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5 - Deepening the insight by verbally describing it
(sabda) After we found out what really effects us, we intensify this experience by verbalizing it.
EXAMPLE: We tell others how the telephone works and what kind of opportunities it offers. This makes us more aware of our relationship with the machine and the effect is has on our life.
'How can it be described?'
One of the best methods to make us more aware of an insight is to express it in words. This process moves the insight right into the center of our awareness.
6 - Condensing this conscious insight into one clear
image (samabhirudha) The previous step made us aware of the insight we had. We now condense this insight into one clear picture.
EXAMPLE: We combine all individual aspects of the telephone into one single experience. We do not separate the individual components any more, but condense the entire complex mechanism of telephone-communication and all the possibilities it offers into one characteristic experience.
We also experience this when we are reading. We condense letters, words and sentences in such a way that on a higher level we perceive a comprehensive meaning that goes far beyond the range of single words or sentences.
'Yes, that's it!
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