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%VERBALIZE WORDS SYMBOLIC STATEMENTS KNOWLEDGE WISE 891112

     People who assume and believe that the essence of all
valuable  knowledge and wisdom can be contained in  verbal
statements  and  symbolic expressions need for  their  own
sake to try to verbalize and put into symbolic expressions
their intuitive recognitions of whatever limitations  they
recognize in their mediums of expression. Operative limits
may be clarified by such attempts.

     Often the mediums  of our expressions are as much our
messages,  as are the conscious contents which we seek  to
contain  and  convey in our chosen mediums of  expression.
Too  rarely  do we recognize that we are  unable  to  give
expression  to  some of our experiences because we  choose
not  to  use  unfamiliar mediums of  expression.   In  the
absence of skill in unfamiliar mediums of expression,   we
cannot  honestly  share  with  each other  that  which  we
experience  and  know in inexpressible ways.  We  imprison
ourselves in limited mediums of expression.

     When   we  are  imprisoned  in  limited  mediums   of
expression  we  need to use those  mediums  of  expression
which  we know how to use,  to try to give  expression  of
whatever  limited  awareness  we have of how  our  limited
mediums of expression imprison us.

     People who know   only  one  verbal  language need to
experience  the learning of another verbal  language,   to
better understand their native verbal language.

     People   who  have  never  learned  the  language  of
quantitative  thought  and communication  in  its  various
dialects  would do well to consider such languages and the
liberation  they  offer to people who  are  imprisoned  in
purely qualitative mediums of communication.  Without such
languages  of quantitative consideration  many  questions,
answers,  relationships, insights, and solutions cannot be
considered, discovered or communicated.

     People who have never learned any of the languages of
computer   programming   are  unable  to  understand   and
communicate the kinds discoveries and knowledge which  are
characteristic  to computer processes;  and are unable  to
recognize the severe limitations which such languages  and
processes have.

     People   who   are  addicted  to   quantitative   and
computational  languages may be unable to use  qualitative
languages with any authentic skill,  and may be illiterate
when  it  comes  to  giving  expression  to  and/or  being
receptive  to  other peoples'  expressions of  their  non-
quantitative experiences and perceptions.

     Much is communicated without defined words or  formal
symbols  playing a central role.  There are  languages  in
which  the vocabulary cannot be found in any dictionary or
text,  and of which the grammar is not formally defined in
any  text.  Such nonverbal and informal languages  play  a
significant role in human relationships. People who assume
and  believe to the contrary cut themselves off  from  the
kinds  of  communications  which are  appropriate  to  the
informal mediums of communication.  They need to find ways
to  try to give expression to whatever level of  awareness
they   may  have  of  their  isolation  due  to   language
deprivation.

                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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