Since the beginning of this year, I suddenly realized that I seem to be able to understand English as it is, without translation. This isn't just about learning; I think it's related to the progress of my meditation practice. As my consciousness becomes clearer, my language abilities have been improving, albeit gradually.

Of course, there are still words and expressions that I don't understand, and my listening comprehension isn't perfect. There are many times when I can't understand what's being said on CNN. Nevertheless, in the basic sense, English is entering my mind as English.

I think that the people who say "understand English as it is" are probably people whose brains are functioning to a certain extent. This is because the part of the brain that controls language, and the basic brain functions, are working. Some people are naturally able to do this without realizing it, but in reality, for those who can't, it may be completely impossible. There are many places where English tips are talked about, but for people whose brains are functioning, they can do it, while for those whose brains are not functioning, it is absolutely impossible and difficult.

Until now, I always thought that this was probably something innate, especially that women have a different brain structure. However, recently, I suddenly became able to understand English as it is, and I started to think, "Could it be that humans can grow and develop more than I thought? The potential of humans is amazing. The idea of something being innate might be questionable." Perhaps there are no limits to human abilities. I had always thought, "I can't do that," but suddenly I can, and I'm surprised. I think this is largely due to the progress of my meditation practice and the release of blocks in my mind.

In English learning, it is often said that "don't translate English into Japanese, but understand it as it is." However, I always thought that this was impossible, even when I heard it in various places. Although other people may not say this as much, I personally thought that this required innate talent. Middle and high school teachers often casually say, "understand it as it is," but I thought, "What? What does that mean? It's definitely impossible." When I looked around, especially women seemed to have high language abilities, and they seemed to understand it intuitively, but I am aware that my language processing ability and language learning ability are weak, so I have struggled with language learning, especially English, and I probably needed many more hours to learn English than women. I struggled to get English into my head. While watching women learn languages fluently, I thought, "I've heard that the brain structure of women and men is different, and that women have much higher language learning abilities." I have also seen some research results and statistics that seem to support this, and I thought, "That's probably the case."

This story is often described as a technique or a trick, but for the person saying it, it is probably true that it is literally a technique or a trick. However, for those who find it impossible, it is not a technique or a trick. For those who cannot do it, it might be more appropriate to describe it as an innate talent. It seems difficult to acquire this ability after birth, and the hurdle is quite high. This may only be understood by people with low language learning ability and language processing ability. For people with high language ability, understanding English as English may be natural, and they may think that "English is easy." However, for the person in question, it may be true that it is a technique, and it might be better to describe it as an innate talent (personally).

Therefore, I was completely unable to do such things. However, recently, I suddenly started to understand English as English, and I suddenly realized, "Hey, I can understand English as it is."

In reality, this seems to be something that people who are perceptive, even in middle or high school, can quickly understand. It doesn't seem to be something that depends on how much English you study. Saying "middle school English" is basic, and at that point, it seems that those who are perceptive will understand it. I, for example, studied English for over 10 years, scored decent scores on the TOEIC, and was able to use English in my work without any problems, but I still could hardly think in English. Most of the time, Japanese was involved in the interpretation and expression. Therefore, in this case, the logic that you can think in English after learning English to a certain extent does not seem to hold. The prerequisite English ability required to think in English does not seem to be that high.

In reality, I haven't felt any particular difficulty using English in my work recently, and I can speak, write, and listen without any problems, so it might be said that it has gradually developed. If that is the case, it can also be interpreted that I recently exceeded a certain threshold. If that is the case, it might be said that it is natural, but I suddenly realized the above recently.

In this way, it is possible that "I just happened to improve to that level at this timing," but another possibility is that "meditation has released blocks in my mind, and the movement of parts of my brain has allowed me to understand English as English." While the former may be true, I have always felt a "language barrier," but recently, that barrier has almost disappeared. This is a fairly fundamental change. The fact that I can now interpret directly in English instead of having Japanese interpretations intervene when using my language brain indicates a significant change at a basic level. Recently, I feel that various parts of my brain are more active than before, which may be increasing my basic information processing ability.

My ability to understand English as English is not that high; I still sometimes need to carefully re-interpret things in Japanese. However, in terms of the ability to interpret or express in English, it is no longer necessary to involve Japanese as much as before. On the other hand, I think my ability to interpret English as English is gradually improving. Until now, that ability has hardly been active at all.

It seems reasonable to think that this change occurred in proportion to my progress in meditation recently. I believe that meditation has released blocks in my mind, unlocking abilities, and that the activation of the frontal and occipital lobes has increased processing ability, resulting in an upgrade to the basic aspects of my language ability.

For example, I can now understand CNN videos in English quite well. There are still some words and expressions that I don't understand, but overall, I can understand them in English. I used to watch CNN for learning purposes more than 10 years ago, and even then, I could understand it to some extent, but at that time, I had to concentrate and understand it while translating it into Japanese. Now, I can understand it (to some extent) in English without translating it into Japanese. This was impossible before.

In English learning, it is often said, "Instead of looking up words for parts you don't understand, try to infer the topic from the overall context." I understand what that means, and I could do that with simple sentences by interpreting them in Japanese. However, I couldn't do that while listening to CNN. Even though there are still parts that I can't hear or understand while listening to CNN, the difference is that I can now understand the overall topic in English.

In reality, I cannot say for certain how these factors correlate with the looseness of the mind and the spread of aura, as there are no other examples. However, it seems reasonable that when the block in the head is released and the mind begins to function, language abilities (English proficiency) improve.

Therefore, it is very important for students in middle and high school to be in a "quiet environment" where they can learn. If parents are verbally abusive or there is bullying or harassment from classmates, headaches or emotional instability may occur, which can hinder the development of these abilities. I believe that by practicing meditation and reaching a state of stillness, energy flows into the head, activating it and releasing the block. When this happens, the innate abilities of the brain begin to function.