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Much of life takes place at a level that can't be seen.  This is certainly true in biology.  What takes place at the molecular level has to have special instruments to be seen and understood.  Astronomy, too, has forces affecting earth, like solar winds, that can't be seen and yet still influence how people communicate and travel in space.

People's language has a kindred link to biology and astronomy.  Although there is much that can be seen and heard, there are areas that operate below the surface.  So much of the time, words gloss what people truly think.  So, since the beginning of language use for communication eons ago, people have learned to "read between the lines."  Some people are good at this.  Others never catch the logic of it.

It is so very refreshing to find people who catch the logic of language.  They can understand the depths of meaning or the limitations of meaning of any given conversation.  They know when to move on or when to linger on ideas embedded in conversations.  When they want to enlighten themselves, they know which questions to ask and can easily skirt the superfluous tidbits of conversation.  Deep understanding is the result. It is refreshing to be with someone like this because the daily exchange of shallow pools of conversation cannot reach understanding. 

 

One can count the number of people they meet in life on one hand who can engage in conversation with the deeper ends in mind because of the symbolic logic it requires.  I am fortunate in this regard.  I am daily able to move below the shallow pools of conversation.