127. Learn to Listen, to Learn
A two-dimensional map is used to represent a three-dimensional territory. It’s an easy, useful and convenient way, but has its limitations. We need to experience the territory to fully appreciate it. The same is the case with ‘words’ which attempt to describe a multidimensional life in terms of people, situations, thoughts, feelings and actions. But words also have many limitations, much like a two-dimensional map. Firstly, words are polar. To call one thing good is often implying that something else is bad. There are hardly any words which can describe a state beyond polarities. Secondly, the same word evokes different feelings in different people depending on their experiences and circumstances. That’s why some cultures use silence for spiritual communication to overcome these limitations of multiple interpretations. Thirdly, we tend to stop at word’s literal meaning which is like knowing about the truth but not being truthful. One such word is ‘I’ used by both Krish...