wow that's awesome! I never actually studied philosophy, except
   these few months in the Philosophy groups... and my exposure to
   Heidegger is based solely upon:
   a) my impression of Heidegger based upon what people said about
   him there.
   b) a short youtube video
   c) a Wikipedia article.

   It struck that I'd like his style, felt bad he believed he'd be
   the Philosopher King (or as close as he could come), but I
   understood how he thought that, and enjoyed his
   conceptualization of Time and the nature of stuff, as far as my
   limited reading gave me.

   I never liked terms like fact or reality because it implies a
   knowledge-of-all-sides of something, including inside and all
   perspectives.

   But it doesn't; a fact is only what's been unhidden, not the
   totality by any means.

   When I was teaching myself Russian years ago, (never became
   fluent but it was fun) - I came across a
   parable/analogy/metaphor from somebody that was inspirational.

   The gist of it was that learning a language isn't adding facts
   upon facts but rather an understanding that comes from looking
   through a soot-covered window, with many many layers in front of
   it.

   At first, there is blackness. But as you clean the window, you
   can see a little bit of light. It's not as black as it was
   before.

   And ongoing and ongoing - lighter and lighter, and strange
   colors that are NOT related to the soot begin to appear until
   you can see nothing of the glass anymore, but instead you see a
   glimpse of what's BEHIND the glass.

   And it's not much.. just a tiny peek. But it's enough to give
   hope.

   And so you continue cleaning the glass.