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VARDAN BERBERYAN's avatar

Can we conclude that meaning is our actions towards life, physical and imaginative? Still, everything starts with the ability to speak. It is not just a combination of sounds; it is a concept in words and language

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Stefan Kojouharov's avatar

Are you familiar with Matrika?

Matrika is the original concept for the Matrix.

According to the Vedas, Matrika is of a world of experience brought forward through vak (sound).

Vak translates to 'sound' and 'language' and includes light. It further breaks these down into 4 levels:

1) Vaikhari Vak: spoken language,

2) Madhyama Vak: thoughts

3) Pashyanti Vak: witness of intent before it becomes a though (for example when something is at the tip of your tongue, you know what you want to say but don't recall the words)

4) Para Vak, the trancendant state.

The interesting things here is how effective these levels are at effecting our world of experience. In acceding order of effectiveness, the spoken word is least effective, thoughts are more effective then spoken language but less effective then pure intent before words and para vak is most effective.

Why is this important in mean making?

Because the majority of mean making happens in this subtle subconscious levels of speech before our thoughts. It then manifests in our thoughts, words and actions.

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VARDAN BERBERYAN's avatar

So you take fiction as evidence of your phylosophy, I recommend reading not matrix but about linguistic relativity. The power of language is my recommendation to read and understand how and what scientists achieved in this field.

"The power of language" Viorica Maria

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Stefan Kojouharov's avatar

We don't live in a world of objects that's out there somewhere.

We live in a world of meaning in here.

This meaning is something we attribute to life, to our world, through our words and beliefs and then we actualize it via our attitudes and actions.

In this way, we don't live in the world, but in our world.

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VARDAN BERBERYAN's avatar

Yes, the meaning is here in our world, but because I'm a follower of linguistic relativity ideas, our world is in our linguistic concepts, in my understanding.

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