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panader0

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3. I believe you could be in your Buddha phase too
Mon Jul 27, 2015, 09:45 PM
Jul 2015

A very interesting read. I once wrote an essay about language. I compared language as a human construct, a net that
is thrown into the ocean of experience. When the net is retrieved, there is nothing in it, but the net is wet.
Language is incapable of capturing what you experience.
Many, if not most, people think with words, talking to themselves inside their head. Therefore, it pays to have
a good vocabulary, and writing skills. Such as yourself.
Recommended.
ETA: I learned quite a bit about Rubin Carter tonight, and Bob Dylan too.

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Verbal Marathon [View all] H2O Man Jul 2015 OP
K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Jul 2015 #1
Thank you. H2O Man Jul 2015 #2
I believe you could be in your Buddha phase too panader0 Jul 2015 #3
That is so nice. H2O Man Jul 2015 #4
Another kick annabanana Jul 2015 #5
Thank you! H2O Man Jul 2015 #6
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