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David Chapman
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David Chapman

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Better ways of thinking, feeling, and acting—around problems of meaning and meaninglessness; self and society; ethics, purpose, and value.

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    1. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 18 Apr 2017
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      It took me six years to get around to reading _All Things Shining_. Tempted to blog about it, but I’m going to post some bits instead.

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    2. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 18 Apr 2017
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      _All Things Shining_ casts Captain Ahab as the Kantian desire to find certainty in a world where meanings are hidden:pic.twitter.com/73mvAlpDYB

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    3. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 18 Apr 2017
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      Ahab’s insane error is eternalism: the stance that there is some singular, ultimate Truth underlying all meaningfulness.pic.twitter.com/1auS4Y9FUC

      1 reply 2 retweets 9 likes
    4. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 18 Apr 2017
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      Dreyfus/Melville’s hero Ishmael’s insight is also that of Vajrayana Buddhism: that the actual world is sacred, and adequately meaningful.pic.twitter.com/4BI8fEZ0p2

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    5. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 18 Apr 2017
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      Much contemporary guff starts from implicit assumed nihilism, and talks about “finding your own true meaning” by some heroic mystical quest.

      1 reply 3 retweets 7 likes
    6. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 18 Apr 2017
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      But meaning is obvious everywhere—if you do not blind yourself to it with the idiotic Quest For The Ultimate Truth Of Everything.pic.twitter.com/hxOPu36OHG

      1 reply 12 retweets 23 likes
    7. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 18 Apr 2017
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      To find out what is meaningful, you must learn to see. Coffee is a trivial example, but the same pattern applies to the most consequential.pic.twitter.com/Th2nRTOJGj

      3 replies 3 retweets 19 likes
    8. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 18 Apr 2017
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      I described learning to see, reopening the senses, and finding out what you like, in my recent Shadow Eating series:https://buddhism-for-vampires.com/hunting-the-shadow#reopening …

      1 reply 4 retweets 7 likes
    9. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 18 Apr 2017
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      When you pay close attention in order to appreciate the unique specifics of an occasion, routine is transformed into sacred ritual.pic.twitter.com/Gs4ZKEBBxX

      2 replies 8 retweets 27 likes
    10. Weird Fun‏ @Black__Dwarf 18 Apr 2017
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      .@Meaningness You bring the word ‘sacred,’ through your Vajrayana influence, to Dreyfus’ exposition? Why? 1/3https://twitter.com/Meaningness/status/854478605799141379 …

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      When you pay close attention in order to appreciate the unique specifics of an occasion, routine is transformed into sacred ritual. pic.twitter.com/Gs4ZKEBBxX
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      David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 18 Apr 2017
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      The book uses the term “sacred” extensively. It’s not totally clear what they mean by it, and whether same as in Vajrayana.

      6:52 PM - 18 Apr 2017
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        2. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 18 Apr 2017
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          It’s also not clear why *I* mean by “sacred”; one reason the sacredness chapter of the Meaningness book has no text as yet…

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        3. David Chapman‏ @Meaningness 18 Apr 2017
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          It’s also not clear what either Dreyfus/Kelly or I mean by “meaning” / “meaningful”…

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