I am saying things in a direct and more or less literal manner. Or at least I’m trying to.
I did use a metaphor. I am not using “poetry”? When I say “Discard Ignorance” I mean that as literally as possible. I think it’s somewhat incorrect to call what I’m saying phenomenology. That makes it sound purely subjective.
Am I talking down to you? I did not read it that way. Sorry it comes across that way. I am attempting to be very direct and blunt because I think that’s more respectful, and it’s how I talk.
I propose we wrap this particular thread up for now (with another reply from you as you wish).
I will say that for this bit
Because there’s a big assumption that biology is more or less what’s at the bottom of this human-stack.
Well it isn’t.
There isn’t a “the bottom.”
It’s like a banana tree.
When you peel everything away, what is actually left?
Well it turns out if you were able to PEEL SOMETHING AWAY, it wasn’t the Truth of You. So discard it. And you keep going.
And that’s the path.
Being asked “So what’s the answer? What’s the path?” feels more like answering a riddle than being asked “The capital city of England is London. Please repeat back to me the capital city of England?”.
Direct speech is clear and unambiguous. Direct speech is like “Please can you close the door?” and indirect speech is like “Oh I guess it’s chilly in here” or “Perhaps we should get people’s temperature preferences”, which may be a sincere attempt to communicate that you want the door closed but isn’t direct. What you wrote was not especially unambiguous or non-metaphorical. I think it’s a sincere attempt at communication but it’s not direct. Being asked to just answer “can anyone repeat back what I’m saying without adding or subtracting anything?” seems hard when you wrote in a rather metaphorical and roundabout way.
I am saying things in a direct and more or less literal manner. Or at least I’m trying to.
I did use a metaphor. I am not using “poetry”? When I say “Discard Ignorance” I mean that as literally as possible. I think it’s somewhat incorrect to call what I’m saying phenomenology. That makes it sound purely subjective.
Am I talking down to you? I did not read it that way. Sorry it comes across that way. I am attempting to be very direct and blunt because I think that’s more respectful, and it’s how I talk.
I propose we wrap this particular thread up for now (with another reply from you as you wish).
I will say that for this bit
Being asked “So what’s the answer? What’s the path?” feels more like answering a riddle than being asked “The capital city of England is London. Please repeat back to me the capital city of England?”.
Direct speech is clear and unambiguous. Direct speech is like “Please can you close the door?” and indirect speech is like “Oh I guess it’s chilly in here” or “Perhaps we should get people’s temperature preferences”, which may be a sincere attempt to communicate that you want the door closed but isn’t direct. What you wrote was not especially unambiguous or non-metaphorical. I think it’s a sincere attempt at communication but it’s not direct. Being asked to just answer “can anyone repeat back what I’m saying without adding or subtracting anything?” seems hard when you wrote in a rather metaphorical and roundabout way.