Experiencing as an action verb.

[Mason Riggle]

When I first learned the word 'experiencing', it never occurred to me to think of it as an action verb.. it was a word I thought of as similar to 'seeing', 'feeling', 'hearing', 'sensing'.. something happening 'to me'. 

But then I thought, what if that's not quite right.. and I started to think of it as an 'action' verb, more like 'running', 'drawing', 'contemplating', etc.. 

I am drawing a picture. 

I am typing a sentence.

I am experiencing reality. 

Those are things that I am doing.

Just some food for thought. 

Edited February 22, 2021 by Mason Riggle

[Frenk]

"I seem to be a verb"

-Buckminster Fuller

[Mason Riggle]

"Am I doing this, or is this doing me?" - Alan Watts

[snowyowl]

It's process all the way down, there's no fixed objects or nouns really. One of Alan Watts' favourite themes, he even quoted a language which doesn't have nouns. I prefer calling it process rather than impermanence, sounds more positive I think.