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It can be understood effortlessly in this way: sometimes right perception is absent, but knowledge is never absent; there is always some form of knowledge present in it. That knowledge, when it manifests as right perception, is called right knowledge. The distinction between right knowledge and false knowledge is that the former is coexistent with right perception, while the latter is coexistent with falsehood. - The question arises: what effect does right perception have, that when it is absent, however much knowledge there may be, whether abundant or otherwise, it is still called false knowledge or misleading knowledge? And how, even if knowledge is limited, vague, and misleading, does it become right knowledge the moment right perception arises?
- Since this is spiritual science, right knowledge and false knowledge are discerned from a spiritual perspective; they are not evaluated from the perspective of subject matter as in epistemology. In logic, that knowledge which is accurate regarding the subject is termed right knowledge – proof, and that which is inaccurate concerning the subject is termed false knowledge – proof. However, in this spiritual science, although the section on right and false knowledge is accepted, it remains subordinate. Here, the knowledge that leads to spiritual elevation is comprehensive knowledge, and that which leads to worldly progression or spiritual decline is delusional; this perspective is paramount. It is also possible that due to a lack of substance, a right-perceptive soul may sometimes experience doubt, delusion, or ambiguity regarding certain subjects.