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Posted by gar on 11/29/2009, 5:12 am, in reply to "Re: words"
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: josef,
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: I agree that one's motives can be as
: revealing as the words themselves.
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: What I am noticing about myself is that I am
: starting to have fewer motives for using
: words. And my posts are starting to get
: shorter. Not all of them, but more and more
: are getting shorter and shorter. I like to
: think more succinct.
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: I am working on becoming more efficient with
: my choice of words. The whole cannot be
: said. So why try to say everything. Just say
: enough. Kind of like a sculptor knowing when
: to quit.
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: Butcho
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: I like that. An old Indian saying:
: "Stop painting when picture
: finished".
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Greetings Josef
If words and concepts are ambiguous then, that's their nature.
When we first perceive "what is" and then try to communicate our experience of it, it seems the original "what is" gets lost. We also seem to have the desire to share our reality of "what is" so we might connect with others. Of course there are levels of shared understanding of what the "what is" is, but since we have a differentiated reality we are never in complete unity.
I don't know, maybe we can be of "one mind" but not conscious of it. That leads me to the next question, where does wu-wei come from?
Stop painting when picture finished
In gar's head, the painting is finished before we start painting. We are just not aware of it.
in peace,
gar
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