Liu Ming on symbols, sensitivity and direct experience... (transcribed by clarissa gunawan) “So there’s a possibility of us having an experience of symbols - as symbols with names, that work in systems - this is like language and literature and poetry and art. But we can also go back to just a direct appreciation of symbols. This is also, for instance, being able to appreciate a symbol from another culture that we don’t have a name for. But there’s also another level to that, which is direct symbolic experience. And when we have those direct symbolic experiences we’re actually experiencing direct, our original nature. Because that’s just coming up from our original nature back into it. It’s not one of those, “Oh cats are symbolic of crazy sex.” It’s not out on the edge of something that’s been analysed by culture or a particular group within a culture. It’s really close to its roots.
Dao of Dream continues
Dao of Dream continues
Dao of Dream continues
Liu Ming on symbols, sensitivity and direct experience... (transcribed by clarissa gunawan) “So there’s a possibility of us having an experience of symbols - as symbols with names, that work in systems - this is like language and literature and poetry and art. But we can also go back to just a direct appreciation of symbols. This is also, for instance, being able to appreciate a symbol from another culture that we don’t have a name for. But there’s also another level to that, which is direct symbolic experience. And when we have those direct symbolic experiences we’re actually experiencing direct, our original nature. Because that’s just coming up from our original nature back into it. It’s not one of those, “Oh cats are symbolic of crazy sex.” It’s not out on the edge of something that’s been analysed by culture or a particular group within a culture. It’s really close to its roots.