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Thanks for this feedback! The intro was meant to take some weight off the article, which sounded maybe a bit too serious, rather than an intriguing read. But po
by w_complicated 2y ago
Thanks for this feedback! The intro was meant to take some weight off the article, which sounded maybe a bit too serious, rather than an intriguing read. But point taken. The idea behind inversions was to show that the original quote makes sense if you try to understand what it might mean, but if you do the same exercise with a very opposite meaning, you can still try to "understand" what the author had in mind and contemplate some made-up wisdom. I.e. that the quotes don't carry that much information and that a lot our cultural context of what we take for granted is a bit hand-wavy and leaving lots to guess. But point taken, will try to avoid such games, or make the intention clearer in the future.
With the word "learn", the meaning I get is not really "to attain such ability" (which is natural), but "to get accustomed to doing". And "to let go" or "not to let go" may be also be understood as "give up" vs "don't give up", as opposed to the suggested rumination of the past.
- d-z-m 2y agoThe original quotes are deeply profound. They point to something that is beyond understanding. I also found the attempt to invert them to be off-putting. "Do not belabor wisdom to examine it;" - Niutou Farong [0]: https://www.dailyzen.com/journal/song-of-the-mind-xin-ming/ https://www.dailyzen.com/journal/song-of-the-mind-xin-ming/