The words are used only for communication purposes. The seeker of truth should not become attached to words as being in perfect conformity with meaning, because Truth is not in the letters.
The words and their discrimination bind one to the duality; meaning stands alone and is a guide to non-dual awareness. Meaning is attained by much learning, and much learning is attained by becoming conversant with meaning and not with words; therefore, seekers of truth have to avoid the sticklers for particular words.
The words of wisdom are needed until one gets a firm conviction of ‘what is what’.
The look of an object will depend upon the medium through which the observer views it. In fact, our mental and intellectual conditions will determine the phenomenal world observed and experienced. The ignorant viewing the world confronting him sees it differently from a Gnani viewing the same world. Each one of us interprets the world we see in terms of our existing knowledge. A Gnani sees the world and its contents as an illusory play as consciousness, whereas an ignorant sees the world and its contents as a reality.

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