A meaning is a story that assigns an object, circumstance, or otherwise with a value. — Albert Keirkenhaur
As for the existential tangibility of these stories, I don't think I'm in any position yet to say whether it exists - at least not quite yet. — Albert Keirkenhaur
But one thing I've come across is that meaning is fragile and disposable. You could have a painting that was assigned a meaning and value by the artist, and have the same painting be assigned a meaning and value by the admirer. Is one meaning more correct than the other? Are they both abstractly contrived fabrications? Are they both correct? — Albert Keirkenhaur
By existential tangibility I mean something that remains true even through an external disembodied perspective. I.e., ''matter exists'' is found to be true even if we imagine leaving our human perspective of these senses we have no choice but to be familiar with and imagine looking at the world like an invisible spectator. So IMO the existence of matter is existentially tangible not because the proof is in the pudding, but because the proof IS the pudding. Something not existentially tangible would be ''greed'' for example. Remember, the disembodied observer Isn't human. The observer looks at greed and is only capable of noting unconventional behaviors in comparison to ones we'd consider conventional- the un-greedy ones. What I mean by this ''observer'' character is a POV that is separate of human bias and mindset. A perspective as close to objective reality as possibly conceivable. — Albert Keirkenhaur
As for what I mean by 'stories', an example would be that the story or meaning of a lightbulb is to produce light. — Albert Keirkenhaur
The story of a leaf is that it produces chlorophyll and photosynthesizes. — Albert Keirkenhaur
...part of me is saying that this ''obviousness'' is exactly what the ego employs to assuage truths that the psyche is developed to avoid — Albert Keirkenhaur
By existential tangibility I mean something that remains true even through an external disembodied perspective. I.e., ''matter exists'' is found to be true even if we imagine leaving our human perspective of these senses we have no choice but to be familiar with and imagine looking at the world like an invisible spectator. — Albert Keirkenhaur
Remember, the disembodied observer Isn't human. The observer looks at greed and is only capable of noting unconventional behaviors in comparison to ones we'd consider conventional- the un-greedy ones. What I mean by this ''observer'' character is a POV that is separate of human bias and mindset. A perspective as close to objective reality as possibly conceivable — Albert Keirkenhaur
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