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Lewis Burgess wrote:

 

> All discourse takes place within a universe defined by a limited

room of four permeable walls...

 

 

Permeable?

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Nisargadatta , " johnmp_nr " <johnmp_nr> wrote:

> Lewis Burgess wrote:

>

> > All discourse takes place within a universe defined by a limited

> room of four permeable walls...

>

>

> Permeable?

 

As part of the metaphor it indicates openness, not closed off, allowing

passing through, non-separation, exchange,........

 

The walls may be considered or drawn non-permeable, if the ultimate

limits of discourse in describing or explaining nonduality are

considered.

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Tuesday, June 07, 2005 9:50 AM

Re: permeable walls

 

 

Nisargadatta , " johnmp_nr " <johnmp_nr> wrote:

> Lewis Burgess wrote:

>

> > All discourse takes place within a universe defined by a limited

> room of four permeable walls...

>

>

> Permeable?

 

As part of the metaphor it indicates openness, not closed off, allowing

passing through, non-separation, exchange,........

 

The walls may be considered or drawn non-permeable, if the ultimate

limits of discourse in describing or explaining nonduality are

considered.

 

 

These Riverlets of Tears Are, I Know

From my Original Face

This Face I Just Met In You

You and I Are a Crazy Experiment

And I Fear My Heart Will Stop

And I Will Die Within You

 

Is This Enough

For Human Or For God?

 

Eternity is All I Ask

In This Sweet, BitterSweet Vibration of " You "

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Lewis Burgess wrote:

 

>>> All discourse takes place within a universe defined by a limited

room of four permeable walls...

 

>> Permeable?

 

> As part of the metaphor...

 

Does metaphor infer infinity?

 

 

> it indicates openness, not closed off, allowing passing through,

non-separation, exchange,........

 

 

What suggests that something is on the other side?

 

 

 

> The walls may be considered or drawn non-permeable, if the ultimate

limits of discourse in describing or explaining nonduality are

considered.

 

 

Are you saying that the metaphor is non-permeable if the metaphor is

real, but if the metaphor is metaphor then the walls are permeable?

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Nisargadatta , " johnmp_nr " <johnmp_nr> wrote:

> Lewis Burgess wrote:

>

> >>> All discourse takes place within a universe defined by a limited

> room of four permeable walls...

>

> >> Permeable?

>

> > As part of the metaphor...

>

> Does metaphor infer infinity?

 

 

" Infinity " is within the room as are all conceptualizations.

 

>

>

> > it indicates openness, not closed off, allowing passing through,

> non-separation, exchange,........

>

>

> What suggests that something is on the other side?

 

 

The viewer, reader, subject, you, it, etc.

 

>

>

>

> > The walls may be considered or drawn non-permeable, if the

> > ultimate limits of discourse in describing or explaining

> > nonduality are considered.

>

>

> Are you saying that the metaphor is non-permeable if the metaphor is

> real, but if the metaphor is metaphor then the walls are permeable?

 

 

No.... All of it is a metaphor or a heuristic.

 

One can " stand in the room " and " discover " and " explore " and " create. "

 

The limits of discourse and language use is that words refer to words

and complexes of other words and all the associated meanings

(connotations and denotations) constructed from implicit and explicit

memories, perceptions, thoughts, intentions, emotions, imaginings and

so on. In this sense it [can] be considered in thinking to be closed,

non-permeable, having " no thing " other than words with words. In

transforming the metaphor in this way, there is " no thing " beyond words.

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Lewis Burgess wrote:

 

 

Lewis: All discourse takes place within a universe defined by a

limited room of four permeable walls...

JP: Permeable?

Lewis: As part of the metaphor...

JP: Does metaphor infer infinity?

Lewis: " Infinity " is within the room as are all conceptualizations.

 

Ok. So can we agree that these conceptualizations are ultimately

undifferentiated tautological semiotics? Or, said in reverse, these

conceptualizations are relatively differentiated tautological

semiotics? Either way, wouldn't you agree that we cannot dispense with

the tautological nature of semiotics?

 

 

 

Lewis: it indicates...passing through

JP: What suggests that something is on the other side?

Lewis: The viewer, reader, subject, you, it, etc.

 

Are you saying that all semiotics suggest that something is on the

other side?

 

 

 

Lewis: The walls may be considered or drawn non-permeable, if the

ultimate limits of discourse in describing or explaining

nonduality are considered.

JP: Are you saying that the metaphor is non-permeable if the metaphor

is real, but if the metaphor is metaphor then the walls are permeable?

 

 

Lewis: No.... All of it is a metaphor

Lewis: The limits of discourse and language use is that words refer to

words... In this sense it [can] be considered in thinking to be

closed

 

 

 

 

No. All of it is a metaphor, wouldn't you agree? In other words, that

" words refer to words " in no way can apply ontology as an actuality to

your " walls " metaphor.

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Nisargadatta , " johnmp_nr " <johnmp_nr> wrote:

> Lewis Burgess wrote:

>

>

> Lewis: All discourse takes place within a universe defined by a

> limited room of four permeable walls...

> JP: Permeable?

> Lewis: As part of the metaphor...

> JP: Does metaphor infer infinity?

> Lewis: " Infinity " is within the room as are all conceptualizations.

>

> Ok. So can we agree that these conceptualizations are ultimately

> undifferentiated tautological semiotics? Or, said in reverse, these

> conceptualizations are relatively differentiated tautological

> semiotics? Either way, wouldn't you agree that we cannot dispense

with the tautological nature of semiotics?

 

 

Yes.

 

>

>

>

> Lewis: it indicates...passing through

> JP: What suggests that something is on the other side?

> Lewis: The viewer, reader, subject, you, it, etc.

>

> Are you saying that all semiotics suggest that something is on the

> other side?

 

All semiotics applied by " thinking " " verbalizing " (as/by what ever or

who ever) can suggest that:

 

something is on the other side.

something is not on the other side.

something is and is not on the other side.

something is neither on the other side nor not on the other side.

 

The " settling " on any of these or none of these is possbile.

 

 

 

>

> Lewis: The walls may be considered or drawn non-permeable, if the

> ultimate limits of discourse in describing or explaining

> nonduality are considered.

> JP: Are you saying that the metaphor is non-permeable if the metaphor

> is real, but if the metaphor is metaphor then the walls are permeable?

>

>

> Lewis: No.... All of it is a metaphor

 

> Lewis: The limits of discourse and language use is that words refer

> to words... In this sense it [can] be considered in thinking to be

> closed

>

>

>

>

> No. All of it is a metaphor, wouldn't you agree?

