Language, the problem.

As I've mentioned before, everything immaterial is an idea. A subjective, personal idea. Just like how the perception of time, God, good, evil, the soul, the mind, thought, karma, etc are never explainable objectively. Understanding objectivity in explanation is simple, just think of the format of a lab report, and sometimes the format of this blog. Objectivity is about clear concise reasoning based on a universal truth(or reflection of the true nature using language). This cannot be done with the immaterial, for the immaterial cannot be perceived by our 5 senses. We can only experience ideas and make sense of them personally, any attempt to move out of the mind makes immaterial ideas subjective.

The problem is always language, every and any language for that matter. Language allows for misinterpretation. Though some are extremely good at putting into word what they experience in their minds, the problem lies in the reader, or learner who is not as established in language and interpretation.

Writing something down and expecting it to be understood the way the writer understands it is a grave mistake. The writer has put into language his experience, the reader will convert word into 'virtual experience' (basically putting yourself in an alternate reality in your mind), based on his idea of the universe. Virtual experience is where things go wrong. When something is read, virtual experience is always needed. It puts the reader an emulation of the story, if it a piece of fiction. And in this emulation, there is a virtual universe based on the ideas of the reader so far.

The reason why a child cannot enjoy a good piece of fiction and a grown man can is because these virtual experiences require actual experiences.

For example, to imagine something, like a random shape, you must first have already experienced(as in seen) lines and curves. After knowing what lines and curves are(which are the first and only 2D things we see, other than dots, but dots cannot be used to form a closed shape), can we begin to imagine every combination of lines and curves to create the random shape. And this random shape cannot be formed by anything OTHER than lines and curves, because we haven't experienced anything other than lines and curves. You see?

In essence, the more we experience, the more options we have when stepping inside a virtual experience, but to experience text the same way the writer imagined it would be impossible, unless the reader's actual experience is similar to the writer's, which is, sadly also impossible.

In an alternate universe, where language is substituted for something less vague, thought, perhaps, there might be a universal understanding of things.

And that is why language is the problem, now we can proceed with something more interesting.