Holy Cow: The Famous First Words Collection. The reality of First Words: bad words/good words--notice your reaction, raw purity, all aspects of Self--each as valid and essential as any one of the others, instinctual, visceral, pre-Babel, and totally inappropriate. First Words have a waking-up quality about them. They tend to shock or unsettle the automatic and habitual mind. This unsettling will often cause the habitual mind to curl back into the judgments and boundaries enforced by both our personalities and our protective social groups. On the other hand, this shock also carries with it the...