 

 

Lewis: Yes. As that was clearly stated above.

 

In other words, that " words refer to words " in no way can apply

ontology as an actuality to your " walls " metaphor.

 

Lewis: Yes. It is " within " the " walls. " Ontology is mythopoetic as is

every discourse. This is spoken " within the walls. "

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Wednesday, June 08, 2005 9:02 AM

Re: permeable walls

 

 

Nisargadatta , " johnmp_nr " <johnmp_nr> wrote:

> Lewis Burgess wrote:

>

>

> Lewis: All discourse takes place within a universe defined by a

> limited room of four permeable walls...

> JP: Permeable?

> Lewis: As part of the metaphor...

> JP: Does metaphor infer infinity?

> Lewis: " Infinity " is within the room as are all conceptualizations.

>

> Ok. So can we agree that these conceptualizations are ultimately

> undifferentiated tautological semiotics? Or, said in reverse, these

> conceptualizations are relatively differentiated tautological

> semiotics? Either way, wouldn't you agree that we cannot dispense

with the tautological nature of semiotics?

 

 

Yes.

 

>

>

>

> Lewis: it indicates...passing through

> JP: What suggests that something is on the other side?

> Lewis: The viewer, reader, subject, you, it, etc.

>

> Are you saying that all semiotics suggest that something is on the

> other side?

 

All semiotics applied by " thinking " " verbalizing " (as/by what ever or

who ever) can suggest that:

 

something is on the other side.

something is not on the other side.

something is and is not on the other side.

something is neither on the other side nor not on the other side.

 

The " settling " on any of these or none of these is possbile.

 

 

 

>

> Lewis: The walls may be considered or drawn non-permeable, if the

> ultimate limits of discourse in describing or explaining

> nonduality are considered.

> JP: Are you saying that the metaphor is non-permeable if the metaphor

> is real, but if the metaphor is metaphor then the walls are permeable?

>

>

> Lewis: No.... All of it is a metaphor

 

> Lewis: The limits of discourse and language use is that words refer

> to words... In this sense it [can] be considered in thinking to be

> closed

>

>

>

>

> No. All of it is a metaphor, wouldn't you agree?

 

 

Lewis: Yes. As that was clearly stated above.

 

In other words, that " words refer to words " in no way can apply

ontology as an actuality to your " walls " metaphor.

 

Lewis: Yes. It is " within " the " walls. " Ontology is mythopoetic as is

every discourse. This is spoken " within the walls. "

 

 

Anna: And this is the holy quest, to make oneself " whole " thru the bricks of

the walls, accomplished by removing one brick at a time, and sometimes that one

brick is the one that shakes the foundation, thereby

causing the walls to come down.

; -)

 

love, anna

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Nisargadatta , " Anna Ruiz " <nli10u@c...> wrote:

>

> -

> Lewis Burgess

> Nisargadatta

> Wednesday, June 08, 2005 9:02 AM

> Re: permeable walls

>

>

> Nisargadatta , " johnmp_nr " <johnmp_nr>

wrote:

> > Lewis Burgess wrote:

> >

> >

> > Lewis: All discourse takes place within a universe defined by a

> > limited room of four permeable walls...

> > JP: Permeable?

> > Lewis: As part of the metaphor...

> > JP: Does metaphor infer infinity?

> > Lewis: " Infinity " is within the room as are all conceptualizations.

> >

> > Ok. So can we agree that these conceptualizations are ultimately

> > undifferentiated tautological semiotics? Or, said in reverse, these

> > conceptualizations are relatively differentiated tautological

> > semiotics? Either way, wouldn't you agree that we cannot dispense

> with the tautological nature of semiotics?

>

>

> Yes.

>

> >

> >

> >

> > Lewis: it indicates...passing through

> > JP: What suggests that something is on the other side?

> > Lewis: The viewer, reader, subject, you, it, etc.

> >

> > Are you saying that all semiotics suggest that something is on the

> > other side?

>

> All semiotics applied by " thinking " " verbalizing " (as/by what ever or

> who ever) can suggest that:

>

> something is on the other side.

> something is not on the other side.

> something is and is not on the other side.

> something is neither on the other side nor not on the other side.

>

> The " settling " on any of these or none of these is possbile.

>

>

>

> >

> > Lewis: The walls may be considered or drawn non-permeable, if the

> > ultimate limits of discourse in describing or explaining

> > nonduality are considered.

> > JP: Are you saying that the metaphor is non-permeable if the

metaphor

> > is real, but if the metaphor is metaphor then the walls are

permeable?

> >

> >

> > Lewis: No.... All of it is a metaphor

>

> > Lewis: The limits of discourse and language use is that words refer

> > to words... In this sense it [can] be considered in thinking to be

> > closed

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > No. All of it is a metaphor, wouldn't you agree?

>

>

> Lewis: Yes. As that was clearly stated above.

>

> In other words, that " words refer to words " in no way can apply

> ontology as an actuality to your " walls " metaphor.

>

> Lewis: Yes. It is " within " the " walls. " Ontology is mythopoetic as is

> every discourse. This is spoken " within the walls. "

>

>

> Anna: And this is the holy quest, to make oneself " whole " thru

the bricks of the walls, accomplished by removing one brick at a time,

and sometimes that one brick is the one that shakes the foundation,

thereby

> causing the walls to come down.

> ; -)

>

> love, anna

 

 

The irony is that the very " oneself " you are trying to make " whole " is

itself mythopoetic...

 

fuzzie

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Wednesday, June 08, 2005 12:01 PM

Re: permeable walls

 

 

Nisargadatta , " Anna Ruiz " <nli10u@c...> wrote:

>

> -

> Lewis Burgess

> Nisargadatta

> Wednesday, June 08, 2005 9:02 AM

> Re: permeable walls

>

>

> Nisargadatta , " johnmp_nr " <johnmp_nr>

wrote:

> > Lewis Burgess wrote:

> >

> >

> > Lewis: All discourse takes place within a universe defined by a

> > limited room of four permeable walls...

> > JP: Permeable?

> > Lewis: As part of the metaphor...

> > JP: Does metaphor infer infinity?

> > Lewis: " Infinity " is within the room as are all conceptualizations.

> >

> > Ok. So can we agree that these conceptualizations are ultimately

> > undifferentiated tautological semiotics? Or, said in reverse, these

> > conceptualizations are relatively differentiated tautological

> > semiotics? Either way, wouldn't you agree that we cannot dispense

> with the tautological nature of semiotics?

>

>

> Yes.

>

> >

> >

> >

> > Lewis: it indicates...passing through

> > JP: What suggests that something is on the other side?

> > Lewis: The viewer, reader, subject, you, it, etc.

> >

> > Are you saying that all semiotics suggest that something is on the

> > other side?

>

> All semiotics applied by " thinking " " verbalizing " (as/by what ever or

> who ever) can suggest that:

>

> something is on the other side.

> something is not on the other side.

> something is and is not on the other side.

> something is neither on the other side nor not on the other side.

>

> The " settling " on any of these or none of these is possbile.

>

>

>

> >

> > Lewis: The walls may be considered or drawn non-permeable, if the

> > ultimate limits of discourse in describing or explaining

> > nonduality are considered.

> > JP: Are you saying that the metaphor is non-permeable if the

metaphor

> > is real, but if the metaphor is metaphor then the walls are

permeable?

> >

> >

> > Lewis: No.... All of it is a metaphor

>

> > Lewis: The limits of discourse and language use is that words refer

> > to words... In this sense it [can] be considered in thinking to be

> > closed

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > No. All of it is a metaphor, wouldn't you agree?

>

>

> Lewis: Yes. As that was clearly stated above.

>

> In other words, that " words refer to words " in no way can apply

> ontology as an actuality to your " walls " metaphor.

>

> Lewis: Yes. It is " within " the " walls. " Ontology is mythopoetic as is

> every discourse. This is spoken " within the walls. "

>

>

> Anna: And this is the holy quest, to make oneself " whole " thru

the bricks of the walls, accomplished by removing one brick at a time,

and sometimes that one brick is the one that shakes the foundation,

thereby

> causing the walls to come down.

> ; -)

>

> love, anna

 

 

The irony is that the very " oneself " you are trying to make " whole " is

itself mythopoetic...

 

fuzzie

 

;-)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Lewis: <semiotics are tautological> Msg 25116

 

 

Lewis Burgess wrote:

 

Lewis: it indicates...passing through

JP: What suggests that something is on the other side?

Lewis: The viewer, reader, subject, you, it, etc.

JP: Are you saying that all semiotics suggest that something is on the

other side?

 

Lewis: All semiotics applied by " thinking " " verbalizing " (as/by what

ever or who ever) can suggest that:

something is on the other side.

something is not on the other side.

something is and is not on the other side.

something is neither on the other side nor not on the other side.

The " settling " on any of these or none of these is possbile.

 

 

Are you saying that some semiotics suggest that something is on the

other side, but other semiotics do not suggest that something is on

the other side?

 

 

 

 

Lewis: The walls may be considered or drawn non-permeable, if the

ultimate limits of discourse in describing or explaining

nonduality are considered.

JP: Are you saying that the metaphor is non-permeable if the metaphor

is real, but if the metaphor is metaphor then the walls are permeable?

 

Lewis: No.... All of it is a metaphor

Lewis: The limits of discourse and language use is that words refer

to words... In this sense it [can] be considered in thinking to be

closed

JP: No. All of it is a metaphor, wouldn't you agree?

Lewis: Yes. As that was clearly stated above.

 

JP: In other words, that " words refer to words " in no way can apply

ontology as an actuality to your " walls " metaphor.

Lewis: Yes. It is " within " the " walls. " Ontology is mythopoetic as is

every discourse. This is spoken " within the walls. "

 

 

When I applied the quotation marks, above, it was to quote your words.

Why are you using quotation marks?

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Nisargadatta , " johnmp_nr " <johnmp_nr> wrote:

 

> Lewis: <semiotics are tautological> Msg 25116

>

>

> Lewis Burgess wrote:

>

> Lewis: it indicates...passing through

 

> JP: What suggests that something is on the other side?

 

> Lewis: The viewer, reader, subject, you, it, etc.

 

> JP: Are you saying that all semiotics suggest that something is on

> the other side?

>

> Lewis: All semiotics applied by " thinking " " verbalizing " (as/by what

> ever or who ever) can suggest that:

> something is on the other side.

> something is not on the other side.

> something is and is not on the other side.

> something is neither on the other side nor not on the other side.

 

> The " settling " on any of these or none of these is possbile.

>

>

> Are you saying that some semiotics suggest that something is on the

> other side, but other semiotics do not suggest that something is on

> the other side?

 

Lewis: Simply, semiotics is the study of signs and symbols. It does no

thing. it does not suggest as defined. Semiotics is usually done by a

constructed agent - A subject, reader, viewer, a you, me, he, she, it,

or thinking, imagination or other meaning making capacities as

mentioned above. Semiosis would be more appropriate to say as it is

the producution of meaning using semiotics as Charles Pierce would

opine. Again such production is usually assigned a constructed agent

or agents who (what) do it, that is, in this case, suggest meanings in

all the ways that can be done. So suggestions amount to these

constructed agents doing semiosis with semiotics (signs and symbols).

Constructions making constructions.

 

> Lewis: The walls may be considered or drawn non-permeable, if the

> ultimate limits of discourse in describing or explaining

> nonduality are considered.

 

> JP: Are you saying that the metaphor is non-permeable if the

> metaphor is real, but if the metaphor is metaphor then the walls are

> permeable?

 

> Lewis: No.... All of it is a metaphor

 

> Lewis: The limits of discourse and language use is that words refer

> to words... In this sense it [can] be considered in thinking to be

> closed

 

> JP: No. All of it is a metaphor, wouldn't you agree?

 

> Lewis: Yes. As that was clearly stated above.

>

> JP: In other words, that " words refer to words " in no way can apply

> ontology as an actuality to your " walls " metaphor.

 

> Lewis: Yes. It is " within " the " walls. " Ontology is mythopoetic as

> is every discourse. This is spoken " within the walls. "

>

>

> When I applied the quotation marks, above, it was to quote your

> words. Why are you using quotation marks?

 

Lewis: They are used in several ways. One is to bracket a word saying

the meaning is variegated, up for grabs, moot, dependent on, etc. For

example " settling. " This can mean attachment, use, opinion, belief,

assuming, presuming and any other way a position may dealt with. It is

open more than the other words, all of which can be interpreted in

many different ways. Another way it is used is as a reminder against

reification, objectification and entification of metaphors as

ontologically substantive, independent, inherently self-existing

realities.

 

Your questioning roots to the issuer knowing that word meanings, their

connotations and denotations and uses are not fixed once and for all.

