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What Is Context? ⚠️

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7 minutes ago, UnbornTao said:

The eggplant?

Seriously though, maybe everything is nothing, but how does such a claim assist us here?

Context is something, that it has a name shows that, otherwise we'd be using the word 'nothing' for every thing.

Lasagna is lasagna ;) 

It is not nothing. It is genuinely, genuinely Not Knowing.


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35 minutes ago, James123 said:

It is not nothing. It is genuinely, genuinely Not Knowing.

You sound like a proselytizer. :D Our focus here is Context.

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47 minutes ago, James123 said:

Seriously though, maybe everything is nothing, but how does such a claim assist us here?

I just answered your question above 😊 

48 minutes ago, James123 said:

Context is something, that it has a name shows that, otherwise we'd be using the word 'nothing' for every thing.

When one realizes that everything is Divine, all distinctions dissolve. No more contexts, no more lasagna, no separations at all. There is only the Divine itself, and its reflection: love.

This understanding weaves all words and context (including meaning of context) together, connects our conversations, and even binds the taste of lasagna into the same sacred thread.


"It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows."

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17 minutes ago, James123 said:

I just answered your question above 😊 

When one realizes that everything is Divine, all distinctions dissolve. No more contexts, no more lasagna, no separations at all. There is only the Divine itself, and its reflection: love.

This understanding weaves all words and context (including meaning of context) together, connects our conversations, and even binds the taste of lasagna into the same sacred thread.

That sounds wonderful.

Now, did you have an insight into context?

I understand the tendency to absolutize everything; but a 'thing' comes to exist as a particular experience or perception. 'Context' is the one being discussed here. Or: a dish is a dish, not another thing it is not (at least in this conversation.)

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8 minutes ago, UnbornTao said:

I understand the tendency to absolutize everything; but a 'thing' comes to exist as a particular experience or perception. 'Context' is the one being discussed here. Or: a dish is a dish, not another thing it is not (at least in this conversation.)

If we dismiss the absolute, then the implications or meaning of “context” become fluid. Shifting endlessly with perception and understanding, both of which belong to the mind. What I’m aiming to address here is not the variable meanings that context can take, but rather what “context” is in its absolute sense, independent of interpretation.


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Just now, James123 said:

If we dismiss the absolute, then the implications or meaning of “context” become fluid. Shifting endlessly with perception and understanding, both of which belong to the mind. What I’m aiming to address here is not the variable meanings that context can take, but rather what “context” is in its absolute sense, independent of interpretation.

That's the rub - isn't it true that context is relative? After all, it's a particular form. Is that what you mean by 'in its absolute sense'?

If we bring in interpretation, the matter becomes even more diffuse. Is context a function of interpretation? Is context itself interpreted, or is it perhaps what gives rise to particular sets of interpretations?

"Self" is a context - it governs our experience, interpretations, meaning-making, and so on. What is that (referring to the context, not the self)? 

Sorry, I digress.

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26 minutes ago, UnbornTao said:

That's the rub - isn't it true that context is relative? After all, it's a particular form. Is that what you mean by 'in its absolute sense'?

If we bring in interpretation, the matter becomes even more diffuse. Is context a function of interpretation? Is context itself interpreted, or is it perhaps what gives rise to particular sets of interpretations?

"Self" is a context - it governs our experience, interpretations, meaning-making, and so on. What is that (referring to the context, not the self)? 

Sorry, I digress.

In fact, the body and brain do not create experiences or thoughts. To cling to thought is to cling to the idea that you possess a body and brain. Attachment to thoughts and words, and speaking from that attachment comes from the ego.

However, True speech and action arise naturally from the Self /Being when there is no clinging to the ego or its mental constructs. Thus, speaking without attachment reflects abiding as the Self. The source beyond body, mind, and ego.


"It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows."

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