Spiritually speaking, how important is language to bonding with other humans to you?

I sort of did when I was first stationed in Vietnam. I eventually picked up on the language, (you kind of had to if you wanted the local people's help), but for the first few months I was there, it was like "An American in King Arthur's Court." I did sort of bond with a Vietnamese woman. I won't go into our relationship, but we didn't need words to understand each other because, as weird as this sounds, we could read each other's eyes. I knew how she felt just by looking into her eyes, and she knew who I was by the same way.

If you want a better explanation, read "All Quiet on the Western Front." In that book, Paul, a WWI German solider, hooks up with a French woman for one night. Neither of them can understand each other, but language wasn't important at that moment. It was about emotion, and the need to feel alive again when you are surrounded by death

namaskar,

The idea of language is to pass on message and idea's of one mind to other if you can do that without even talking with person ..that will do..

have you seen two persons in love talking very slowly and many times with just eyes ?

if so that when language remains just a meduim of expression

thanks

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Now humans are not having a developed spiritual mind . So language is needed . What you said is possible .

Yes. I am with you. Language is highly important to communicate our views to others. I fully endorse your views. Please keep it up. Stick to your present principled stand. Come what may. Don't get diverted because of unscrupulous elements or mischief mongers.