Thank you for that.

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<Semioses are tautological> Msg 25123

<All of it is metaphor> Msg 25123

 

Lewis Burgess wrote:

 

Lewis: it indicates...passing through

JP: What suggests that something is on the other side?

Lewis: The viewer, reader, subject, you, it, etc.

JP: Are you saying that all semiotics suggest that something is on

the other side?

Lewis: All semiotics applied by " thinking " " verbalizing " (as/by what

ever or who ever) can suggest that:

something is on the other side.

something is not on the other side.

something is and is not on the other side.

something is neither on the other side nor not on the other side.

The " settling " on any of these or none of these is possbile.

 

JP: Are you saying that some semiotics suggest that something is on

the other side, but other semiotics do not suggest that something is

on the other side?

 

Lewis: Simply, semiotics is the study of signs and symbols. It does no

thing. it does not suggest as defined. Semiotics is usually done by a

constructed agent - A subject, reader, viewer, a you, me, he, she, it,

or thinking, imagination or other meaning making capacities as

mentioned above. Semiosis would be more appropriate to say as it is

the producution of meaning using semiotics as Charles Pierce would

opine.

 

** Are you saying that some semiosis (or semiotics, or words, or signs

and symbols, or constructions) suggest that something is on the other

side of a permeable wall, but other semiosis (or semiotics, or words,

or signs and symbols, or constructions) do not suggest that something

is on the other side?

 

 

Lewis: Again such production is usually assigned a constructed agent

or agents who (what) do it, that is, in this case, suggest meanings in

all the ways that can be done. So suggestions amount to these

constructed agents doing semiosis with semiotics (signs and symbols).

Constructions making constructions.

 

**Is it subjectivity (of the subject/object duality) which suggests

something on the other side?

 

**Forgive me Lewis, but I would like to see the origin of what you are

talking about when you say...permeable walls.

 

 

Lewis: The walls may be considered or drawn non-permeable, if the

ultimate limits of discourse in describing or explaining

nonduality are considered.

JP: Are you saying that the metaphor is non-permeable if the

metaphor is real, but if the metaphor is metaphor then the walls are

permeable?

 

Lewis: No.... All of it is a metaphor

Lewis: The limits of discourse and language use is that words refer

to words... In this sense it [can] be considered in thinking to be

closed

 

JP: No. All of it is a metaphor, wouldn't you agree?

Lewis: Yes. As that was clearly stated above.

 

 

** Agreed. Then can we discard " In this sense...closed " ? Isn't

positing closure " In this sense " (or any sense) a contradiction to

" All of it is a metaphor " ?

 

 

JP: In other words, that " words refer to words " in no way can apply

ontology as an actuality to your " walls " metaphor.

Lewis: Yes. It is " within " the " walls. " Ontology is mythopoetic as

is every discourse. This is spoken " within the walls. "

JP: When I applied the quotation marks, above, it was to quote your

words. Why are you using quotation marks?

 

Lewis: They are used in several ways. One is to bracket a word saying

the meaning is variegated, up for grabs, moot, dependent on, etc. For

example " settling. " This can mean attachment, use, opinion, belief,

assuming, presuming and any other way a position may dealt with. It is

open more than the other words, all of which can be interpreted in

many different ways.

 

**Yes, I understand the semantics there.

 

 

Lewis: Another way it is used is as a reminder against

reification, objectification and entification of metaphors as

ontologically substantive, independent, inherently self-existing

realities.

 

**Indeed, yes. It seems that we are well past that though. My concern

is the use of quotations as derivative dialectics; I do not see what

quotation marks (as a defense against reification) can possibly add to

a conversation which front-loads an agreement that all words are both

metaphor and tautological.

 

 

Lewis: Your questioning roots to the issuer knowing that word

meanings, their connotations and denotations and uses are not fixed

once and for all.

 

Or perhaps not even uses (let alone fixed).

 

 

Lewis: Thank you for that.

And thank you, sir.

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Nisargadatta , " johnmp_nr " <johnmp_nr> wrote:

<Semioses are tautological> Msg 25123

<All of it is metaphor> Msg 25123

 

Lewis Burgess wrote:

 

Lewis: it indicates...passing through

JP: What suggests that something is on the other side?

Lewis: The viewer, reader, subject, you, it, etc.

JP: Are you saying that all semiotics suggest that something is on

the other side?

Lewis: All semiotics applied by " thinking " " verbalizing " (as/by what

ever or who ever) can suggest that:

something is on the other side.

something is not on the other side.

something is and is not on the other side.

something is neither on the other side nor not on the other side.

The " settling " on any of these or none of these is possbile.

 

JP: Are you saying that some semiotics suggest that something is on

the other side, but other semiotics do not suggest that something is

on the other side?

 

Lewis: Simply, semiotics is the study of signs and symbols. It does no

thing. it does not suggest as defined. Semiotics is usually done by a

constructed agent - A subject, reader, viewer, a you, me, he, she, it,

or thinking, imagination or other meaning making capacities as

mentioned above. Semiosis would be more appropriate to say as it is

the producution of meaning using semiotics as Charles Pierce would

opine.

 

** Are you saying that some semiosis (or semiotics, or words, or signs

and symbols, or constructions) suggest that something is on the other

side of a permeable wall, but other semiosis (or semiotics, or words,

or signs and symbols, or constructions) do not suggest that something

is on the other side?

 

**Lewis: Yes

 

 

Lewis: Again such production is usually assigned a constructed agent

or agents who (what) do it, that is, in this case, suggest meanings in

all the ways that can be done. So suggestions amount to these

constructed agents doing semiosis with semiotics (signs and symbols).

Constructions making constructions.

 

**Is it subjectivity (of the subject/object duality) which suggests

something on the other side?

 

**Lewis: Sujectivity as agent employing semiotics, yes.

 

**Forgive me Lewis, but I would like to see the origin of what you are

talking about when you say...permeable walls.

 

**Lewis: Look no further than the experience you have in reading,

examining words, writing messages and posting. That which does the

reading, examining, writing and posting also can suggest this or that

or not about the other side.

 

 

Lewis: The walls may be considered or drawn non-permeable, if the

ultimate limits of discourse in describing or explaining

nonduality are considered.

JP: Are you saying that the metaphor is non-permeable if the

metaphor is real, but if the metaphor is metaphor then the walls are

permeable?

 

Lewis: No.... All of it is a metaphor

Lewis: The limits of discourse and language use is that words refer

to words... In this sense it [can] be considered in thinking to be

closed

 

JP: No. All of it is a metaphor, wouldn't you agree?

