The basic word in persistence is : sistence
Three dimensions of sistence are :
The first dimension is the mind. Mind can only see borders. These are experienced as apparently opposites: parts of a whole that the mind can never experience.
The opposites are : "in" and "ex".
So there is in-sistence and ex-sistence.
Note that the etymology of the word existent (without the extra 's') is from Latin exsistent-, exsistens, present participle of exsistere
The second dimension is the body. Body can not see (= create) form, instead it can only feel content. This content is felt as one whole. The body can never experience the parts of this whole.
The whole is : "re".
So there is re-sistence experienced from the body, which is the swing of "in-sistence" and "ex-sistence" as experienced by the mind.
From the mind perspective, re-sistence is the pause at the end of each part of the swing. Breathing in and out (= ex), the buddhists contemplate this pause in this swing as the entrance / exit to another dimension.
To fully understand the relativity of perspective, consider mind and body as bilocality : two apparently opposite perspectives on one and the same area.
To insist is the opposite movement from exsist
Insistence plus existence are together the feeling of resistence
Insistence / resistence / existence / resistence = the four seasons, the full cycle of breathing
The third dimension is that which mind and body co-create. It is a feeling of growth, of "moving forward", an experience of something that "shines through" the outer appearance. Like annual rings on a tree, the tree's recordings of its "ex/re/in/re" cycles
This forward thing is "per"
So we have per-sistence as the third dimension
Now you try, using these three dimensions, with other basic (movement) words like
- press: in-press, ex-press, re-press, per-press.
- tend: in-tend, ex-tend, re-tend, per-tend.
- cite: in-cite, ex-cite, re-cite, per-cite.
You will find that some words are yet non-existing.
Perhaps you find other things, that you would like to share ?
Best regards, Ron
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4 comments:
spire: in-spire, ex-spire, re-spire, per-spire
inspire:
from Latin inspirare, from in- + spirare to breathe
expire:
from Latin exspirare, from ex- + spirare to breathe
respire:
from Latin respirare, from re- + spirare to blow, breathe
perspire:
from Latin per- through + spirare to blow, breathe
fuse: in-fuse, ex-fuse, re-fuse, per-fuse
infuse:
to cause to be permeated with something
exfuse: (modern spelling: effuse)
to pour out (a liquid)
refuse:
to express oneself as unwilling to accept
perfuse:
to cause to flow or spread
sult: from (Latin) saltare = to leap
in-sult = to spring upon
ex-sult = to leap up (modern spelling: exult)
re-sult = to rebound
per-sult = ???
volve:
duce:
ceive:
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