Word: 'experience' • Extended Annotations
Word: 'experience' • Extended Annotations
late 14th century, "observation as the source of knowledge; actual observation; an event which has affected one"
from Latin experientia "a trial, proof, experiment; knowledge gained by repeated trials"
A pure, unadulterated word
"Remember, experience is a knowing gained by observation or by trials. In evolving, it enhances or lessens presence. Either way, it is movement within the stream of life. However, if experience solidifies, it no longer evolves within the stream. Instead, it fortifies, becoming rigid."
"Weird Genius"
“I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”
"Walden: Or, Life in the Woods"
| ~☉~ | lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context |
| ⚜ | classic definition |
| ☣ | artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense |
