An Exercise in Construct Awareness

[Razard86]

Imagine there is a self-sufficient Island of people who speak English but out of pure rebellion decided to break the rules of English and make everything the opposite. So on their island the word for up is down. The word for left is right and so on and so on. Let's say their island is so fun it opens itself up to tourism. English speakers not native to that island would have a tough time on that island. Because everything would be OPPOSITE!!! That world to them would be PURE MADNESS!! All they did is change some words!! But notice how attached you are to words and what they mean.

But here is the biggest realization...notice how you can know something....separate from the word that is being applied to the thing. Sit down and ask yourself why is it when someone says red...you know what red is versus what yellow is? You can use whatever terms you want, but you are able to know what the terms are pointing too. Notice the power of words and labels. They are both attached and not attached to the thing they are pointing too....doesn't that sound familiar?