03-29-2012, 10:32 PM
(03-29-2012, 09:18 AM)Siren Wrote: You may prefer to see it differently, and that's totally OK. But I merely seek to synthesize and simplify the diversification of that which is, in essence, the same. Words are just that, words. I am an avid researcher of linguistics, semantics and etymology. You can find hundreds of words to say the exact same thing, and yet people will think what you're saying is different when it's all actually just the same thing with different wording.
Great quotes, Siren, thanks for sharing.
In each one, though, Ra uses "and" between will and faith. The quote which began this thread is the single instance that I'm aware of that Ra used "or" between the two, which generally indicates a synonymous, or interchangeable nature between two words.
You respond saying that you look beyond words because they, if I understand you correctly, diversify that which is undiversified and one, i.e., the "same".
So what's your take on this particular use of these particular words? According to your reading, are the concepts of "faith" and "will" so similar as to be indistinct and substitutable one for the other? Or do they refer to distinct ideas dissimilar enough that they merit their own labels/categories?
Also I agree that two different people using different labels and arranging them differently can in actuality be saying the same thing. Synonyms in particular however, while all in essence referring to the same constellation of concepts, can convey different shades & subtleties of meaning & emphasis that can convey quite different messages one from the other. I think.
: ) GLB
Explanation by the tongue makes most things clear, but love unexplained is clearer. - Rumi