Ziran

Only? Apparently God cares an awful lot about not-caring.

or... maybe God cares so much about so many so completely that a finite mind cannot come to terms with it

... please someday soon. too often lately it's like watching dogs chase their own tails

amen

this ^^ is significant

Within the psyche, the metaphorical "heart", the emotive faculties, in conjunction with the pattern recognition of the intellect, can escape the loop. Remember Yoda? "Trust your feelings, Luke". Live long enough or reincarnate. Sooner or later, intuition and natural deduction will take care of it.

RIP, good sailor

Goosebumps rising? bump-not-bump-not-bump-not What is the corresponding "cooing"? The soft vibration? Is it universally "beckoning"? ------------------------------------------------------------ Conclusion? the reason why "soft" is universally pleasant is due to its inherent no-thing-ness which defines it. There's many other examples in the material world? thoughts? criticisms?

Have you ever considered texture? As a universal construct? It's easy to understand why "rough", a collection of tiny sharp edges, when dragged across the skin with significant repeated pressure registers as "unpleasant". But what about "soft" or other "interesting" textures ( examples: an embossed book cover, or an engraving ) registers them as universally "pleasant"? I have my own theory, but I'm curious if there are other perspectives. Thank you,

The tickle-caress skips here-and-there, gently, softly. It cultivates "yearning". Why?

Now imagine a tickle-caress along the skin of your significant-other? Why is it pleasant? ( in the proper context of course )

Is it true? Absence makes the heart grow fonder for their beloved? Makes? Universally?

It's the reason we tickle and caress.

It's the moment preceding laughter.

It's the power of a "dramatic pause".

"and-not" in this context of "softness" is contradiction. It is simultaneously conjuncting-and-disjuncting, because the the no-"thing"-ness in-between is integral/essential/fundemental to the "softness" or the "interest" in the catchy rhythm. "syncopation" "softness" Is it universally pleasant? Can anyone deny the syncopated rhythm has a universal "hook" within the mind? What's the hook?

the pleasure that's registered blossoms from resonance with consciousness revealing itself, playing peek-a-boo, for lack of a better word It's hiding in plain sight, and the recognition of it, ( hiding in blades of grass, in a dog's fur, in a catchy-rhythm ) is pleasant because it resonates with the individual at their core, as it is connecting to the ALL, counter-intuitively, via no-"thing"-ness. that's the theory

now consider a dog's fur? cotton-balls? ... ... syncopation?

the texture is: grain-not-grain-not-grain--not-grain-not-grain-not ... the feeling is in conjunction with "not"

what is happening in conjunction with the feeling?

I find these sort of simple contemplations to be fun light-hearted ways to include deep inquiry within daily mundane life.

More than anything else? It's a function of the distance between the edges?

The corresponding reaction in the mind is?

What if the pleasure registered from "soft" is like the pleasure registered from the auditory construct "rhythm"? Best example: "syncopation"?