WORDS AS POINTERS

Much emphasis is placed in our culture on the value of printed and spoken words for conveying truths.  Unfortunately, these words are taken literally at times, as if truth itself.  Words are not truth, but they can point to truth.

We often ANALYZE words as though they, again, are the truth.  What is the real meaning of this or that word?  Let's go into this more deeply, we say.  But like the spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle puts it, analyzing the pointers is pointless. The pointers are not the point.