Replying to LO28233 --
Dear Art and Alfred,
> Thank you Alfred for that coffe break which eventually became a lunch
> break. Your thinking helped me to break out of my own vicious circle of
> reasoning.
>
> Later that night I began to understand my own mistake. By using the
> meaning of neutral, I allowed LEM (Law of Excluded Middle) to creep into
> my own reasoning. What LEM did was to isolate my reason from the rest of
> my mental faculties. My reason became a closed box. Meaning emerges not
> merely from reason, but from all my mental faculties. My mind has to close
> to allow for that emergence of meaning. This closing is better known as
> contemplation-introspection-reflection-meditation.
>
> Only after the kernel of meaning had emerged, I can open my mind again for
> that meaning to grow by digestion. In this I extend the kernel of meaning
> by adding other meanings to it through their relationshups with it.
Your thinking reminded me of this...
"Think in terms of loops, inputs and outputs are totally dependent on
interactions within the systems, richness comes from internal
connectedness. Give up the boxes and work with the entire loopiness of
the thing." Francisco Varela.
Love,
Andrew
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