Words are labels. Labels mean something in one culture, perhaps nothing in another culture. A word such as "liberal" means one thing to one person, another thing to another person...although you can find a dictionary definition for it, but that definition does not give you the positive or negative emotional content that various people will attach to the word "liberal". Some people like "liberals", some people detest "liberals", but they're not emotionally agreed on what the word "liberal" means, are they? (even though they can both look up the literal definition in the dictionary)

So what do words mean? They mean whatever the listener thinks they mean, because they are only labels, and the label is not the thing it is labelling.

We can talk about reality or we can directly experience it. Only a direct experience will acquaint us with reality. Talking about it is just a mental referencing process. It's labelling.

Unfortunately, on this forum all we can DO is talk. This medium does not permit direct experience, just talk.

Thus a great deal of misunderstanding is pretty much guaranteed here. Perhaps the best response would be............

















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