The Whole Point

[seeking_brilliance]

Consider the following statement :

"If you don't let me finish, you won't see the whole point" 

How do you interpret the underlined word? All my life, I've interpreted it to be saying 'meaning' (?).  So, read it again.  "...you won't see the whole point (? meaning of what I'm saying). 

 

Now try it again, but let's use the literal sense of the word point (?). 

" if you don't let me finish, you won't see the whole point ?. "

If it helps, pretend you are pointing at a friend and giving them good advice, or leo pointing at the moon. Read it again. 

How often are we looking for a meaning, even in a simple conversation between friends or lovers, when there can be no meaning found. It's a fruitless effort!! Meaning is so subjective, it might as well be nothing. How much of reality is warped by this simple and extremely deceptive misinterpretation? 

However, if we just take the word literally, we can see that all good advice are just pointers!!  There is no inherent meaning to be found in friendly advice, so stop looking for that. Instead, follow the point of the finger.  Don't look at the finger pointing at the moon, look at the moon. ?

Now that I'm finished, I hope you got the whole point. But here it is again :

When you are looking for the meaning? , you are missing the point?. 

Edited September 26, 2020 by seeking_brilliance

[Virtually]

Cool, thanks!

[seeking_brilliance]

@Virtually ?❤️?

[Willie]

...she said pointedly.