UnbornTao

Definitely. And here's an exercise - or meditation, if you will: What's an experience of reality prior to "language"? What was life like before the addition of this layer? Not easy.

This matter is a bitch. Not every concept is language-based, it seems to me. And they're not the same. Hmm. But their relationship is certainly close. For example, we say that we experience emotions, and yet they're conceptually based at the same time. But this assertion flies in the face of our shared reality. I suspect emotion was possible for humans prior to the invention of language - or feeling, at least. We also objectify emotions as something real and "fixed," whereas the more likely scenario is that people of old experienced them differently. As usual, a lot is being taken for granted by us, arrogant humans! There are more questions to be asked.

An insight is rarely transmitted when people think they understand the form an explanation or claim takes. Insight lies outside the bounds of one's world.

Same. Jesus fucking christ haha

I was wondering whether that's enough time for the mix to properly cook. Have you tried putting it in the oven for 10-12 minutes at 170ºC? I'm curious what the end result would be.

Definitely. You're doing both, then. First you have the emotion and then react to it. Yep, 'wizard' is fitting. It's a shame that his career at the top was so short-lived. Messi and Cristiano went at it for more than a decade.

You clearly are missing an Australia Awakening.

Not the real Ronaldo?

If language is a cult, then we are all passionate devotees.

Iron-Wand.

Is this basically saying "people see what they want to see"? If so, couldn't agree more!

Lately, for me, it's been softer forms of movement - just walking, with the dog. I need to pick up running again. Who's doing your emotioins, though?

I'd start by getting clear that what you end up doing is what you actually intended to do - rather than what you merely said to yourself in your own mind. You may have had a desire to read, but you hadn't really formed the intention to do so. Besides that, turn off your phone, the TV, or any other pertinent device. No kidding. Then decide to read a book for however long you want. And catch the impulse at the very beginning. This should help.

I didn't say that. Neither is true in the ultimate sense. Agreeing is part of the latter, by the way. When you're hungry, you don't eat an image of an apple. This is the disparity I'm pointing out, since you said there was no difference between the two. Even when you eat a so-called real apple, there's likely a lot in that experience that belongs to the category of mental construction, accompanying the simple act of eating a food item.

If you say honestly and actually - and you mean it - then better to leave that unanswered. Many will claim it, though. And hopefully it is true. Let's just keep at it and not rest on our laurels, even if we think we've already figured it out, whatever it is we think we may know.

It would be cool to look at manipulation-based human endeavors in that light. It might help reframe how we approach them in our minds. But honestly, what isn't based on manipulation? Not that that's necessarily bad, though. The best option is to be straightforward. "Pass me the ketchup." Some incoherent sentences.

Guys, I'm afraid to admit that I liked this song: I must commit seppuku now. -- joking, just in case.

Whenever language is thought about, what is it that comes to mind? I suspect we're still a bit dizzy about what it really is - hard to pin down. As said elsewhere, it's likely that language is still being conflated with words or symbols. Point to anything that is language. Where is it in your experience? How does it show up? In what way is it experienced?

Nah, I'll watch the real football (soccer) World Cup next summer - unless it somehow gets sabotaged because of what's going on in the U.S.

Remember to ignore his deluded followers (and the fact that he enabled them in their delusions) and try to listen to the core of the communication, as incomprehensible as it may be to us.

Yes, this will somehow keep happening to people, one way or another.

That's it - I'm picking you as my Lisan al-Gaib.

Probably. Easy there, you're gonna run out of concepts sooner or later. There is a difference made between perceiving something versus adding extraneous or complementary activities onto raw sensory input.