Lewis: Yes. As that was clearly stated above.

 

 

** Agreed. Then can we discard " In this sense...closed " ? Isn't

positing closure " In this sense " (or any sense) a contradiction to

" All of it is a metaphor " ?

 

**Lewis: Yes or no. It depends on the making of it. It is all a matter

of construction. It can be closed, open, both neither or other. The

way it was is fine. Also, it can be changed to suit other purposes.

 

JP: In other words, that " words refer to words " in no way can apply

ontology as an actuality to your " walls " metaphor.

Lewis: Yes. It is " within " the " walls. " Ontology is mythopoetic as

is every discourse. This is spoken " within the walls. "

JP: When I applied the quotation marks, above, it was to quote your

words. Why are you using quotation marks?

 

Lewis: They are used in several ways. One is to bracket a word saying

the meaning is variegated, up for grabs, moot, dependent on, etc. For

example " settling. " This can mean attachment, use, opinion, belief,

assuming, presuming and any other way a position may dealt with. It is

open more than the other words, all of which can be interpreted in

many different ways.

 

**Yes, I understand the semantics there.

 

 

Lewis: Another way it is used is as a reminder against

reification, objectification and entification of metaphors as

ontologically substantive, independent, inherently self-existing

realities.

 

**Indeed, yes. It seems that we are well past that though. My concern

is the use of quotations as derivative dialectics; I do not see what

quotation marks (as a defense against reification) can possibly add to

a conversation which front-loads an agreement that all words are both

metaphor and tautological.

 

**Lewis: There are other readers not as familair with this sort of stuff.

 

 

Lewis: Your questioning roots to the issuer knowing that word

meanings, their connotations and denotations and uses are not fixed

once and for all.

 

**Or perhaps not even uses (let alone fixed).

 

**Lewis: Yes

 

 

Lewis: Thank you for that.

And thank you, sir.

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<all words are both metaphor and tautological>

 

 

 

Yet Lewis argues:

<some words suggest that something is on the other side of a permeable

wall but other words do not suggest that something is on the other

side of a permeable wall>

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Nisargadatta , " johnmp_nr " <johnmp_nr> wrote:

> Lewis agrees:

> <all words are both metaphor and tautological>

>

>

>

> Yet Lewis argues:

> <some words suggest that something is on the other side of a permeable

> wall but other words do not suggest that something is on the other

> side of a permeable wall>

 

 

Lewis: No. That was not said in anyway nor argued. The yes answer was

given in response to semiosis, a process of producing meaning from

words signs and symbols. That process was described to you plainly and

includes a constructed agent.

 

 

It was clearly explained to you six (6) times as done by a constructed

agent. Words suggest nothing. Semiotics suggest nothing. The

constructed agent deals with words, the semiotics, and through

semiosis creates meaning and then settles on those two above or the

others mentioned in the tetralemma. This was explained six (6) times.

This was answered in six times, JP.

 

Here is the relevant text from post 25138

 

Nisargadatta/message/25138

 

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

(1)

JP: What suggests that something is on the other side?

 

Lewis: The viewer, reader, subject, you, it, etc.

 

(2)

JP: Are you saying that all semiotics suggest that something is on

the other side?

 

Lewis: All semiotics applied by " thinking " " verbalizing " (as/by what

ever or who ever) can suggest that:

something is on the other side.

something is not on the other side.

something is and is not on the other side.

something is neither on the other side nor not on the other side.

 

The " settling " on any of these or none of these is possbile.

 

 

(3)

JP: Are you saying that some semiotics suggest that something is on

the other side, but other semiotics do not suggest that something is

on the other side?

 

Lewis: Simply, semiotics is the study of signs and symbols. It does no

thing. it does not suggest as defined. Semiotics is usually done by a

constructed agent - A subject, reader, viewer, a you, me, he, she, it,

or thinking, imagination or other meaning making capacities as

mentioned above. Semiosis would be more appropriate to say as it is

the producution of meaning using semiotics as Charles Pierce would

opine.

 

(4) And here semiosis refers to process of production from as said

above with the reference to Charles Peirce and below the yes again..

 

** Are you saying that some semiosis (or semiotics, or words, or signs

and symbols, or constructions) suggest that something is on the other

side of a permeable wall, but other semiosis (or semiotics, or words,

or signs and symbols, or constructions) do not suggest that something

is on the other side?

 

**Lewis: Yes

 

 

Lewis: Again such production is usually assigned a constructed agent

or agents who (what) do it, that is, in this case, suggest meanings in

all the ways that can be done. So suggestions amount to these

constructed agents doing semiosis with semiotics (signs and symbols).

Constructions making constructions.

 

(5)

 

**Is it subjectivity (of the subject/object duality) which suggests

something on the other side?

 

**Lewis: Sujectivity as agent employing semiotics, yes.

 

(6)

**Forgive me Lewis, but I would like to see the origin of what you are

talking about when you say...permeable walls.

 

**Lewis: Look no further than the experience you have in reading,

examining words, writing messages and posting. That which does the

reading, examining, writing and posting also can suggest this or that

or not about the other side.

 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

If you think that what was said means what you imply please make your

argument clearly and use the proper reference to where you see

contradiction in this most simple of presentations.

 

Six times saying the same thing in slightly different ways to what

amount to the same question is sufficient. There is no other answer to

it from here.

 

 

Lewis

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Lewis agrees:

<all words are both metaphor and tautological>

 

Yet Lewis argues:

<some words suggest that something is on the other side of a permeable

wall but other words do not suggest that something is on the other

side of a permeable wall>

 

 

Lewis: No. That was not said in anyway nor argued. The yes answer was

given in response to semiosis, a process of producing meaning from

words signs and symbols. That process was described to you plainly and

includes a constructed agent.

 

 

How can actual meaning (or a constructed agent for that matter) be

produced from that which is both metaphor and tautological?

 

If that is not a contradiction, perhaps it is a paradox that I am not

seeing?

 

I do not understand how your emphasis on subjectivity has any validity

OVER objectivity. Indeed, one does not even exist without the other.

 

Simply, you seem to be trying to point to an ACTUAL value in words

which I am not comprehending.

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> How can actual meaning (or a constructed agent for that matter) be

> produced from that which is both metaphor and tautological?

 

Lewis: The simple answer is - it arises inexplicably.

 

Below, if you need it, is some blathering on that answer. Otherwise

skip to the next.

