Nouns and Verbs

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[HaleyMary]

"Hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen isn't alive"

To a point I agree, as far as the elements themselves don't have consciousness, and can't be aware of their existence, but the elements themselves help produce life on this planet some of which are conscious, such as people and animals. Without oxygen in the air to breathe, there would be no life for them. Just my thoughts.

[0ThouArtThat0]

Yeah, I wouldn't argue against the idea that molecular forms are complex enough to be considered living. Even atoms may pass the test. If it is a matter of how much stability particular patterns of energy exhibit over time, then atoms, molecules, organisms, solar systems, galaxies, superclusters, etc. are all living systems. They all seek out deeper relationships with one another, they all tend toward greater complexity over time.

[StevenErnest]

Seriously, I sometimes have the idea that stars -- suns -- may actually be consciousness's. Their patterns of nuclear reactions would be the equivalent of our neural activity. Whether they are advanced forms of previously biological forms, or of a wholly different nature, I don't know; I suspect the latter.

[0ThouArtThat0]

I've heard a similar idea from Rupert Sheldrake, it sounds very interesting. I'll try and find rupert's talk for you.

[0ThouArtThat0]

we EXPERIMENT particles, and because time continues, waves are the probabilistic result. i think EXPERIENCE is somewhere in between.

another way to break this down is cause (noun) and effect (verb).

Are these really categories of reality, or just conventions of grammar?

[StevenErnest]

There's also a cool story from a comic book that has a take on this idea, a beautiful little tale. From that Sandman series...

A group of "people" are having a meeting -- they are Stars (not celebrities, Suns ;), the Earth, Sol, is like an awkward little kid serving drinks, because he's so young. He's telling this story to his child, The Earth, who will one day have her own children. Sol was amazed that the Dream character had known his name all those millions of years ago. Good stuff.

[StevenErnest]

Now that you mention it, I think I have a tape of Sheldrake discussing this idea with someone; he refers to his book, which I'd never been able to find anywhere; I probably coped the idea from him.

[StevenErnest]

Alan Watts used to refer to Buckminster Fuller's, "I seem to be a verb." Apples are appleing, Matt is Matting -- because in a sense everything is an effect, moving, active. But I do also like your cause/noun and effect/verb definition; it's all a matter of context.

[Ignare]

Units and relations :)

[LimpLoser]

Matt: at one point in your video, you said " neither is anything about the other" i read thats not true, take the genesis of nipples in mammals, they came about because her young lapped the fatty secretions from her naked underbelly -a mammal like reptile- this reciprocal feature of behaviour and mutation, seems " Something is about the Other " to my mind.

[gredgre99]

this very fundamental philosophy is very interesting. Thank you so much for making these type of videos.  I you can make more videos explaining very fundamental but deep understandings of how we are as humans please do!!!