All those that are literate as well as those that are illiterate but familiar with the language of their people, utilize words, in order to get across their thoughts to others so as to communicate with them. So too, the actual thoughts that we have, are typically formulated in our minds with words. Yet, for each of us, upon our birth, we do not know any words, of which, no doubt, our mind does indeed think. This signifies that those that have no vocabulary, whatsoever, which in this modern day and age, consists of almost exclusively very young children, formulate not words inside their mind, but they begin instead with picturing objects in their mind as well as acting upon their most basic desires, so that without words they are still able to think and to act upon their thoughts.
So then, there is a distinct process in the development and thereupon the formulation of words into our mind, and once we have progressed to that stage, and in recognition that we need to successfully express ourselves to others, we typically perform our communication through the words that we so express, one to another. The somewhat amazing thing is that while we may often see pictures of objects in our minds, as well as having specific desires that involved those objects and needs, the way that our mind typically processes those objects and desires, is through the words that help us to convey those thoughts.
One might logically think therefore that the best way to communicate with others is through the words, and to some degree the body language that we impart one to another; of which, this is quite clearly an effective manner of communication. Yet, the words that we speak can be misinterpreted in the sense, for example, that the nuance is missed, or the sarcasm unrecognized, or the words so spoken are misheard, misunderstood, or even misspoken; and finally there are those occasions in which we struggle to convey the words that we wish to express because we cannot seem to find the appropriate words for that occasion to express ourselves, adequately.
Yet, it must be recognized that as valuable as the verbal and written language is to communicate with others, it in the scheme of things, cannot be the pinnacle of communication; because of its limitations, because of language barriers, because one party is talking pass the other party, and because attention spans are limited or found wanting. While it must be stated that language ultimately in its own way, is a very valuable form of communication, it still in the largest sense, utilizes symbols, just as cavemen also utilized symbols back in their day, of which, today's communication skill-set though far superior to that, still lacks in being fully and completely developed.
This so signifies, that the highest form of communication is not going to be one that utilizes words, but something that is a quantum leap forward from such. That type of communication, is one in which, one mind meets another, each thereby knowing what the other person is conveying, with a minimum of distortion and error, by those minds being in harmony and in tune with one another, fully concentrated, and freely allowing each mind to express itself, purely.