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Based on the original post by Aldous Huxley, below is my reflection:
Knowledge is acquired from past experiences. Knowledge is subjective and objective. It has duality. Me and you, this and that. Past and present. Knowledge has divisiveness. Understanding has non-dual consciousness. Beyond me and you there is we, there is us. Understanding is nonverbal. Understanding is existential awareness. Understanding is non-argumentative. Understanding has wholeness. Understanding is not bound by the past and is not captivated by the future. It is here and now consciousness. Understanding has emptiness, free from likes and dislikes, free from the grip of attachment and aversion. I have multiple unconditional relationships. When I relate to myself , to my family members, friends, and strangers , and nature with an open mind and an open heart, I feel oneness. Being fully present helps me create understanding of myself and others. Being aware of what is happening in my body, mind and heart without judging helps me understand myself. Being mindfully present with others and nature helps me cultivate understanding. Spiritually speaking it creates unitive consciousness, oneness. Namaste!
2 Comments
2/3/2024 04:06:32 pm
Am I understanding or not? If I say, "I know how you feel..." You missed the point, you may think you have simular experiences. It may be from many other directions. Each of us have our journey - that's how we walk with others sharing our stories and listen to their's carefully.
Debbie Podwika
2/10/2024 02:06:52 am
I agree that we can only understand up to a point. It can't be perfect because first of all there's no such thing as perfect, but we do not have the same eyes the same ears the same nose the same brain in interpreting any situation. I remember in a class JP once said, "sometimes you put on someone else's shoes and they don't fit." I love that and never forgot it and always used it with my students, especially when we talked about the social readjustment rating scale. Among many other flaws in it, I would ask my students are two pregnancies the same, yet you get the same amount of points. Then we went through the other items and they agreed to get the same amount of points when everybody stress level is different for each of those events does not make sense. Now generally speaking I think one can get closer, for example if one has lost a child and somebody else has lost a child they have a better understanding than someone who has not lost a child. In fact, you will hear them say I understand and they do to a certain level. But again the circumstances may be different, one may have lost it in childbirth, another may have lost a child say when they're 10 years old due to cancer, maybe another lost theirs at 50 from a car accident. This also reminds me of the gold and white dress that went viral and I believe there was a audio one also that people heard two different words. And I also used another example in class where I think it was a teacher holds up a card and asks students what color it is and they say white and the teacher says wait it's blue they were all convinced it was white. he had a student come up and stand by him and asks what color is it? the student smiles and says blue the rest of the students have no idea why that is. I'm hoping you do. Leave a Reply. |
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