> This reminds me of how (I think) Zen koans are designed to make no sense at all. True in a way. To understand how, note first the four stages of language gi

> This reminds me of how (I think) Zen koans are designed to make no sense at all. True in a way. To understand how, note first the four stages of language given in my comment here - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49491764 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49491764 Zen koans don't have a meaning at the manifest (Vaikhari) and differentiated (Madhyama) stages. So you are forced to go back to the Intuitive/Holistic Meaning (Pashyanti) stage and thus realize "a burst of meaning" aka "a flash of insight" aka "Satori".