The term “intellectual property” (IP) has always sounded dry and lifeless to me. I believe the wrong choice of words was chosen to define this sector, and the term misattributes the source of creative ownership to the intellect, instead of the actual person. The term IP is not “living” because the intellect by its origin and nature does not have “life”, but is only a tool used by the living person, the human soul. There are three things here: the person, the intellect, and the formed expressions/works called “property”.
The intellect arises from the physical body, and is the software of the brain (like the software of a physical computer) that the human soul uses for life on earth. There are two directions to intellectual activity: The processing, computing, and organization (PCO) of impressions from the physical world to the human soul; also the processing and conversion of spiritual intuition or volition from the human soul into the physical world as material works/expressions.
The material formation of the creative intuition from the human soul is what manifests as the works/expressions we call “property” in IP. Thus, the works are not the property of the intellect (which serves only in a forming capacity), but is the property of the human personality who uses the intellect as a tool to express itself. Only the human soul is “alive”, and not the intellect arising from the physical body, which is why the term sounds lifeless because the origin of the intellect is without “life”. It is only the human soul animating the body during earthly life that gives the intellect the appearance of “life”. And that is why the Inca’s called the body “Alpacamasca”, meaning “animated earth”.
The actual human person, and not the physical body and the intellect therein, is thus the rightful producer and owner of creative expressions/works. The body only forms according to the will of the indwelling spiritual personality. With these explanations, what is my proposal to replace “intellectual property”?
Change “Intellectual Property” to “Creative Expressions” or “Creative Works”. If you recite the words “creative” and “intellectual”, you immediately perceive the difference inwardly. One has “life”, the other is dry. The cause of this effect is the origin of the creative impulse from the living human personality vs. the intellect of the body.
Based on this proposal, the United Nations would need to modify the name of its agency “WIPO” (World Intellectual Property Organization). Instead of WIPO, I propose ICEO: International Creative Expressions Organization.
~Dr. Ikenna Ezealah
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