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That which is not gross, tangible or durable is SUBTLE. * A flower, a fruit are things that can be seen, touched, smelled and tasted. They respond to our tactile senses. We refer to them as objects. They are gross. They exist in what may be termed the gross physical plane. * A flower smells. A fruit tastes. Smell and taste cannot be touched. They elude our tactile senses. While the flower and fruit are gross and physical, their smell and tastes are subtle. * One cannot see ideas. Ideas are in the subtle plane.

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rdfs:comment	That which is not gross, tangible or durable is SUBTLE. * A flower, a fruit are things that can be seen, touched, smelled and tasted. They respond to our tactile senses. We refer to them as objects. They are gross. They exist in what may be termed the gross physical plane. * A flower smells. A fruit tastes. Smell and taste cannot be touched. They elude our tactile senses. While the flower and fruit are gross and physical, their smell and tastes are subtle. * One cannot see ideas. Ideas are in the subtle plane.
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abstract	That which is not gross, tangible or durable is SUBTLE. * A flower, a fruit are things that can be seen, touched, smelled and tasted. They respond to our tactile senses. We refer to them as objects. They are gross. They exist in what may be termed the gross physical plane. * A flower smells. A fruit tastes. Smell and taste cannot be touched. They elude our tactile senses. While the flower and fruit are gross and physical, their smell and tastes are subtle. * One cannot see ideas. Ideas are in the subtle plane. For any subject of study, the terms used need to be well-defined. Users must recognize the definitions adopted and conform to that usage. In an incipient subject, such a requirement is even more essential. The subject of Social Development has yet to become an organized body of knowledge, much less a science. Thus, the precise definition of concepts and terms is essential. In law, the word ‘evidence’ acquires a legal precision, though the word itself is common. ‘Operation’ is a common word, but in medicine it is used to denote a surgical operation. ‘Accident’ is used ordinarily in the sense of a car hitting something, but the word itself refers to an event that is unintentional and unexpected. We normally use the word subtle in the linguistic sense. But an understanding of social development requires a more precise definition. * An armed crowd of a hundred people is formidable, dangerous. The sight of a single, uniformed policeman can subdue a crowd of people, because his uniform suggests a far more formidable power behind his presence. The power of the uniform is subtle. * The physical power of an army is real; while the power of a politician is intangible. But when General MacArthur acted contrary to instructions from the White House, he was forced to submit to a Presidential order. The power of the army is real. It acts in the gross physical plane. The power of the Administration is subtle but is far more powerful. * Ideas, feelings, sentiments, emotions, sensations, power are subtle concepts. A gun, a stick, an object like a chair or pen is a physical object, existing in the gross physical plane. * Brain is physical, mind is subtle. Nerves are physical, sensations are subtle. Body is physical, its sensations are subtle. * Values in the physical, vital, mental, spiritual planes are subtle. * Hitting a man is a physical act; an argument is subtle. We know an argument is often far more effective that a physical attack. * A room and its furniture are gross physical objects. Its use, elegance are subtle concepts.

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