 

Blathering:

After the mother lode, JP? Well let's put in squarely on the table.

What is meaning? What is actual meaning? How is meaning created and

how do words, signs, symbols come to mean? If you are familiar with

the philosophy of meaning, language, and epistemology, you will find

that there are no definitive answers for those questions and what

answers are provided are ephermeral at best, convoluted and tortured

at worst. They are always post hoc formulations, conceptualizations,

explanations and descriptions. All fiction. But there is a simpler

answer.

 

Now I suppose that you do not know the answer or you would not ask it.

Or you are testing me out since your perspective does not match what

was presented. Or perhaps both to some degree? Perhaps, but mostly

like not, neither. Which is it?.....

 

It does not matter. It is clear to me, that meaning arises

simultaneously with language and thought and that all three

abstractions are not in any way separate as it goes. And the

possiblity of knowing how this occurs has not ever been and seems it

will never be available to the understanding. As you read these words,

you are understanding what is being said in some way and if I say, the

brown cat walks across the lawn in the rain, there is instantaneous

recogition of some " meaning " in those words. There it is instant

meaning production. Is that not so?

 

Now all one has to do is to figure out how one does that or more

appropriately how one did that because you are unable to see how

meaning, thought and language arise fullblown as it does in the

mooment, in the popular jargon the now. All explanations will be post

hoc ones abstracted from short and long term memories held in

attention and constructed and manipulated and in doing that laborious

job, one will never know how. One can only think or believe one knows

how. So, in trying to do this impossible task all sorts of imagining

will be made to try to account for the arisings of inseparable

meaning, thought and language and all the other abstractions made to

be arising with those (emotions, intentions, images, perceptions,

etc.) and all that will result from all of this will be similar to

what was presented to you and to which you now ask a question where

the answer is obvious to the clear. It arises inexplicably. There are

no words.

 

Can you take that bit? Not many people like that they cannot have the

slightest idea of how anything happens as it does. Not one thing. All

we have is post hoc metaphors, tautologies, analogies, explanations,

theories, scriptures, teaching and other fictions, conceits,

imaginings and concpetualizations to try to make secondary sense of

what is obviously immediate and inexplicable and inexpressible.

 

JP: If that is not a contradiction, perhaps it is a paradox that I am

not seeing?

 

I do not understand how your emphasis on subjectivity has any validity

OVER objectivity. Indeed, one does not even exist without the other.

 

Lewis: This arises because of first and is answer by the first. There

are no inherent contradictions and there are no paradoxes in the

words. All of that is in your interpretation in relation to my words

and your words or perspective(s).

 

There is no emphasis on subjectivity over objectivity. At the level of

analysis presented it was stated clearly that it is a process (semiosi

and in a process all is one (agency, semiotics and semiosis) unless

there is a focus to see one aspect over another. After all, you pushed

for greater and greater distinctions. So that sort of separation

emerged in your questioning to see more specifically were in the

beginning it was vague.

 

You are seeing emphasis where there is none intentionally made.

 

Also there is a confusion and mixing of levels of analysis where there

is a descent to a more fundamental level of analysis with the question

on meaning while hanging on to the ideas of the level above it as it

is done and these ideas in the level above are emergent from the level

below. In other words, for example, it is like asking a question about

quantum phenomena in physics while using molecular phenomena in

chemistry as an example to demonstrate how quantum phenomena are not

appearing and acting as it should given what quanta are supposed to be

and act and appear; molecular phenomena are not acting as quantum

phenomena. This is a confusion and mixing of levels.

 

> Simply, you seem to be trying to point to an ACTUAL value in words

> which I am not comprehending.

 

Lewis: So, given all that was said above, I am not pointing to any

ACTUAL value in words at all. Any number of values actual or otherwise

can be constructed about words. There is no one value constructed or

focused on and if anything there is a pointing to infinite potential

of words to express all things as well as their limits and problems.

The metaphor used is a heuristic device. I answered your delightfully

probing questions about a disposable metaphor. There is nothing more

than that. No teachings or beliefs here, no trying to point, just

putting something out to have a dialogue like we are having. You and

me. For me as it is right now there is " no thing " beyond words. There

is " no thing " to point to.

 

Lewis

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snipped:

> Can you take that bit? Not many people like that they cannot have the

> slightest idea of how anything happens as it does. Not one thing. All

> we have is post hoc metaphors, tautologies, analogies, explanations,

> theories, scriptures, teaching and other fictions, conceits,

> imaginings and concpetualizations to try to make secondary sense of

> what is obviously immediate and inexplicable and inexpressible.

 

 

****Just real simple amazement that anything at all shows up.

Ya. Like: Oh............ya. Then there is the hilarity of realizing you

are

unable to know anything at all.

 

 

snipped again to the juicy part:

For me as it is right now there is " no thing " beyond words. There

> is " no thing " to point to.

>

> Lewis

 

*And it's pointing in all directions all at once.

 

Joni

xo

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>

> -

> Lewis Burgess <lbb10@c...>

>

> snipped:

> > Can you take that bit? Not many people like that they cannot have the

> > slightest idea of how anything happens as it does. Not one thing. All

> > we have is post hoc metaphors, tautologies, analogies, explanations,

> > theories, scriptures, teaching and other fictions, conceits,

> > imaginings and concpetualizations to try to make secondary sense of

> > what is obviously immediate and inexplicable and inexpressible.

>

>

> ****Just real simple amazement that anything at all shows up.

> Ya. Like: Oh............ya. Then there is the hilarity of

realizing you

> are

> unable to know anything at all.

>

>

> snipped again to the juicy part:

> For me as it is right now there is " no thing " beyond words. There

> > is " no thing " to point to.

> >

> > Lewis

>

> *And it's pointing in all directions all at once.

>

> Joni

> xo

 

 

A gift:

 

Of Mere Being

 

The palm at the end of the mind,

Beyond the last thought, rises

In the bronze decor,

 

A gold-feathered bird

Sings in the palm, without human meaning,

Without human feeling, a foreign song.

 

You know then that it is not the reason

That makes us happy or unhappy.

The bird sings. Its feathers shine.

 

The palm stands on the edge of space.

The wind moves slowly in the branches.

The bird's fire-fangled feathers dangle down.

 

-- Wallace Stevens, 1954

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> A gift:

>

> Of Mere Being

>

> The palm at the end of the mind,

> Beyond the last thought, rises

> In the bronze decor,

>

> A gold-feathered bird

> Sings in the palm, without human meaning,

> Without human feeling, a foreign song.

