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Romaric/Xhoni,

a part within myself is a loving individual of keys (symbols), words and the construction of literal metaphors, contradictions and as I grew up with dialecticism, incl. unnamed philosophers in counts over centuries and millenials. However, what a majority of these have in common is their stubborn wish to have this "one sense of expression" define the purpose of Life and Being beyond Universe. Abstraction.

Quote by you...

...For him, the willingness to explain everything leads nowhere.

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We exist being equipped with Five Senses. Any communication and means of expression is an amalgamation in doses of each one of them. When we leave the effort of "deconstruction" or "reconstruction" aside or push it into background perspective, it opens at the same possible perspective in four more senses perception and awareness.

This will need to an even more complex effort of integration. Avoiding typical philosophical juggling and quibble, Zhuangzi respected dialectic perspective of former (contemporary gaze) unnamed philosophers, however adds what he lived out of DAO (The Way). Integration of opposites, rather than seeking contradiction (thesis/anti-thesis).

The "Alltogetherness", integration of day/night - female/male - good/bad - two faces of a medal,...are metaphors only... Abstraction.

Also, Alexander Humboldt (1802 CE) admitted and stressed this phenomenon, what Nature lays to our feet in millions of years. Everything is connected,... What he wanted to say was that we (Humanity) should respect this state of momentariness and constant flow of change...

Drop your wish to pinpoint facts, truth and Reality (the least possible in flow).

...Avoiding or sparing a deeper spiritual reflection...

Accept Uncertainty, any moment you mindfully live and enjoy in Gratitude and Humility...

Namasté, Xhoni

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