There are no original people

[Salvijus]

If your actions originate from the origin of life, then you're original. 

[UnbornTao]

Just now, Salvijus said:

If your actions originate from the origin of life, then you're original. 

How does that look in practice? After all, what others see are appearances - the way you, or things, show up in life.

We might say that someone like Da Vinci was original. But what are we actually talking about?

Perhaps I'm conflating things like uniqueness, inventiveness, or creativity - things that should be distinguished from this.

[Salvijus]

2 minutes ago, UnbornTao said:

How does that look in practice?

You can be an expression of Tao or an expression of ego. When you're in Tao, then you're original.

[CARDOZZO]

40 minutes ago, UnbornTao said:

We might say that someone like Da Vinci was original. But what are we actually talking about?

He was a insight actualizer. 

The invention of science, engineering, technology, religion and language. This is pure originality. 

I think that originality is deeply connected to insight, possibility and recontextualization.

Edited 4 hours ago by CARDOZZO

[CARDOZZO]

Originality is the act of actualizing novel insights.

[UnbornTao]

2 hours ago, Salvijus said:

You can be an expression of Tao or an expression of ego. When you're in Tao, then you're original.

This can be both true and, at the same time, exceptionally vague. For instance, how does originality come about?

[Lyubov]

3 hours ago, Salvijus said:

If your actions originate from the origin of life, then you're original. 

Beautifully put

Which all that arises even that which we judge 

Edited 1 hour ago by Lyubov

[jacknine119]

Now I saw your post and my ego is happy because you made small "big" people for me.

[Butters]

Is your insight original? How would you know? Isn't original just a distinction your mind makes? 

If we just assume that reality consists of distinctions, how could one thing be more original than another? 

What if every possible thought, action or outcome has already been done millions of times? This universe could have existed millions of times before the version we are in now. 

Edited 15 minutes ago by Butters