Monday, February 11, 2008

Question RE: Substance and Form

Greetings AWI Family,

I received the following question form a Reflection and below is my answer.

I understand substance and form when you are dealing with tangible objects such as mop (s;washing, waxing, dusting, hitting, -- f: stick, handle, sponge, etc), but how is this method applied to intangible things? Is Substance (thoughts/thinking) and Form (feelings/actions)?for example --

Rushed:
(substance): last minute, not enough time, need to catch up, not where supposed to be, missing out if late, etc --
(form): fast movement, hurried actions, missed steps, anxiety

This is the method I am currently using. Please let me know if I'm doing this right.

Take care, . . . . .

Answer:

Yes, you have the substance and form of external words like mop. When you qualify an intangible or what we call an INTERNAL word, we use the same format. Take love for example. SAHU reflections will answer the question according to their level of consciousness which is in Duality. Thus it will be based on an accepted definition.

LOVE:
s:hugging, kissing, caring, nurturing, feeding, listening, talking, considering, sexing, devoting, teaching, fighting, cooking, reproducing, etc
f: self, husband, wife, mother, father, car, song, book, vacation spot, meal, sex, etc

The form is who or what is doing and/or receiving the action. The substance of an internal word is an action verb ending in "ing". It is the function of the word, or put another way, what the word causes you to do. Love causes me to hug and kiss, and listen . . . . etc. So if we look at the word "rush"

RUSH:
s:quickening, accelerating, overlooking,
f: person, process

Let's try another word - "NEED"

NEED
s:requiring, necessitating, projecting
f: person, concept

and

GROW
s:functioning, learning, substantiating
f: objects

Understand? Does this help?
Siphiwe

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