English language Alone Is Not Enough.

The English language on its own, is not enough to maintain a human being in health.

I am noticing in agreement now, from various sources, it  being found that being bilingual can make you smarter.  What I am saying with concern, is that English is not adequate for us.

English on its own – as is its habit, like an invasive plant that toxifies the soil driving out competing species – is not adequate to ensure we develop the intellectual reasoning ability that we require just to live a healthy functioning life.

To quote a paper on bilingual development also advertising a method style of language teaching cards:

“…the collective evidence from a number of recent studies suggests that the bilingual experience improves the brain’s so-called executive function — a command system that directs the attention processes that we use for planning, solving problems, and performing various other mentally demanding tasks.*

Yes.  The executive functioning referred to here is precisely what I term our ‘intellectual reasoning ability’.  Or, that which gives us the ability to reason – concur – analyze – determine – think with strategy – so that we may then choose the best decision for the best outcome for our life, and life as we know it – and may know it.

Can it be we are already suffering as a planet large-scale from this inadequate reasoning ability?  Oh yes.

‘Chronic deficiency syndrome’ is apparent where ever English is found in its smallest vocabulary use. I find it to be very common now in Australia, England and the U.S. Only where English speakers develop themselves an extra vocabulary size, in their own time given them by financial freedom and motivation to do so, can they avoid this disorder.

On its own, the English language will not naturally develop a brain that is sufficient for a healthy, top-performance-potential reaching human life, as do the others organically.  It cannot, simply by way of its structure and ad-hoc design.  It is the made-up, artificial, ‘plastic’ of all the human languages.

It is the ‘meant well for the self-gain of the ruling class’, advertising, strength of rule, wealth, people and land amassed & controlled, and for economic growth purposes.  It is part of an entirely artificially creative construct where people were kept divided and restricted into classes and jobs performed, and vocabularies restricted to what was required in tasks performed.

Like cigarette smoking, spraying DDT and many other such examples where we have come to think better of, it was a bad idea for our made up, thrown-together-in-haste ‘English construct’ to become so wide-spread. 😉

Seriously.  It was found in schools in Australia last year – with some concern – how the English-language only Australian children were performing badly compared to the ‘migrant’ or new arrivals from other countries.   I am not surprised, and I expect it.

I remind you I am also British with family there I am very fond of, and I say this in respect of all British people. I believe ‘Chronic deficiency syndrome’, in addition to all the other referenced mental and emotional illnesses in British history, already to have played a starring role in the way much of the world has been made to follow Britain down one of its own industrial drains…

Other western European countries played out some horrific parts in history also, sure enough all us French, Spanish and Portuguese speakers – where ever we are – there is a reason for it!   But, I believe an enormous part of this, was to ‘out-British’ the British!   To keep Britain smaller.

And so that ‘race’ to claim wealth that your neighbors were taking, just for your own survival as otherwise they would take over you too, WAS ON!  “Kill or be killed.” “Steal or be stolen from.”   This, my mother taught me a a child,  had been the way, and what English people had been taught.

Other languages are healthier for us than English, and it is necessary for these other-language developed humans, to play a starring role now, in seeing us to a healthier and better managed planet.  Take enormous well deserved pride in knowing your own country’s health maintenance history.  Especially if you are from a naturally warm/hot country that led us to more of this creative development.

If you do not already have English-only as your language, but still possess your ‘home language’ – excellent! Keep the learning of English as it was designed – a ‘trade’ language – useful to have, but not sufficient on its own.

I am reminded of a joke I was told in Edinburgh Scotland that caused me to laugh and laugh 😀

Q. “What do you call someone who speaks lots of languages?”                       A. “Multi-lingual”

Q. “What do you can someone who can speak two languages?”                      A.  “Bilingual”

Q. “What do you call someone who can only speak one language?”               A. “English!”

Keep your home language with pride, and speak it in your home and to your youngsters.  have the courtesies of your language proudly displayed on the wall or over a fire mantelpiece so visitors can comfortably fit in and show respect! 🙂

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About C'mon Be a Human Already!

Lover of life, love, joy and music and all that brings clarity to a planet in need. Author, transformative/self mastery educator, sound healer, & singer songwriter. I am particularly interested in all languages, history, bringing an understanding to and mastery of, our feelings and thoughts; helping people attain inner peace; healthy sexual expression, development of consciousness, and in so doing, bringing a balance of our true selves operating in harmony on earth. I can provide the answers, my life has given me this. We have just gone off course. ;) I was born into a living hell, where I was not allowed to speak -even to learn how- and I needed to employ military survival tactics as a toddler just to get around the house unharmed.;) I was forced to figure out life, or I was not going to survive, and I did so with completely unbiased eyes, as I could trust nothing that I was told by family who intended me harm. I started meditating in early childhood as just a natural instinct to run away as far as I could, behind my eyes . Figuring out what had caused my mother not to possess any natural maternal instinct, and why she couldn' t love me, enabled me much insight and gave cause for intense, undistracted research. Now it has been given the name Antisocial Personality Disorder/Narcissism/Sociopathy, but as her cruelty and control disorder were always accompanied by historical rules, orders, sayings and beliefs, I learned much of the 'knowledge' leading our species astray at the time. I wanted to be the best Human Being I could Be, and I wanted to know how. I ran away at 5 years old, with my 8 year old brother asking to come with me, but, having no where to go, I sat at the corner sweet shop realising this and returned in secret, unpacking my little case to 'stick it out'. So, living within her cruel, ignorant ways, while secretly studying what life was really all about, I noticed my life as a microcosm of what was happening large scale across the globe, which inspired me to share what I learned. : ) Many Blessings to you on your journey!

2 responses to “English language Alone Is Not Enough.

  1. That joke is an old joke for us “têtes carrés” “square heads, meaning “English”) 🙂 for those of us who grew up in Quebec among ‘French-Canadians’. I feel so lucky to have done so, and really regret the inability to sustain the second language after moving to Ontario! Apart from what they may do for our brains, other languages also enrich our perspectives so much. And people who reject this opportunity have no idea what they’re missing!

    • Oh exactly, people just do not know, what they do not know, ;)and how unfortunate this is….and how the world is being affected by this reduction in people! Thank you for your insightful sharing and many blessings to you! 🙂

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