And after all, what do you do when you reflect on yourself and your place but link yourself to a chain of meanings from others as well as yourself? You did not create the language; you merely used it as a medium to convey thoughts and achieve understanding to & of yourself.
While the essence of your writing has elements of truth, there is a glaring issue in the conclusion. That is, sharing your life with others, and doing so deeply, caring for them, allows you to elevate your consciousness to a higher plane of existence. Fundamentally, you are never alone, for the words that convey understanding to others and even to yourself are linked to others.
Yes, you make a good point. We are also fundamentally connected to everything, as you say. In this piece I am highlighting only one aspect of our experience. I will speak to other aspects in the future
Can we be the void and a fractal of the universal consciousness at the same time? Or would that just be an example of denying our fundamental aloneness?
Yes, I think so; both are true, even if paradoxical. We are fundamentally alone in our experience, and yet our experience is inextricably linked with everything (and everyone) else
Here I am, alone with my subjectivity, and yet my subjective experience is shaped by your words - as the squiggles I see on the screen, the meaning I make from them, the thoughts they prompt, the movement of my fingers as I type, and so on
Beautiful comment, with which I agree. I'm currently trying to read "Thinking and Destiny," by Harold Percival. It's not an easy read; but I keep having "Aha!" moments and will try to carry on!
Life feels so free when we accept this one. Thank you, thank you friend.
Thank you too
And after all, what do you do when you reflect on yourself and your place but link yourself to a chain of meanings from others as well as yourself? You did not create the language; you merely used it as a medium to convey thoughts and achieve understanding to & of yourself.
While the essence of your writing has elements of truth, there is a glaring issue in the conclusion. That is, sharing your life with others, and doing so deeply, caring for them, allows you to elevate your consciousness to a higher plane of existence. Fundamentally, you are never alone, for the words that convey understanding to others and even to yourself are linked to others.
Yes, you make a good point. We are also fundamentally connected to everything, as you say. In this piece I am highlighting only one aspect of our experience. I will speak to other aspects in the future
Can we be the void and a fractal of the universal consciousness at the same time? Or would that just be an example of denying our fundamental aloneness?
Yes, I think so; both are true, even if paradoxical. We are fundamentally alone in our experience, and yet our experience is inextricably linked with everything (and everyone) else
Here I am, alone with my subjectivity, and yet my subjective experience is shaped by your words - as the squiggles I see on the screen, the meaning I make from them, the thoughts they prompt, the movement of my fingers as I type, and so on
Beautiful comment, with which I agree. I'm currently trying to read "Thinking and Destiny," by Harold Percival. It's not an easy read; but I keep having "Aha!" moments and will try to carry on!
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1637466.Thinking_and_Destiny