This is a complicated philosophical claim that works on two basic levels—a common but superficial level “up here” in the mental and material domains, with the sign or metaphor “intending” or “being about” something else (hence meaning as it is commonly understood in the humanities), and a deep level “down there,” in the psychophysically neutral ground, with the symbol or mystical experience issuing from a reality in which there are no absolute distinctions or differences and where paradox is the norm. This is the meaning of meaning, if you will, a kind of profound “sense” or state that is not
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