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Imagine a person who is severely brain damaged. Many of
their normal functions have been lost and there appears to be no
understanding of normal language. There is however a certain
presence about this person, who is alert and responsive to love and
caring. We know of cases where a person has lost eyesight and their
hearing becomes more acute, I suggest that where a person has lost
mental function the heart function can become more pronounced. Here
we are using mental as aligning with the Word aspect of reality and
heart as aligning with Spirit reality. (See Human
Reality and the Trinitarian model of reality) Meaningful interaction between human beings is not confined to
speaking words in English or any other human language. A lover
may often tell their partner to be quiet in order that interaction
can be enriched! There is communication in love that is beyond
words. Elderly couples who have a strong love relationship
often can sit together in silent but meaningful interaction. St Paul says in relation to prayer "We do not know how to
pray. The Holy Spirit helps us in our weakness with groans to
deep to utter". The arts can also communicate meaningfully without words.
Gazing at the stars on a clear night or out over a panorama is also
a communicative experience. the Virtue Matrix offers those who care enough about others options for
interaction that go way beyond human words. One can truly
dance with another moving from virtue to virtue within the grid. This requires great perception formed by caring enough
about the person one is interacting with without words, and loving
and enjoying the Virtues. Going back to our practical example. The carer who is
interacting with the severely brain damaged patient will often speak
to them, knowing that they cannot understand the words themselves,
but that they are aware of nuances beneath the words, nuances that
come from the heart. The carer will be aware that the patient
is often sensitive to the carers moods, and will often want to be
happy around the patient. Moving on from here, once the carer is aware of the realm of
the Virtue Matrix and has given themselves to the Holy Spirit who provides
a body of virtues, they are then in a position to move communication
from a few basic virtue 'words' to a complex, intricate and
beautiful virtue 'language'. Communication can begin by the carer patterning out different
virtue patterns, and seeing if the patient responds. Given the
heart and virtues have been all the patient has to work with, it is
possible the patient may have been attempting communication in this
form themselves without much more than the most basic of responses
from the carer. From here comes the chance to learn to speak and flow (See Flowing)
with the other person creatively within the grid utilising different
3 dimensional combinations, (gentleness, joy, innocence), (peace,
assurance, strength). Practice and patience will be rewarded with fluency in a language
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