24 Jun 10
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Originally posted by vistesdOne fascinating aspect of such matter is the casual form of expression. Makes Kant seem positively hyperbolic.
If my brain isn’t wrecked after the Spanda Karikas and (my second version of) the Shiva Sutras, I’ll try to infiltrate Nagarjuna.
A joyful facet of my mental destruction is the realisation that whereas previously my understanding could be plotted onto familiar occidental systems, from Christ to Kant, it is now very subtly different.
That is to say, no longer academic.
25 Jun 10
Originally posted by Bosse de NageWonderful! Then it starts to work with the satguru within!
One fascinating aspect of such matter is the casual form of expression. Makes Kant seem positively hyperbolic.
A joyful facet of my mental destruction is the realisation that whereas previously my understanding could be plotted onto familiar occidental systems, from Christ to Kant, it is now very subtly different.
That is to say, no longer academic.
25 Jun 10
Originally posted by vistesdAbout.
Before those makings of the mind,
before all concepts, thoughts or words—
all that “about and about and about”—
just there is the beginning…
…and the ending, except
for “about and about and about”.
Or:
Observe the nature of the world,
the floating-by of phenomena;
observe the nature of your mind,
the floating-by of feelings and thoug ...[text shortened]... , generally called “meditation” )—in any other sense they, too, would just be “about and about”.
I said that word over and over again and now it doesn't make any sense. 🙄
25 Jun 10
Originally posted by vistesdTwo of an opposing feathers, bro.
Ha! 🙂 Hard to read between the lines of a one-word response—but, in our case, it can be done! (And you’re likely waiting to see me do it.)
Between that “close” and what I wrote there is, however, a yawning abyss—dualism versus non-dualism (as you well know!).
You fox… 😵
25 Jun 10
Originally posted by FreakyKBHYour thoughts on possible factors, conditions or qualities which
I don't know that I agree with your take on the source of language. However, what I am trying to get at is the dependency aspect of meaning. When we use a word to describe another word, there exists an ascendancy of sorts--- think of a reverse corruption from rock to pebble.
While we can't deny a certain complexity has developed in English as a result ...[text shortened]... f objects or concepts, these concepts are themselves shadows of a reality otherwise unknown.
may serve to enable/promote accuracy with fluidity and ease?