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“Nothing,” “Everything,” & “Anything” from Anything Goes
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Alternative Meanings: From Chapter 2, Sayings
- The word “nothing” in this book can have many meanings other than zero: emptiness, empty space, formless energy, God, invisible power, no thing, no things as referents, no thoughts, no thoughts as referents, no thoughts being what they only represent, not thinging, self as space, the creative source, the ineffable, the life force, the nature of being, the positive Eastern void, the way of life. Try considering the word “nothing” as a shortened form of the two words “not thinging”!
- The words “everything” and “anything” in this book mainly refer to conceptualizing, concretizing, ideas, images, labels, making thoughts into reality, names, objectifying, reification, some thought, some thought-thing, terms, thingifying, thought as delusion, thought as an illusion, thought pretending to be the real, thoughts as what they represent, thought-things, treating thoughts as things. Try considering the word “something” as a shortened form of the two words “some thought-thing”!
- Two reading suggestions. One, you will understand more if you read “nothing” as two words, “no thing” or “not thing,” “everything” as two words, “every thing” or “every thought-thing,” and “anything” as two words “any thing” or “any thought-thing.” Two, always consider the word “nothing” to be implied even if it is not stated. “Nothing” is the constant counterpoint to “everything” and “anything.” The words “nothing,” “everything,” and “anything” have lost some of their original meaning through repetition and usage. , you will find that “nothing” and “everything” or “anything” often have opposite or contrasting meanings in the sayings. More could be said, but less is often more helpful. Find what you will. Take what you want and leave the rest to leaven.
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Alternative Meanings: Concepts to Consider
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Alternative Meanings: 6 Groups of Topics Menu
- 1. Pages by Topic
- 2. Fast-Facts by Topic
- 3. Quotations by Topic
- 4. Poems by Topic
- 5. Scripture by Topic
- 6. Websites by Topic
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Alternative Meanings: 9 Skills & Topics Menu
- 1. Anger Skills & Topics
- 2. Blame Skills & Topics
- 3. Communication Skills & Topics
- 4. Coping Skills & Topics
- 5. Counseling Skills & Topics
- 6. Praying Skills & Topics
- 7. Recovery Skills & Topics
- 8. Responsibility Skills & Topics
- 9. Thinking Skills & Topics
- Read and discover how CBT, REBT, & Stoicism evolved into one system: STPHFR.
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