--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: <snip> > > Isn't that, after all, AnonAkashaGabbyMoose's > > issue? He wants the experiences of enlighten- > > ment that people have had to fit into the > > descriptions of them he has heard over the > > years. He's so used to the map that he wants > > people's experiences to have creases in them > > in the same places his maps do. :-) > > No, I don't think that's what he's saying at all. > Unless you believe experiences should never be > discussed, you have to find ways to describe them; > and a standardized vocabulary for such descriptions, > to the extent possible, facilitates understanding > and comparison. Otherwise not much communication > takes place.
Just to add, I'm not suggesting one should strictly limit oneself to a standardized vocabulary. It's something to start from, to use as a basis, then elaborate on, depart from, whatever, as appropriate. It can even be used negatively--e.g., "It *wasn't* like this. Instead, it was like..." ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