>

> You know then that it is not the reason

> That makes us happy or unhappy.

> The bird sings. Its feathers shine.

>

> The palm stands on the edge of space.

> The wind moves slowly in the branches.

> The bird's fire-fangled feathers dangle down.

>

> -- Wallace Stevens, 1954

 

Thank you for your gift.

Today, I am that human merely being.

I don't know what " joni " means.

Not today.

xo

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Nisargadatta , " Joni " <jonidurham@e...> wrote:

>

> > A gift:

> >

> > Of Mere Being

> >

> > The palm at the end of the mind,

> > Beyond the last thought, rises

> > In the bronze decor,

> >

> > A gold-feathered bird

> > Sings in the palm, without human meaning,

> > Without human feeling, a foreign song.

> >

> > You know then that it is not the reason

> > That makes us happy or unhappy.

> > The bird sings. Its feathers shine.

> >

> > The palm stands on the edge of space.

> > The wind moves slowly in the branches.

> > The bird's fire-fangled feathers dangle down.

> >

> > -- Wallace Stevens, 1954

>

> Thank you for your gift.

> Today, I am that human merely being.

> I don't know what " joni " means.

> Not today.

> xo

 

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JP: How can actual meaning (or a constructed agent for that matter) be

produced from that which is both metaphor and tautological?

 

Lewis: it arises inexplicably.

 

**Does it really? It seems fairly evident that we both agree it

doesn't.

 

 

Lewis: It is clear to me, that meaning arises simultaneously with

language and thought...

 

**Again, it seems fairly evident that we can agree that the arising is

not an actuality.

 

Lewis: ...knowing how this occurs has not ever been and seems it will

never be available to the understanding.

 

**Yes, of course, once we see the tautological nature of all

conceptualizations - there is nothing to understand (beyond playful

relativity).

 

 

Lewis: As you read these words, you are understanding what is being

said in some way and if I say, the brown cat walks across the lawn in

the rain, there is instantaneous recogition of some " meaning " in those

words. There it is instant meaning production. Is that not so?

 

**Playfully, relatively, as a dream-like pretense, yes. Actually, no.

 

 

Lewis: ...all sorts of imagining will be made to try to account for

the arisings of inseparable meaning

 

**Agreed.

 

Lewis: All we have is post hoc metaphors, tautologies

 

**Agreed.

 

 

Lewis: There is no emphasis on subjectivity over objectivity.

 

Lewis: At the level of analysis presented it was stated clearly that

it is a process (semiosi and in a process all is one (agency,

semiotics and semiosis) unless there is a focus to see one aspect over

another.

 

 

**Though clearly we can agree that in actuality there cannot be any

emphasis of subjectivity over objectivity, or any aspect over another.

 

**In this way your, permeable walls, imagery can be problematic.

 

**That which may appear as a handhold at one level may be a finitude

obstacle at another level.

 

 

Lewis: You are seeing emphasis where there is none intentionally made.

 

**Yes, and more problematically, smelling ontology because of the

tenacity of your imagery and the subtle use of quotation marks.

Quotation marks are exceedingly deceptive as defense against

reification in that reification is exactly what they most often

protect by obfuscating tautology.

 

 

Lewis: Also there is a confusion and mixing of levels of analysis

where there is a descent to a more fundamental level of analysis with

the question on meaning while hanging on to the ideas of the level

above it as it is done and these ideas in the level above are emergent

from the level below.

 

**Indeed, conceptualizations dissolve in the descent. Now, can any

actuality of one's self remain?

 

 

Lewis: ...there is " no thing " beyond words. There is " no thing " to

point to.

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JP: How can actual meaning (or a constructed agent for that matter)

be produced from that which is both metaphor and tautological?

 

Lewis: it arises inexplicably.

 

**Does it really? It seems fairly evident that we both agree it

doesn't.

 

**Lewis: Yes, for me it does. No. I do not agree with you. It arises

inexplicably for me. Then I make post hoc explanations about how I

imagine or conceive it to have happened. What you find as evident is

what you find. You be you.

 

Lewis: It is clear to me, that meaning arises simultaneously with

language and thought...

 

**Again, it seems fairly evident that we can agree that the arising

is not an actuality.

 

**Lewis: It is what it is or what it is conceived to be. It can be

considered an actuality or an illusion, or an appearance, or a

potential, or an ineffability or...Choose what you wish....I use any

conception as is needed. Agreement in this case does not matter. Do

as you are as I do as I am.

 

Lewis: ...knowing how this occurs has not ever been and seems it will

never be available to the understanding.

 

**Yes, of course, once we see the tautological nature of all

conceptualizations - there is nothing to understand (beyond playful

relativity).

 

 

Lewis: As you read these words, you are understanding what is being

said in some way and if I say, the brown cat walks across the lawn in

the rain, there is instantaneous recogition of some " meaning " in

those words. There it is instant meaning production. Is that not so?

 

**Playfully, relatively, as a dream-like pretense, yes. Actually, no.

 

**Lewis: You deal with these matters as you wish or can or imagine.

You do with it and think of it as you want. If you think actually,

no, then it is as that for you and others who do as you do. It is

your opinion nothing more and does not matter one way or the other

except in how one deals with life. If it suits you and your doings,

good. No need to assert it as this or that. It is moot always for me.

 

Lewis: ...all sorts of imagining will be made to try to account for

the arisings of inseparable meaning

 

**Agreed.

 

Lewis: All we have is post hoc metaphors, tautologies

 

**Agreed.

 

 

Lewis: There is no emphasis on subjectivity over objectivity.

 

Lewis: At the level of analysis presented it was stated clearly that

it is a process (semiosi and in a process all is one (agency,

semiotics and semiosis) unless there is a focus to see one aspect

over another.

 

 

**Though clearly we can agree that in actuality there cannot be any

emphasis of subjectivity over objectivity, or any aspect over

another.

 

Lewis: What is actuality? I am not agreeing with your assumptive

statements. There is nothing to agree to in this case. You use it

(actuality) generally to cover specifics. What are you talking

about? You believe in actuality (whatever that is).

 

**In this way your, permeable walls, imagery can be problematic.

 

**Lewis: It is obvious that the permeability of the walls is not in

your liking or perspective. Change it to what you like or dispose of

it. What do you want me to do? Think and be like you?

 

**That which may appear as a handhold at one level may be a finitude

obstacle at another level.

