When you read a book and come across a new word, you either use the context of the surrounding words to create meaning of that word or look it up in the dictionary. When you use the context of the surrounding words, you create your own definition, you associate the word with the thoughts in your head surrounding the subject if which you are reading. When you look it up in the dictionary, you are taking someone else's meaning of the word and applying it to the thoughts in your head surrounding the subject. Either way, does that truly match the authors meaning of the word? I like your post and thank you for taking the time to write it. I agree that words are the expression of our thoughts and that words are beautiful. What I meant by kali yuga is that instead of expressing the divine through practice, ritual, and understanding, we have turned to words which no longer hold the same meaning. Knowledge of the words without understanding what the words truly represent.

It's like reading about something or actually experiencing it. You can read about being a soldier in a war, but actually being in a war is a completely different experience that no words can describe. When someone who has been to war describes their experiences, their words hold a completely different meaning to them than the person they are telling would ever understand until they experience it for themselves.

When you read a book and come across a new word, you either use the context of the surrounding words to create meaning of that word or look it up in the dictionary. When you use the context of the surrounding words, you create your own definition, you associate the word with the thoughts in your head surrounding the subject if which you are reading. When you look it up in the dictionary, you are taking someone else's meaning of the word and applying it to the thoughts in your head surrounding the subject. Either way, does that truly match the authors meaning of the word? I like your post and thank you for taking the time to write it. I agree that words are the expression of our thoughts and that words are beautiful. What I meant by kali yuga is that instead of expressing the divine through practice, ritual, and understanding, we have turned to words which no longer hold the same meaning. Knowledge of the words without understanding what the words truly represent.

It's like reading about something or actually experiencing it. You can read about being a soldier in a war, but actually being in a war is a completely different experience that no words can describe. When someone who has been to war describes their experiences, their words hold a completely different meaning to them than the person they are telling would ever understand.

When you read a book and come across a new word, you either use the context of the surrounding words to create meaning of that word or look it up in the dictionary. When you use the context of the surrounding words, you create your own definition, you associate the word with the thoughts in your head surrounding the subject if which you are reading. When you look it up in the dictionary, you are taking someone else's meaning of the word and applying it to the thoughts in your head surrounding the subject. Either way, does that truly match the authors meaning of the word? I like your post and thank you for taking the time to write it. I agree that words are the expression of our thoughts and that words are beautiful. What I meant by kali yuga is that instead of expressing the divine through practice, ritual, and understanding, we have turned to words which no longer hold the same meaning. Knowledge of the words without understanding what the words truly represent.