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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

One more thing, from the POV of SI, you're not a human either. You are instead humaning. You are humaning now, but aren't a human. I say this because when I address you, the "you" that I address is deeper than what is generally conventionally understood. I'm not talking to your body or to the personality that's associated with the body, when I talk to you here.

I like to use simple language when speaking because if I use words like "Self" people tend to think that there is something on top of their head toward which they need to look up to find themselves, or something like that. I don't want to create that impression. I want to convey how intimate and private it all is and I don't want to induce people to look on top of their heads or in the clouds or below the ground. And I also feel like if we make our conceptions too grand people are also mislead, because they then discount their personal experience as insignificant in light of this "something grand." I don't want anyone to think that their experience and knowing and willing are insignificant. On the contrary, the idea is to empower.

Originally commented by u/mindseal on 2017-07-08 08:17:29 (djx8yly)