 

**Lewis: Ok. Change it to what you like so it is more satisfying.

 

Lewis: You are seeing emphasis where there is none intentionally

made.

 

**Yes, and more problematically, smelling ontology because of the

tenacity of your imagery and the subtle use of quotation marks.

Quotation marks are exceedingly deceptive as defense against

reification in that reification is exactly what they most often

protect by obfuscating tautology.

 

**Lewis: The smell of ontology and tenacity of the imagery is in

you. You can do what you want with the metaphor. The quotation marks

too. It was made up for discussion like many things I make here and

elsewhere for exploration and dialogue. I use it as necessary and

put it down or dispose of its use if it is no longer viable. It is

transient stuff, just like you are. There is no attachment to

ungraspable air.

 

Lewis: Also there is a confusion and mixing of levels of analysis

where there is a descent to a more fundamental level of analysis with

the question on meaning while hanging on to the ideas of the level

above it as it is done and these ideas in the level above are

emergent from the level below.

 

**Indeed, conceptualizations dissolve in the descent. Now, can any

actuality of one's self remain?

 

**Lewis: That was not the point....JP.

Now are you trying to root for some conception of self I may hold or

if I have an intact self or some other thing, like an ego or some

bundle of skandahs or neuronal firings that are mistaken for me or

some other conceptualization? If so, just ask plainly and avoid

seeking needless agreements. We were not talking about a self or any

of that. And agreements are unecessary unless you think you are

Nagarjuna trying to use another's argument against him/her so that

they see the error of their thinking, logic, beliefs and so on. If

so, you are wasting your time. There is no thing here to argue about.

 

Lewis: ...there is " no thing " beyond words. There is " no thing " to

point to.

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JP: How can actual meaning (or a constructed agent for that matter)

be produced from that which is both metaphor and tautological?

 

Lewis: it arises inexplicably.

 

JP: Does it really? It seems fairly evident that we both agree it

doesn't.

 

Lewis: Yes, for me it does. Then I make post hoc explanations about

how I imagine or conceive it to have happened.

 

**Yes, but surely you can let go of that and say that it does not

really arise inexplicably? Or, more simply, it does not arise

inexplicably? Why assert it?

 

Lewis: I use any conception as is needed.

 

JP: What do you want?

 

Lewis: Agreement in this case does not matter.

 

JP: Agreement can even be dulling.

 

 

Lewis: As you read these words, you are understanding what is being

said in some way and if I say, the brown cat walks across the lawn in

the rain, there is instantaneous recogition of some " meaning " in

those words. There it is instant meaning production. Is that not so?

 

JP: Playfully, relatively, as a dream-like pretense, yes. Actually,

no.

 

Lewis: No need to assert it as this or that. It is moot always for me.

 

Lewis: ...all sorts of imagining will be made to try to account for

the arisings of inseparable meaning

 

JP: Agreed.

 

Lewis: There is no emphasis on subjectivity over objectivity.

 

**Yes, no agency emphasis (no tautological counterpart emphasis).

 

Lewis: At the level of analysis presented it was stated clearly that

it is a process (semiosi and in a process all is one (agency,

semiotics and semiosis) unless there is a focus to see one aspect

over another.

 

Lewis: What is actuality?

 

**In this dialogue, a worm on a hook, and I was hoping not to catch

anything.

 

Lewis: You believe in actuality (whatever that is).

 

**There is no actuality.

 

JP: In this way your, permeable walls, imagery can be problematic.

 

Lewis: It is obvious that the permeability of the walls is not in

your liking or perspective. Change it to what you like or dispose of

it. What do you want me to do? Think and be like you?

 

 

**No. I want to see how tenacious you are. Resistance inhibits the

disappearance of abstractions (participants, you and I).

 

 

JP: That which may appear as a handhold at one level may be a finitude

obstacle at another level.

 

Lewis: Ok. Change it to what you like so it is more satisfying.

 

It is not a question of what is satisfying. It is a question of

intellectualization. Thus far this is all (stripped down)

abstractions, all semaphoring into a vacuum called self.

 

Lewis: You are seeing emphasis where there is none intentionally

made.

 

JP: Yes, and more problematically, smelling ontology because of the

tenacity of your imagery and the subtle use of quotation marks.

Quotation marks are exceedingly deceptive as defense against

reification in that reification is exactly what they most often

protect by obfuscating tautology.

 

Lewis: The smell of ontology and tenacity of the imagery is in

you.

 

**It's in relativity.

 

Lewis: You can do what you want with the metaphor. The quotation

marks too. It was made up for discussion like many things I make here

and elsewhere for exploration and dialogue.

 

**Perhaps less emphasis on making exploration and dialogue and more

emphasis on selflessness would net less ontology on everyone's part.

 

Lewis: I use it as necessary and put it down or dispose of its use if

it is no longer viable. It is transient stuff, just like you are.

 

**Yes, Lewis, just like I am.

 

Lewis: Also there is a confusion and mixing of levels of analysis

where there is a descent to a more fundamental level of analysis with

the question on meaning while hanging on to the ideas of the level

above it as it is done and these ideas in the level above are

emergent from the level below.

 

JP: Indeed, conceptualizations dissolve in the descent. Now, can any

actuality of one's self remain?

 

Lewis: That was not the point....JP.

 

**Yes, Lewis, it was the point all along...right from the beginning (a

beginning well a priori to this dialogue). There is no difference

between epistemology (or, derivatively, semiotics), ontology and

self.

 

 

Lewis: Now are you trying to root for some conception of self I may

hold or if I have an intact self or some other thing, like an ego or

some bundle of skandahs or neuronal firings that are mistaken for me

or some other conceptualization?

 

**Yes, is there any other rooting going on here (on this board)?

 

Lewis: If so, just ask plainly and avoid seeking needless agreements.

 

**I am not looking for agreements. I am looking for infinity to say

something zero point inside apparent conventionality without Lewis' or

JP's self blocking the conversation.

 

**If you say that is impossible, then I will move on in kindness and

gratitude for the time you've shared, noble sir.

 

Lewis: We were not talking about a self or any of that. And agreements

are unecessary unless you think you are Nagarjuna trying to use

another's argument against him/her so that they see the error of their

thinking, logic, beliefs and so on.

 

**I do not want Lewis to see the error of his thinking. I want his

thinking out; I want him out.

 

Lewis: If so, you are wasting your time. There is no thing here to

argue about.

 

**No argument there.

 

Lewis: ...there is " no thing " beyond words. There is " no thing " to

point to.

 

 

**What about Lewis?

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