Table of Contents for Root Meanings
General notes:
- Root Meanings is a work in progress that will continue to emerge and evolve until the Mind of minds is absolutely clear. The definitions below are subject to evolution.
- Many excellent and useful definitions are not yet included. If you would like to make a suggestion, you may do so here.
Revision: 13 May 2023
Distinction
- An apparent difference between phenomena.
- An apparent difference between concepts or ideas.
- Contrast is a form of distinction.
- Distinctions may be qualitative, as in perceived colors, or quantitative, as in orders of magnitude.
- The bodymind is a complex system of distinctions.
- The mind operates by making and remembering distinctions.
- The body outpictures the system of distinctions in the mind.
- The skillful use of distinctions for the purpose of liberation dissolves distinctions and thereby defragments the mind.
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