I don’t understand the question “what is a distinction?”

[kieranperez]

What exactly is this question asking? 

Is there another way of asking this question in such a way I might be able to get at what is really being asked?

[cetus]

47 minutes ago, kieranperez said:

Is there another way of asking this question in such a way I might be able to get at what is really being asked?

 As Peter Ralston said in Leo's video "You can go on making diistinctions forever".

 

[Inliytened1]

@kieranperez well Infinity is formless (non-dual).  Pure isness is the lack of any distinctions or differences or dualities. (its One)

Reality as we know it (form) is a system of contrasts or differences or distinctions.   The only way anything can be is by contrasting something else.   If your dog wasn't distinct from your cat then they would be One.  So in essence you are a distinction, as is your dog.

Edited August 28, 2019 by Inliytened1

[kieranperez]

17 minutes ago, cetus56 said:

 As Peter Ralston said in Leo's video "You can go on making diistinctions forever".

 

I know what Ralston said but that doesn’t answer my question

[kieranperez]

7 minutes ago, Inliytened1 said:

@kieranperez well Infinity is formless (non-dual).  Pure isness is the lack of any distinctions or differences or dualities. (its One)

Reality as we know it (form) is a system of contrasts or differences or distinctions.   The only way anything can be is by contrasting something else.   If your dog wasn't distinct from your cat then they would be One.  So in essence you are a distinction, as is your dog.

So we could pose the question as “what is the Absolute nature of difference?” Or “what is the Absolute nature of duality?”

[Inliytened1]

@kieranperez which is of course - nothing.  The distinctions are being imagined.  Imagination is nowhere and nothing.

[Consilience]

From what I've gathered is a distinction is itself a distinction. So it's a strange loop, for starters. Secondly, a distinction is simply means of dividing reality into more and more objects. So the letter "S" is distinct from the letter "G." *Insert an infinite number of examples." The interesting part about this is that literally all facets of reality are distinct. You can either view reality as ONE whole unified conscious field, or you can view reality as a subdivided set of distinctions which goes on to literally infinity. 

So what is a distinction? It is a splitting of oneness, and it is itself. Distinctions don't actually exist per-say. In reality, there is only 1 holistic direct experience that is not separate from itself. But when we enter into the illusion of separation, a distinction is what allows this separation to unfold, and it can in fact unfold into infinity. 

[cetus]

16 minutes ago, kieranperez said:

I know what Ralston said but that doesn’t answer my question

Just trying to point out no matter how the question is formed it's yet another distinction.

[Nahm]

“What”   is    a distinction.

[kieranperez]

Okay let me be more clear on what this post was intended for...

I am NOT asking for answers to the question “what is a distinction.”

I am asking what’s a different way to word this question ask I don’t understand what the question is asking. 

What is another way I can word this question to direct my Contemplation.

Repeat: I am NOT asking for ANSWERS.

[Inliytened1]

28 minutes ago, kieranperez said:

So we could pose the question as “what is the Absolute nature of difference?” Or “what is the Absolute nature of duality?”

Yes. - i like "What is the Nature of Duality?" personally.

Edited August 28, 2019 by Inliytened1

[Nahm]

5 minutes ago, kieranperez said:

NOT asking for ANSWERS

The apple question is spot on (imo) regarding the first revelation of distinction, but it kind of requires you to contemplate it....

When you eat an apple, when exactly does it stop being an apple, and start being your body? 

[cetus]

24 minutes ago, kieranperez said:

What is another way I can word this question to direct my Contemplation.

Why do I create distinctions when there are none to be found in reality?

[kieranperez]

30 minutes ago, Inliytened1 said:

Yes. - i like "What is the Nature of Duality?" personally.

Okay I think I get the basis of what the question is point towards. 

Thank you.

[Leo Gura]

Distinction = difference = form = duality

So you are asking, What is difference?

If reality is made out of differences, then what is a difference made out of?

Notice you get a paradox here because if you say, Difference is made out of nothing. That nothing is still a difference. This question cannot be answered at the level of langauge. An awakening is required. You must somehow jump out of the domain of language altogether because all that language is are differences, so you can't use language to understand difference itself. Creating more differences is not the same thing as groking what difference is.

[Aeris]

We can go by giving

what created an 'impulse' for distinction ? ( More different word )

Why such an impulse for distinction.

Now I would say. Even animals create distinction. That's something to observe

Who is the divider ? Distinctiver ?

I would better question it. What is the thing that order us to create certain type of distinction against others ? 

But if any relation

What is a shade.

Aren't all colors white ?

What makes a color separate itself from itself ?

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