In this chapter we will further explore the fact that every verbal statement has a true and false component. We will see that it is inherent to words as a method of communication. Let us begin with the 6 levels of Separation from the Experience of the Speaker to the Response of the Listener.
Beginning Degrees of Separation
Check out the chart below. It is foundational to the True False Postulate, which is at the base of this entire paper or Book, literary work, whatever.
For the Receiver to truly understand what the Transmitter has to say, he must understand the ideas behind the thoughts - behind the words - that were spoken or written - and then respond accordingly to show that there is understanding.
Because of ambiguity - Meaning determined by context
Because of the inherent ambiguity of words there is always a true and false interpretation possible for any word.
Even the innocuous sounding - ‘He is blue?’ - could be interpreted in a number of ways - as an emotional condition - the color of the skin from cold - or the color of skin from makeup. Which interpretation is used is dependent entirely upon context.
Most of us depend upon context to give us the correct or true meaning of each word as we hear it. If someone points to a swimmer leaving the cold water excitedly - shivering and shaking and said ‘He is blue’ - the Speaker is most likely referring to temperature - not emotional state. The Listener decides nearly instantly that the emotional meaning of blue is the false meaning and that the temperature meaning of blue is the true meaning.
Truth or Falsehood determined by Intention of Speaker
Note that in this example that the ‘false’ meaning attributed to ‘blue’ had to do with misunderstanding the intent of the speaker, while it had nothing to do with misunderstanding the word itself. It had everything to do with context and very little to do with content.
If the Listener had responded with: “Yes, the swimmer looks depressed.” The Speaker would have immediately realized that the Listener had heard the ‘false’ meaning of the word ‘blue’, and would probably have modified his original comment to convey the correct or true information. “No, I meant he looked cold.”
The Diagram below exhibits these relations. Because we are going to be examining this relation so extensively, we wanted to include the different synonyms which would be used in the context.
Notation: Truth & False Components
In this way of thinking every word or statement has both a true and false component. We will represent this symbolically as:
T = t + f = t1 + f1
Because t & f are also composed of words they too have a true and false component, which is represented symbolically as:
t1 = t2 + f2
In General:
tN = tN-1 = fN-1
Hence in the nature of words themselves resides the relativity of truth - based in the ambiguity of understanding.
False not Evil
Note that the false component is not evil or misguided - It is just not the intended meaning - With another speaker in another context the false meaning might be true and vice versa.
For instance: Pointing to a withdrawn and depressed looking man and saying ‘He is blue,’. The emotional ‘blue’ is true and the temperature is false.
Success & Failure Determined by Intention
A true result is a successful result in the context of the intention. Change the intention and a true result might turn into a false result.
For instance, when the intent to make a lot of money leads to losing one’s wife or partner from neglect, then the Person might reevaluate their intentions, especially if this event is experienced painfully enuf. Under this circumstance the Person might shift relation to a higher priority than wealth. With the adjusted priorities, ‘logical’ conclusions become radically different. While there are situations of congruence between the pursuit of wealth and relationships, many times they work at cross purposes. Winning and losing are inverted, depending upon which is given the highest priority.
For instance the quest for money, the root of materialism, might be rated higher than peace of mind, until things get out of hand, at which point peace of mind rises to the top as the highest priority. However for most peace of mind is rated as a very low and boring - almost tame - priority. Excitement, fun, thrills, spills, and acquiring things are given top priority. And the possession of lots of money enables the Person to pursue the Rush of materialism much more easily.
While sometimes connected, peace of mind and making lots of money are not correlated. The stress of chasing money can destroy peace of mind. A decision to increase income and opportunity might destroy peace of mind. Conversely the pursuit of peace of mind might cause one to miss out on opportunity because one is unwilling to spend the time in materialism when one is dancing with the gods - sipping the divine nectar - and laughing merrily.
Master Uses Words to Transcend Words
The average Human uses words to communicate words - to reinforce the Verbal world. In contrast, the Propagandist uses words to manipulate the Verbal reality for his advantage. Only the Master attempts to use words to transcend words -> to point to the experiential world behind the verbal one.
Some simple examples of the sign pointing value of words that transcends words are these simple phrases. ‘Taste this - Look at this - Listen to this - Feel this - Experience this.”
While the previous examples point to the Direct Experience, ‘Isn’t it exquisite?’ might trick one into the verbal reality by placing a value judgment upon the direct experience, which is beyond the duality of thought or even ideas. Similarly the Master’s comment that: “The Direct Experience of Reality is filled with Bliss”, might be equally misleading to the Pupil - who might be inspired to begin a verbal study of Reality so that he could attain this blissful state. In this case it would be said that Pupil took the ‘false’ or ‘unintended’ meaning of the Master’s words.
Worse yet would be the circumstance where the Master’s words were so confusing that the Pupil became so apathetic that he abandoned the Quest.
It’s a tricky game using the words that are poison to treat the poison by pointing beyond. Don’t get caught looking at the pointer.
Master attempts to strip away Verbal World of Pupil
In order to not be confused or be confusing, it is important to always remember that the Verbal World is the Problem, not the Solution. The Pupil is wrapped in the Verbal World, like a security blanket - but it is diseased and needs to be burned - it has been around so long and is so comfortable that the Pupil screams and cries, and won’t let go when the Master attempts to take it from him.
The Master knows that the Word Filters of the Verbal World block the Direct Experience of Reality. Thus he attempts to strip this Verbal world away in anyway he can. Unfortunately the Pupil thinks that his Verbal world is Real and so fights back. Inevitably, or at least frequently, the Master realizes that simply pointing to the Experience is not enuf, because the Verbal Jail, which has been self constructed with a little help from friends, family and culture, is so strong that it deflects any suggestions which point beyond the petty world of Words. At this point the Master understands that he must use Words to deconstruct the Verbal Box which surrounds much of Humanity blocking them from the Bliss of Being.
While the Master points behind the misleading Verbal reality, most Humans use words to point to this same Verbal reality of words. Much that Humans speak of is based in words rather than experience.
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