+1 – Subverbal
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+1.2 – not in English dictionary
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The word verbal means “relating to words.”
The prefix sub- means “below” or “under” or something similar.
So subverbal means “below the level of words.”
Exactly what that implies would depend very much on the context,
since subverbal is not a word you will find in the dictionary.
"subverbal" is Not in the dictionary.
+§1.1 – why not use "nonverbal", which IS in the dictionary?
Because "nonverbal" covers activity such as deaf people using sign language,
visual body shapes to form a communicable language that has the same order of complexity as vitakka (verbal thought).
+§1.2 – defn. of "nonverbal"
Nonverbal communication is the transmission of messages or signals
through a nonverbal platform such as eye contact (oculesics),
body language (kinesics),
social distance (proxemics),
touch (haptics),
voice (paralanguage),
physical environments/appearance,
and use of objects.
When communicating, we utilize nonverbal channels as means to convey different messages or signals,
whereas others can interpret these message.
+1.3 – EBT definitions
See V&V💭 first jhana section synopsis, for comprehensive analysis
and how subverbal fits in the context of the oral tradition,
relationship to speech and thoughts (of mental talk).
+1.5 – examples of subverbal usage in EBT
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+§5.1 – 31 body parts
difference between "vicāra" and "sampajāno,"
(first and second jhāna differences):
vicara is verbal, communicable linguistic mental talk,
just like vitakka.
sampajāno is subverbal mental processing.
We use both of those all the time, in jhāna,
or any time not in jhāna.
vitakka is more superficial thinking,
for example reciting mentally 31 body part names.
vicāra is more detailed exploration of that vitakka thought.
For example, thinking about how "blood flows through the organs and interacts with 4 elements and breath
", with verbal thought.
If you're just observing "blood flowing through the body
" without verbal thought, then that's sampajāno,
lucid discerning using subverbal mental processing.
+§5.2 – ex 2: someone really angry
another example, something everyone has experience with.
you see someone who gets provoked, and is super mad,
so mad his face is turning red and his eyes are bulging out.
He hasn't said anything or physically assaulted anyone yet,
for the first few seconds,
but you know he's angry and you know some kind of verbal or physical action is coming,
so you start backing off walking away already instantateously.
sampajāno (which can be subverbal) is both he and you knowing he's mad,
with lucid discerning using subverbal mental processing,
before any mental verbal thoughts such as
"I'm going to punch him" (vitakka and vicara) form.
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+2 – Definition of ‘Verbal’
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+2.1 – cambridge dictionary
1. spoken rather than written:
2. a verbal agreement/description/explanation
example: Airport officials received a stream of verbal abuse from angry passengers whose flights had been delayed.
More examples
Do you have it down in writing, or was it just a verbal agreement?
He had apparently experienced a lot of verbal abuse from his co-workers.
He launched into a verbal attack on her handling of the finances.
Sales assistants are often at the receiving end of verbal abuse from customers.
Many strikebreakers were subjected to verbal and physical attacks.
+2.2 – Merriam webster dictionary
(Entry 1 of 2)
1a : of, relating to, or consisting of words verbal instructions
b : of, relating to, or involving words rather than meaning or
substance a consistency that is merely verbal and scholastic— B. N. Cardozo
c : consisting of or using words only and not involving action verbal abuse
2 : of, relating to, or formed from a verb a verbal adjective
3 : spoken rather than written a verbal contract
4 : verbatim, word-for-word a verbal translation
5 : of or relating to facility in the use and comprehension of words verbal aptitude
verbal noun
Definition of verbal (Entry 2 of 2)
: a word that combines characteristics of a verb with those of a noun or adjective — compare gerund,
infinitive, participle
+2.3 – vitakka = verbal thought
vitakka is linguistic, verbal, mental talk,
a communicable language.
vitakka are words you say to yourself in your mind before you speak and vocalize it with sound by talking.
That’s why vitakka are vacī-sankhāra,
co-activities that are essential to vocalizing and speaking words out loud.