Thought Experiment: English Prime? Language, Reason, and Reality.

"E[nglish]-Prime is the use of English without any form of "is" or "being."

The gist of this is, I suppose, to see the world more objectively by speaking more objectively. Instead of saying, "the grass is green," one would say, "the grass appears green to me," which is a much more scientifically accurate statement. Instead of "being" a human, one would appear human to him or herself.

Thinking like this in the long term would be pretty weird, but from a philosophical standpoint it's perhaps the most immaculate way to think.

Originally posted by DestroyDestroyDestroy

"E[nglish]-Prime is the use of English without any form of "is" or "being."

The gist of this is, I suppose, to see the world more objectively by speaking more objectively. Instead of saying, "the grass is green," one would say, "the grass appears green to me," which is a much more scientifically accurate statement. Instead of "being" a human, one would appear human to him or herself.

Thinking like this in the long term would be pretty weird, but from a philosophical standpoint it's perhaps the most immaculate way to think.

It is 'grassing' or it is 'greening'.
What is it? It is not a thing - it is a happening.

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Does the ocean wave?

If so, have you ever waved back?

Originally posted by LiveForever8
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Does the ocean wave?

If so, have you ever waved back?

The ocean is the wave.

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There are no objects - there is only what is happening (being).

Destroy, destroy, destroy all the things of the world and realize happening/being.
Wording creates the illusion of a separate world. Wording creates the illusion that there are 'things' - 'things' are 'thinks'.

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Is it? Or does the wave appear as such to you?

Originally posted by DestroyDestroyDestroy
Thinking like this in the long term would be pretty weird, but from a philosophical standpoint it's perhaps the most immaculate way to think.

Thinking is wording. Take words away and what is there?
Non conceptual (not worded) reality is here and now as presence - there is nothing else but words pretend there is.

Originally posted by DestroyDestroyDestroy
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Is it? Or does the wave appear as such to you?

The ocean and the wave are one. Can a wave appear without an ocean? The ocean has to be before any wave can have apparent existence.

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Wrong. Well, somewhat. The only thing that you can truly know to exist is yourself; anything else is a leap of faith. You cannot verify the happening of anything other than yourself. So, should you assume coexistence and refer to it as being, or assume nothing as simply observe things as they appear to you?

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Without words we would think in a rather pure form, and that is ideas. What tends to happen, at least when I think, is I get the idea, then put it to image, then put it to words. For example, idea of "bed," image of "bed," the word "bed."

Originally posted by DestroyDestroyDestroy
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Wrong. Well, somewhat. The only thing that you can truly know to exist is yourself; anything else is a leap of faith. You cannot verify the happening of anything other than yourself. So, should you assume coexistence and refer to it as being, or assume nothing as simply observe things as they appear to you?

I am being all there is.
I am the one ocean with waves appearing. The waves constantly move and change.

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What is the wave? If you were observing the wave from above, it would not appear as a wave. but perhaps as a part of a ripple.

Originally posted by DestroyDestroyDestroy
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Without words we would think in a rather pure form, and that is ideas. What tends to happen, at least when I think, is I get the idea, then put it to image, then put it to words. For example, idea of "bed," image of "bed," the word "bed."

When the word 'bed' appears can you lie in it?
The word appears 'bed' but it is just the appearance of the word bed - it is not a bed.

Originally posted by DestroyDestroyDestroy
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What is the wave? If you were observing the wave from above, it would not appear as a wave. but perhaps as a part of a ripple.

The forming (wave) is what is seen.
Nothing is seeing the scene.

Have a look right now and see if you can see what is seeing the appearing form (what is before you). Presently, there is an image appearing made of light right now - what is seeing the appearance?

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But you're not. Well, you Are, but you are not that.

Originally posted by DestroyDestroyDestroy
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But you're not. Well, you Are, but you are not that.

I am that.
I both am and am not.

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What is seen and what is can be entirely different things. This is because different creatures observe things differently, and I don't just mean colors, I mean dimensionally. Think of how a fly sees, compare your reality to the reality of a fly. Do you see where I am going with this? Perception is subjective; the I deceives the Eye, and the Eye deceives the I.

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The word "bed" looks like a bed...

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That it does.

Originally posted by DestroyDestroyDestroy
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What is seen and what is can be entirely different things. This is because different creatures observe things differently, and I don't just mean colors, I mean dimensionally. Think of how a fly sees, compare your reality to the reality of a fly. Do you see where I am going with this? Perception is subjective; the I deceives the Eye, and the Eye deceives the I.

Look right now at what is seeing what is seen.
Can you find the seer of this scene?

I am not talking about what you think a fly sees. I want you to look to what is seeing presently here and now.