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To say this is not that and that is not this is also a bald assertion. If we posit the first question we determine the geometry of the inquiry, but using the geometry is reasoning by metaphor. Each word is an incomplete philosophy: the ergod and the void together are a moral unity. Only the original word was a unity in itself, and there was no word for that: the word was. The word--singular, a singularity. Reality is a metaphor, a division of the word, an illusion.

There are 100 billion neurons in the human brain. There are 100 billion stars in the Milky Way. One star per neuron. 25 thousand neurons can fly the F-22, one of the most complex, awesome machines we have ever created. The F-22 is an illusion, a division of reality, not natural--something imagined and only a function of a few neurons: a pattern with its own laws. There are no laws, no patterns in nature. Laws and patterns are only the workings of our ergodic imaginings. The ergod is the tao--a word, but not the word.

[ There are no laws, no patterns in nature. Laws and patterns are only the workings of our ergodic imaginings. The ergod is the tao--a word, but not the word. ]

The "Tao" is a grumpy person whineing about whineing..

Thank you so much for sharing these additional aspects of your worldview!

Reality is a metaphor, a division of the word, an illusion.

There are no laws, no patterns in nature.

Considering these views of reality, I don't really see where we have anything to explore.

I run into the same kind of problem with those who view reality as their own consciousness and everything else as merely an illusion - i.e. no common ground, no language to discuss nature or spirit.