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Zero to 1: The Limits of Meaning

Apr 22, 2025

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The Human Condition, 1933 by Rene Magritte
René Magritte's "The Human Condition" (1933)

5 INSIGHTS

I.

As we realize our role in giving our world meaning we find ourselves at a precipice. Is there an ultamate meaning beyond us?

II.

If there is no ultimate meaning and it's all relationship, does that mean there is no grand truth? That all is relative?

III.

This is, in some sense, the limitation of stories. In the end, truth must transcend them if there is a grand truth, it must be beyond stories.

IV.

The mere fact that we are even aware of stories, of narratives and meaning, signifies that there is something above meaning that witnesses and is aware of meaning.

V.

This awareness points to consciousness itself as both the creator of and witness to all meaning.

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3 Quotes

I.

"The menu is not the meal." —Alan Watts

II.

"The map is not the territory." —Alfred Korzybski

III.

"Truth is beyond names and forms." —Sri Ramana Maharshi

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