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Jargon is a French term for the special language that may arise from the use of specialist terminology related to particular professions or social strata.

Being conversant with a specialist jargon is often a professional requirement. But there is another kind of specialist jargon that exists to demonstrate membership of a particular group, social class or religious orientation.

In addition, there are those who use special language with many specialist terms to appear superior to others and present themselves as well educated and intelligent. Some of us only go to university so that we can call ourselves academics, trying to upgrade our own value with a title such as doctor or professor.

We only resort to such measures when we suffer from feelings of inferiority and spare no effort to obtain validity and recognition.

We might, for instance, like to call ourselves “musicologist” in ignorance of the fact that music is not a science at all, but a language medium of the soul. You cannot study the soul – you can only feel it and sense it.

Others go even further and give their children exotic or foreign names, subconsciously hoping that this would make them stand out from the crowd. Some people even allow their names to be altered, so that beautiful, deeply meaningful names end up as pet names, names we would in the past have given to our companion animals: Bernard turns into Bernie, Michael into Mike, Suzanne into Suzy, etc.

There are usually three reasons for this:

 Firstly, we believe that we will be more interesting and better liked when we allow others to call us by a pet name.

 Secondly, we are called this by people who do in fact really love us, but who are embarrassed to lovingly address us by our real name. This is because we have never learnt to express our love and to be comfortable with it.

 Thirdly, many of us do not like our first name and use the diminutive to make it more agreeable to ourselves. Sometimes we dislike our first name because it has become too ordinary, and sometimes because we cannot identify with it. Our name tends to correspond to the vibrations and the mentality of our soul. But when the soul changes and the name no longer corresponds, then we want to be called by a different name. However, most of us want to be called by a different name for egoistic reasons.

There is nothing wrong with using abbreviations for long names or expressing affection by using a pet name. But on the whole, pet names are an attempt to use a diminutive to cover up our own perceived worthlessness. Even though we may feel worthless at times, not a single one of us actually is. No one needs to, or can, increase their own value, be it by use of pet names, pseudonyms, university titles or belongings.

Our true value is that we are children of God. This value is and remains inviolable.

We often replace existing terms in our own language with those from another language. Although this makes sense when there are no existing terms in our own language, it is often simply an attempt to make us appear more interesting. In Germany, substituting English words for existing German ones has become commonplace. Could the reason be an underlying collective feeling of inferiority?

There is never any need for people to increase their own value, since there are no

worthless people. But there are people who feel that they are worthless. And the more worthless you feel, the more you are prepared to draw attention to yourself by dangerous, unusual or crazy means.

We cannot increase our own value by the use of specialist jargon and terminology either. The more we resort to such measures, the less credible we become. Specialist jargon serves to divide and isolate us from others.

Where separateness and exclusion fall on fertile ground, any civilization must crumble.

Specialist jargon is not only used by people working in specific professions, but also by those doing, wanting, feeling and thinking the same. A collective consciousness leads to a collective terminology.

We tend to verbalize, usually without being aware of it, what and who we are.

Your tongue articulates what your heart overflows with.

So, if we want to get to know and understand ourselves, we need to take a good look at the words we use and the way we use them. This will tell us what we identify with. We can take the frequent use of specialist terminology as a hint that we do not identify with ourselves as a person but are trying to cover up our worthlessness. We are looking for outside validation and so become externally controlled, which means we are losing touch with our own life.

A truthful person does not use specialist jargon and uses simple language that everyone can understand.

Love connects while ego divides.