Words are instruments we use to designate aspects of reality, but normally words are not part of reality itself.
Strictly speaking, using words is a way to create a distance to reality. Sometimes this is good, and sometimes it is the best we have.
If we know that even the most adequate word is different from the reality it refers to, we can use words for what they are worth.
We can also dissolve words into pure meaning.
Normally we do the other way, make personal holograms from our concepts. These constructs in mind can be very elaborate and very wrong. They can be comparatively true also.
Historically, the world is on the threshold between the era of words and the era of mind. Tremendous mind power is being released as more people in the world get better education, more free time and more intellectual stimulus. This power can be wasted by negativity, but it can also be used to elevate understanding and harmony in the world. All problems can be solved as millions of individuals from all cultures and with all knowledge can address them.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Words and meaning 2
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