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Hayley Ann's avatar

Life feels so free when we accept this one. Thank you, thank you friend.

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Tasman's avatar

Thank you too

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Joel D. Kallich's avatar

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.

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Joel D. Kallich's avatar

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.

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Tasman's avatar

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

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Tirion's avatar

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?

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Tasman's avatar

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

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Tirion's avatar

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

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