{"id":645,"date":"2022-06-28T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meditative.dev\/web\/?p=645"},"modified":"2022-08-31T18:40:13","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T16:40:13","slug":"becoming-better-phenomenologists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meditative.dev\/web\/2022\/06\/28\/becoming-better-phenomenologists\/","title":{"rendered":"Becoming Better Phenomenologists"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"645\" class=\"elementor elementor-645\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-67fd130 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"67fd130\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-aadd32c\" data-id=\"aadd32c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ccd078 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ccd078\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 09-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<div><div><p>Meditation is mostly a private endeavour. But we live in a world with other beings. We may have many incredible experiences during and because of mediation, and no one really knows exactly what you experience but yourself. However, we can try to share our experiences and insights as best we can with the powerful tool of <strong>language<\/strong>.<\/p><p>Language is the cornerstone of civilisation. It is the game-changing psycho-technology that allows abstract ideas to be exchanged among organisms which allows them to coordinate in ways otherwise impossible. 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Too often people resort to parroting cliches of spiritual phrases and jargon that they heard from someone else. But <u>when you take the time to understand yourself better and learn how to put it into words, you not only learn to understand others better but also help others understand you better too<\/u>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meditation is mostly a private endeavour. But we live in a world with other beings. We may have many incredible experiences during and because of mediation, and no one really knows exactly what you experience but yourself. 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