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Originally Posted by heehaww
If there are no words for the concept, then why (mis)use technical words? You can express the same thing much better using simpler words. My guess is whatever you're trying to convey can easily be expressed in words, even if there's not 1 word for the entire thought. If you want, you can invent a new word signifying that sentence (but then don't call it NE or something already defined).
Yes I am doing the best I can, and believe it or not I am probably the best you will meet at explaining all this. I try to always use simple words, and it is an extremely difficult subject, not to mention we have obviously conditioned ourselves to resist the idea that the world can be brought to peace but we ignore it everyday, all of us.
Krishnamurti was well versed in many languages, many subjects, and many past knowledges (religious and the like). And he could not explain it to hardly anyone. Buddha, Jesus, all these people never actually liberated the people. There are many who obviously understood all this, but its very difficult and English makes it harder. Would it seem crazy to you if I suggest english has suppresed the true meaning of vedic sankrit words?
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So then when using a word in a way that you know is non-standard, clarify that. If I say "I like to rape people", but by "rape" I mean "be very nice to", I would have to clarify that otherwise I shouldn't be surprised that people took it the wrong way.
Yes but to say 'be very nice' is very accurate as to what you really mean. Its an empty statement that does not tell me what you like to do to people, nor do I know if nice to you is mean to me.
Words are very limited, meaning is what is important, and that is found in dialog not correct usage.
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I'm just saying be careful/humble. I know absolutely nothing about nitting, so if I were to read a wiki entry and then claim that I have a new insight that no expert knitters have, that would be a hasty claim. You may or may not be making a hasty claim (though perhaps less extreme than my example).
In math I often had no idea what the chapter was or what the teacher was teaching, I was often not in class, but I breezed through hs and the couple years of uni that i eventually dropped out of. I have a strong understanding of math and what it is and very little knowledge on the specific ways in which we present the material to each other.
A typical exam mark in uni by a well respected high level (my calc I) teacher, would say 'wrong answer, very creative solutions, A' I would have forgot a minus sign in the middle of my calcs.
Obv this sounds conceited but I am just trying to give you context.