Physics Synthesis
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How can we make our language less dogmatic? Taking out one verb? Maybe this holds some truth. Will it's removal really help us understand better? I woke up this morning and tried to accomplish this, but it seemed too stilted, too strange. Perhaps we like certainty too much. Even now, I can barely think of ways to say what I mean without "be, am, is, are, being, was, were, been."
I wonder if we could try this with other common phrases to see the result. What about not using the word "me/mine."? Would this lead to more confusion or a less selfish culture? Maybe both, but regardless, I can't really imagine it.
"As above, so below"
When I hear this I think of balance, but balance in a looser way than we're taught to think of it as. Balance in the fact that there is both order and chaos. Balance in terms of how a persons internal state affects their external body or environment. How what happens in the stars affects us, and maybe what we do in some small way affects the stars. I think the general crux is that everything is connected, everything is made up of the same stuff, so what happens above or course affects what happens below.
How can we make our language less dogmatic? Taking out one verb? Maybe this holds some truth. Will it's removal really help us understand better? I woke up this morning and tried to accomplish this, but it seemed too stilted, too strange. Perhaps we like certainty too much. Even now, I can barely think of ways to say what I mean without "be, am, is, are, being, was, were, been."
I wonder if we could try this with other common phrases to see the result. What about not using the word "me/mine."? Would this lead to more confusion or a less selfish culture? Maybe both, but regardless, I can't really imagine it.
"As above, so below"
When I hear this I think of balance, but balance in a looser way than we're taught to think of it as. Balance in the fact that there is both order and chaos. Balance in terms of how a persons internal state affects their external body or environment. How what happens in the stars affects us, and maybe what we do in some small way affects the stars. I think the general crux is that everything is connected, everything is made up of the same stuff, so what happens above or course affects what happens below.
I like the idea of not using me/mine. Although there is usage of me and mine in Spanish, it is used much more sparingly. I really enjoy speaking with as little me/mine/you/yours and try to do this less in English. It's amazing how harmless language appears, but when one attempts to change the language pattern it can be surprisingly difficult. A change in word choice requires that one shift the way one frame's reality. I think it's a great exercise to try to shift one's language patterns.
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