Information is expressed through language. Language is formed of words. Words have a meaning. But most of the times real truth is quite different than the meaning it indicates.
सत्यं ब्रूयात प्रियं ब्रूयात, न ब्रूयात सत्यमप्रियं ।
Speak Truth which is likable but do not speak Truth if it is not tolerable.
Satyam Computers was telling false things and people believed it with full faith in the Satyam meaning of name, as it was likable. As soon as they came to know the truth and the same Satyam became Asatyam.
Words convey the tagged meaning but not the true meaning. I heard that in the dictionary of war hungry country, the words ‘war’ and ‘aggression’ were replaced by ‘peace’ and ‘liberation’ so that the people and world can trust the good intentions of the country. Thus the meaning of word is relative and depends on the context.
There is other example which I remember to have read. Karnataka Govt had circulated a note explaining its stand on Maharashtra – Karnatak border issue in the parliament under the name ‘True Story’. This was reciprocated by Maharashtra by circulating a note titled ‘Real Fact’. Arrangement of words can thus change the focus and give added effect.
The same confusion of meaning occurs about words ‘information’ and ‘knowledge’. It is generally presumed that information means knowledge. But when we receive lot of information bits about some fact which are expressing different or even contradictory meaning, we get confused about the real fact. Information may be impartial state of fact, may be modified to achieve some objective (advertisement) or distorted to have forceful impact to win acceptance ( propaganda). Common man cannot differentiate the shades of difference in information and can be easily misled.
The words Democracy, Capitalism, Communism or Secularism are interpreted in different ways by different people based on their prejudice and self motives. Hence everybody honestly and sincerely tries to defend or oppose, love or hate some concepts without knowing the real truth.
Man sacrificing his life for his mission may not know that the mission is implanted in his mind by unscrupulous propaganda mechanism which may have entirely different objective. I had read one novel titled “ Man who came from cold” which depicted a story of double espionage, where the hero finally understands that he was but a puppet in hands of big powers fighting with each other and then he sacrifices his life for the true innocent love.
Thus tagged meanings of words rule the world and destiny of human mankind. Knowledge can get chance to rule the world only if it is sought by all leaving all prejudices. But then, all religions will become one and same, all minds will become sensible and sensitive to others aspirations and sufferings in the same way, thus reflecting oneness of living consciousness.
सत्यं ब्रूयात प्रियं ब्रूयात, न ब्रूयात सत्यमप्रियं ।
Speak Truth which is likable but do not speak Truth if it is not tolerable.
Satyam Computers was telling false things and people believed it with full faith in the Satyam meaning of name, as it was likable. As soon as they came to know the truth and the same Satyam became Asatyam.
Words convey the tagged meaning but not the true meaning. I heard that in the dictionary of war hungry country, the words ‘war’ and ‘aggression’ were replaced by ‘peace’ and ‘liberation’ so that the people and world can trust the good intentions of the country. Thus the meaning of word is relative and depends on the context.
There is other example which I remember to have read. Karnataka Govt had circulated a note explaining its stand on Maharashtra – Karnatak border issue in the parliament under the name ‘True Story’. This was reciprocated by Maharashtra by circulating a note titled ‘Real Fact’. Arrangement of words can thus change the focus and give added effect.
The same confusion of meaning occurs about words ‘information’ and ‘knowledge’. It is generally presumed that information means knowledge. But when we receive lot of information bits about some fact which are expressing different or even contradictory meaning, we get confused about the real fact. Information may be impartial state of fact, may be modified to achieve some objective (advertisement) or distorted to have forceful impact to win acceptance ( propaganda). Common man cannot differentiate the shades of difference in information and can be easily misled.
The words Democracy, Capitalism, Communism or Secularism are interpreted in different ways by different people based on their prejudice and self motives. Hence everybody honestly and sincerely tries to defend or oppose, love or hate some concepts without knowing the real truth.
Man sacrificing his life for his mission may not know that the mission is implanted in his mind by unscrupulous propaganda mechanism which may have entirely different objective. I had read one novel titled “ Man who came from cold” which depicted a story of double espionage, where the hero finally understands that he was but a puppet in hands of big powers fighting with each other and then he sacrifices his life for the true innocent love.
Thus tagged meanings of words rule the world and destiny of human mankind. Knowledge can get chance to rule the world only if it is sought by all leaving all prejudices. But then, all religions will become one and same, all minds will become sensible and sensitive to others aspirations and sufferings in the same way, thus reflecting oneness of living consciousness.
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