rus wrote:
being implies a static form
a solid state
a lack of change
it equates things meant to refer to each other without implying sameness
it creates binary yes/no logic that doesn't reflect reality which can work as either/or/perhaps
that stuff is not difficult to read or understand
rawilson is hilarious so you should seriously check out prometheus rising and do the exercises
or just watch videos of him on youtube
look, if i say "i am rus" well, my parents named me russell and people call me rus - but AM i that? if you call me something different, do i change?
i know what hamburger means, and what i can do with it, but i also know that i can't eat the word either spoken or written
just try this experiment for at least a week
do your very best to eliminate all forms of is/to be from your language
watch how it effects your thinking
if you slap a couple pieces of wood together for a table, IS it a table? or does it function as one right now?
if i like a song or a movie or whatever, IS it great? or do i enjoy it?
go outside and look at a tree or a park, look at all the colors of green
now, put some sunglasses on and look at the colors change
where did the colors change? outside or in your head?
are the leaves actually green? or do you PERCEIVE them as green?
why do we call it pig when it walks around and pork when it hits your plate?
no map describes what it describes completely
to do that, you would have to make a map the same size as the thing it describes
but what does that mean? you can look at a photograph of the earth from outerspace and say "that's the earth, people are in that picture but i can't see them"
then you can zoom all the way in to just my face
then in to one molecule in my nose
then into one atom in that molecule
which one is me?
the rus that i identify with only exists as some kind of group hallucination and false categorization
