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way

Ancestral Lore

Ancestral Lore of way

Old English weg "road, path, freedom of movement"
also "course in life" in regards to moral, ethical and spiritual choices

from Proto-Germanic wega- "course of travel, way"
from PIE root wegh- "to go, move, transport in a vehicle"

way noun

conscious breath according to troth

a thoroughfare for travel or transportation from place to place; an opening for passage
the course traveled from one place to another; route
a: a course (such as a series of actions or sequence of events) leading in a direction or toward an objective
b: a course of action; opportunity, capability, or fact of doing as one pleases
c: a possible decision, action, or outcome; possibility
a: manner or method of doing or happening
also: method of accomplishing; means
b: feature; respect
c: a usually specified degree of participation in an activity or enterprise
a: characteristic, regular, or habitual manner or mode of being, behaving, or happening
b: ability to get along well or perform well
the length of a course; distance
movement or progress along a course
direction; participant (usually used in combination)
state of affairs; condition, state
category, kind — usually used in the phrase in the way of
motion or speed of a ship or boat through the water

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Specific examples and quotes of way

"The Way bears sensation,
Sensation bears memory,
Sensation and memory bear abstraction,
And abstraction bears all the world;

Each thing in the world bears feeling and doing,
And, imbued with mind, harmony with the Way".

"Tao te Ching"
by Lao-tzu

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⚜	classic definition
☣	artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense