There is the usual learned, discursive knowledge based on memory, which is necessary for functioning in our daily life, but basic knowing—knowing the presence of Being—is not a reflective knowing; it is the knowing of Being, which is knowing by direct experience. True teachings must begin with this undiluted experiential knowing; otherwise, the concepts taught are abstract ideas that are not based in a reality beyond subjective mind. When a teaching is grounded in the true felt known, then its conceptual models are accurate pointers to the realities that underlie the teaching. – Karen Johnson, The Jeweled Path: The Biography of the Diamond Approach to Inner Realization, Ch. 21
Synonyms:
know thyself