2014and therefore most popular\u2014ways to research the effects of cultural messaging on our happiness is to study the differences between people who do and don\u2019t watch TV. Many studies have found, for instance, that watching a lot of TV leads to an increase in self-objectification and body-shaming<\/a> as well as decreased trust in other people and society as a whole<\/a>. It\u2019s not the TV itself that\u2019s causing this\u2014it\u2019s the fact that we compare ourselves to the people on TV and find ourselves lacking<\/em>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we become more aware when we are using or hearing subjective words, we will be more likely to discern reality and communicate effectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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