Building Your Existential Vocabulary

[Juan Cruz Giusto]

“The limits of my language means the limits of my world.” Ludwig Wittgenstein

Start looking up definitions in the dictionary and keep a log of the words you encountered. Look for multiple definitions of the same word in different dictionaries. Contemplate the definitions.

The words you know influence how you think, and how you think influences the rest of your life and reality.

People say they don’t care about metaphysics, but the truth is that even though you don’t do philosophy, you stay with the default philosophy and metaphysics! And that then runs your life.

Language is limited! Notice that many people have sloppy vocabulary. We talk about things and we really don’t know what we are referring to. They never bothered to think what these concepts are.

Science doesn’t have a good handle in all of these topics.

You can know things in two ways: explicitly and implicitly. When you know them implicitly, you kind of know them but you cannot articulate it in a coherent way. You can have a strong grasp or loose grasp of a word.

Keep your communications very clear and simple.

The concepts you need to study are:

• ·       Reality
• ·       Existence
• ·       Being
• ·       Hallucination
• ·       Magic
• ·       Time
• ·       Energy
• ·       Matter
• ·       Reason
• ·       Perspective
• ·       Truth
• ·       God
• ·       Emotion
• ·       Concept
• ·       Psyche
• ·       Science
• ·       Religion
• ·       Delusion
• ·       Illusion
• ·       Consciousness
• ·       Absolute
• ·       Relative
• ·       Wisdom
• ·       Spirit
• ·       Ecology
• ·       Insight
• ·       Creativity
• ·       Paranormal
• ·       Psychology
• ·       Philosophy
• ·       Mind
• ·       Integrity
• ·       Profound
• ·       Basic
• ·       Evil
• ·       Virtue
• ·       Confusion
• ·       Logic
• ·       Theory
• ·       Knowledge
• ·       Awareness
• ·       Experience
• ·       Belief
• ·       Universe
• ·       Epiphany
• ·       Enlightenment
• ·       Depression
• ·       Love
• ·       Self
• ·       Meditation
• ·       Contemplation
• ·       Thought
• ·       Perception
• ·       Essence
• ·       Substance
• ·       Intelligence
• ·       Evolution
• ·       Suffering
• ·       Karma
• ·       Mysticism
• ·       Cult
• ·       Be
• ·       I
• ·       Is
• ·       Love
• ·       Relationships
• ·       Money
• ·       Sadness
• ·       Happiness

Also, look up the etymology of the word and the Latin and Greek origins

[Ether]

I like that copy paste from the video hahaha

[Serge]

I would also add the words "Yes" and "No" to the list.

[Epiphany_Inspired]

@Juan Cruz Giusto Thanks! now I don't have to go back and write down all of those words, awesome!

[Pernani]

What if you dont agree with the definitions you encounter? Or find them sloppy and lacking? I tried to look up the meaning of "time" but I couldn't relate to any definition

[Sahil Pandit]

@Juan Cruz Giusto Great post. When contemplating, the "IS" plays a huge role in discovering the essence of a particular topic.

What IS Language?!?!

I received an answer a few days ago to this inquiry and my jaw dropped.