A path of communion...

By Vichara

One of the reasons we are “here” is not necessarily to solve things but to discover things that illicit more discussion, more discovery and more interaction. As it is that from this interaction we discover the seed of communion that unites us all and keeps us from division. The more union of thought, the more there is an opportunity to see beyond the Maya that is set up as a stumbling block and to lead one another on to a clearer path. This is not so easily obtained with the divisions that are set up but we can when we try to take a collective step back, blow away the smoke and turn the mirrors away. Here the vista is much more defined and from here the path is clear.

metathesis • \muh-TATH-uh-sis\ • noun
1 a : a change of place or condition: as *b : transposition of two phonemes in a word c : a chemical reaction in which different kinds of molecules exchange parts to form other kinds of molecules

Example Sentence:
When I listened to the recording of the child's speech, I noticed several instances of metathesis.

Did you know?
One familiar example of metathesis is our word "thrill," which was "thyrlian" in Old English and "thirlen" in Middle English. By the late 16th century, native English speakers had switched the placement of the "r" to form "thrill." Another example is the alteration of "curd" into "crud" (the earliest sense of which was, unsurprisingly, "curd"). It probably won't surprise you to learn that the origin of "metathesis" lies in the idea of transposition -- the word was borrowed into English in the mid-16th century and derives, via Late Latin, from the Greek verb "metatithenai," meaning "to transpose."