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weird (adj.)

c. 1400,

• "having power to control fate", from wierd (n.), from Old English wyrd "fate, chance, fortune; destiny; the Fates," literally "that which comes,"

• from Proto-Germanic wurthiz (cognates: Old Saxon wurd, Old High German wurt "fate," Old Norse urðr "fate, one of the three Norns"),

• from PIE wert- "to turn, to wind," (cognates: German werden, Old English weorðan "to become"),

• from root wer- (3) "to turn, bend" (see versus).

• For sense development from "turning" to "becoming," compare phrase turn into "become."

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This forum is primarily dedicated to higher quality posts and discussions. Those are welcome from everyone but will be filtered by the moderators. In order to foster more discussion, we have decided to start a weekly stickied discussion thread for the subreddit. This discussion thread is a place for people to post things that are more casual regarding subjective idealism, and things that are more exploratory. Here is a place for individuals to propose ideas and ask questions and figure out subjective idealism.

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[–] syncretik 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The one about the mind as body relates to my thinking recently. I've been pondering the shift toward the idea of the world/mind (actual+potential) as the body instead of the human body as the body. Extending my sense of self/body to infinity - of course this only applies to the internalist/solipsistic set of commitments within S.I. but those are the one's I'm most interested in.

The deity practice is interesting. I recently encountered someone online who regarded themselves as responsible for even the comments other people were making to them. It was an interesting interaction. Absolutely fits into the internalist set of commitments I would like to explore.

I might have more to say later but that's all right now.

Originally commented by u/AesirAnatman on 2017-07-07 00:38:54 (djuso1v)

[–] syncretik 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I hear ya. We seem to be thinking along similar lines. I might ramble randomly some more since you started this, and since for now it's just us two? Might as well keep rambling hahah. I might want to ramble on some exerpts form one of the xuanhuan (it's a Chinese high fantasy web novel) I am reading (in translation). Sometimes they bandy about interesting concepts.

Originally commented by u/mindseal on 2017-07-07 00:59:41 (djutsrf)

[–] syncretik 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is that the novel you linked to me a bit ago?

Originally commented by u/AesirAnatman on 2017-07-07 01:01:27 (djutw93)

[–] syncretik 1 points 1 year ago

I'm reading more than one, but the one I linked you to is my favorite so far.

Originally commented by u/mindseal on 2017-07-07 02:05:59 (djuxm6t)