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The world is made of language. That is such a classic idea from Terrence McKenna.
It's interesting that the statement itself is made of language, from the macro level where we humans interpret the sound waves or visual symbols, down to the quantum level which forms the basis of those sound or light waves.
I wonder though if the world is only made of language, or if it's also made of something else. Randomness also seems to play a part in the formation of things, and I don't think randomness can be considered language or code. Because if anything random is discovered to have meaning, it kind of takes the randomness out of it. So if anything is truly random, I think it points to a place beyond language, outside it, or preceding it.
Over the years I've thought a lot about that idea of Terence's. Today I'd word it a little differently as: Humans think about the world in various languages. Thus language, in a way, shapes our understanding of the world.
Yes. Language is so intertwined with how people understand the world. I've been studying Japanese for many years, and still have not cracked the code, nor do I ever expect to. But I do get insights from time to time. Language learning is another form of mind expansion. Travel is as well, and I think I remember Terrence mentioning this more than once.
Just woke up and read this post. That's interesting that your trip led to marriage and quitting your job. Did you have any doubts before you took that plunge?
I'll listen to this episode now.
As far as the SoundCloud player issues, it's probably just that they haven't implemented the code to do that yet. There are a lot of embeds that don't display properly. But hopefully they'll address that when they finally release the interface overhaul.
As for quitting my job and getting married, that all just seemed to flow naturally after that Sunday mushroom trip. When my roommate returned from the Ruins that day and asked about my experience I told him that I "had just taken a hard left turn." And so I did :-).
I think my experiences also led me to a change of career from working with the military in Saudi Arabia to teaching English. I remember changing my mind but don't remember the decision coming after a particular experience.
I did however lose my aversion to peanut butter with the help of mushrooms. It wasn't something I was looking to do, but my best friend, knowing how much I hated the stuff, brought me a big spoonful, actually unaware of my state of mind. In my open state I ate the whole thing and found it absolutely delicious. Not earth shattering but another example of how these things can clear away fears and aversions.
Ask the moshroom what's next - besides all the other great messages, this one I love most - I can connect to it so well - knowing 100% the sensation and status you are describing here... today I don't even need to eat the moshroom - I dream it, it dreams me and I wake up telling my hubby: I dreamed we should buy crypto... ;-) luckily he never questions my dreams, he just marches on and about fullfilling the content lol thank you for your post! Enjoyed it - again every single line of it!!
haha, yes, that what it is about when you got to the end of the wire... hang up the phone:-)
glad we are connected here!!! looked at a couple of your "old" stuff on youtube... and really enjoying it! cheers from Germany :-)
I apologize for the huge SoundCloud player. For some reason Steemit doesn't recognize the HTML to make it smaller. . . . Any hints as to how I can fix that?
The world is made of language. That is such a classic idea from Terrence McKenna.
It's interesting that the statement itself is made of language, from the macro level where we humans interpret the sound waves or visual symbols, down to the quantum level which forms the basis of those sound or light waves.
I wonder though if the world is only made of language, or if it's also made of something else. Randomness also seems to play a part in the formation of things, and I don't think randomness can be considered language or code. Because if anything random is discovered to have meaning, it kind of takes the randomness out of it. So if anything is truly random, I think it points to a place beyond language, outside it, or preceding it.
Over the years I've thought a lot about that idea of Terence's. Today I'd word it a little differently as: Humans think about the world in various languages. Thus language, in a way, shapes our understanding of the world.
Yes. Language is so intertwined with how people understand the world. I've been studying Japanese for many years, and still have not cracked the code, nor do I ever expect to. But I do get insights from time to time. Language learning is another form of mind expansion. Travel is as well, and I think I remember Terrence mentioning this more than once.
Just woke up and read this post. That's interesting that your trip led to marriage and quitting your job. Did you have any doubts before you took that plunge?
I'll listen to this episode now.
As far as the SoundCloud player issues, it's probably just that they haven't implemented the code to do that yet. There are a lot of embeds that don't display properly. But hopefully they'll address that when they finally release the interface overhaul.
As for quitting my job and getting married, that all just seemed to flow naturally after that Sunday mushroom trip. When my roommate returned from the Ruins that day and asked about my experience I told him that I "had just taken a hard left turn." And so I did :-).
I think my experiences also led me to a change of career from working with the military in Saudi Arabia to teaching English. I remember changing my mind but don't remember the decision coming after a particular experience.
I did however lose my aversion to peanut butter with the help of mushrooms. It wasn't something I was looking to do, but my best friend, knowing how much I hated the stuff, brought me a big spoonful, actually unaware of my state of mind. In my open state I ate the whole thing and found it absolutely delicious. Not earth shattering but another example of how these things can clear away fears and aversions.
Ask the moshroom what's next - besides all the other great messages, this one I love most - I can connect to it so well - knowing 100% the sensation and status you are describing here... today I don't even need to eat the moshroom - I dream it, it dreams me and I wake up telling my hubby: I dreamed we should buy crypto... ;-) luckily he never questions my dreams, he just marches on and about fullfilling the content lol thank you for your post! Enjoyed it - again every single line of it!!
re: "don't even need to eat the mushroom", I agree. . . . as Alan Watts said, "Once you get the message, hang up the phone."
haha, yes, that what it is about when you got to the end of the wire... hang up the phone:-)
glad we are connected here!!! looked at a couple of your "old" stuff on youtube... and really enjoying it! cheers from Germany :-)
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