Words are but symbols of symbols, twice removed from reality. (49 sec)

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1. Words are not the direct experience of reality itself.

2. Words are symbols that represent our interpretations and perceptions of reality.

3. Our understanding of reality is filtered through language and concepts.

4. This both limits and distorts what we think we see.

5. It’s only when we look beyond words that we are able to experience reality.

6. Is the image dispayed above a tree?

7. When the word “tree” is written or spoken is that a tree?

8. Words are great pointers but they awfully unreliable as a statement of fact.