The Power of Effective Communication

Communication is one of those profound aspects of life which enables life to flow and exist on a plane which makes the world go around and things happen. Communication in itself is an art, one that often astounds us with its many intricate, complex and complicated ways of expression. It is certainly an expressive conduit, having a life force of its own in many dimensions and through many different mediums.

Communication is not just what we say and how we say it. It is something which is universal in its own right and which spans language verbal and non-verbal. It is about building rapport, linking, making contact, integrating, blending and merging, reaching out, building bridges and crossing divides. What is always so amazing are the numerous ways in which communication takes place and still makes itself understood.

We can see how dynamic and powerful communication really is when we look at some of the great names who line the corridors of the history books of time. People who, when the normal modes of communication failed to be part of their world, emerged as pioneering and dynamic individuals who made huge impacts on society and the world. Helen Adams Keller (June 27, 1880–June 1, 1968) who at the age of 19 months was smitten by an illness which left her deaf and blind, yet she went on to was an American author, activist and lecturer. Ludwig Van Beethovan another genius whose hearing gradually deteriorated in his twenties continued to compose masterpieces and to conduct and perform even after he was completely deaf.

Sometimes off the wall ways of communication still enables the process of rapport building to take place. Communication is what holds the basic threads of life together at a very cellular and basic levels. It is a continual intertwining and connecting of the unseen and seen, the verbal and non-verbal. It gives understanding of our existence through a means.

Body language a communication vehicle all of its own, sending out messages sometimes sub-consciously, without our conscious effort even realising that we have delivered messages of which we are not aware of. Perception then comes into play. How others perceive us, our behaviour, our actions certainly reflect back to us who we think we are. Yet going further still into the human psyche, exploring the depth of the soul itself, communication sets another trend. That of the soul and spirit which communicates and resonates on a level which many people, unless vibrating on a certain frequency, may never fully understand the subliminal messages that our spirit sends out. Reading energies another communicative gift. The beauty often on this realm is that of simply “knowing” a feeling communicated through the coming together and understanding of oneself and this form of communication can only be experienced through the surrealism of being in a higher place, not superior, just resonating on an ethereal or spiritual level.

We all operate at different levels. This in part, has to do with our journey and the path we are on. Pathways are put in place, not only to guide us, but also for our growth and ultimately our learning. There are many paths in life, each leading to an end result which therefore determines our destination. Then there are the experiences which mould us into the beings we are at this present moment in time. We are guided by various forces onto the paths we now find ourselves on, communicated to us by decisions we make, external and internal influences and many other dynamics of life’s persuasions.

Whatever we are about and wherever we are at this moment in time, was at some point in time communicated to us. We may not be aware of this as often times, in the basic chores of daily life we become caught up in the dimensions of purely existence, whilst life whittles away, decisions are often made for us without us being aware. Once again communicated to us subliminally without our awareness.

Communication is a powerful conduit and tool that conquers and divides, dependent upon which game you play and how you play it. Yet what is fundamentally key in terms of the importance of communication is that in this expressive cooking pot which blends lives, experiences and the existence of humanity into a cohesive coalition of the bringing together of and uniting of - communication as with the power of love certainly makes the world go around, reaching deeper than the ocean and reaching up to touch celestial beings and even if it be said “other life forms.”

They say love makes the world go around. Well what could be said of communication is that “it expressively and subtly gives a platform to and holds the threads of the global voice of life together.”