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Hermann Kuhn
7 - Integrating this one clear image into our con
sciousness (evambhuta) In step six we are still separated from our insight. Certainly - we acquired an ability, an expertise, assured knowledge, - but its application still requires special attention.
In this seventh step we fully integrate the condensed experience into our life so that it ceases to be separate from us. From then onwards we apply it without needing to raise special attention or energy for this purpose.
EXAMPLE: We regard fast communication to all points of the globe as a foundation of our life, - as normal as reading, speaking etc. We use this ability so automatically and comfortably that we put our attention only on the content we intend to communicate, but hardly ever think about the processes that make it possible.
Another example is driving. After we trained the ability and practiced it for a while, we never waste a second thought on the mechanics. We sit behind the steering-wheel and think about where we want to go, what to do when we arrive etc., but never how all the levers and switches operate or how the engine works.
'Let's apply it.' This integration of (new) insights into our consciousness happens automatically when we discard all mental concepts, contents and emotions that we projected onto the experience while developing or training it, but that have nothing to do with the actual insight itself.
Driving a car becomes a natural ability when we stop thinking how much we liked or disliked our driving teacher, how expensive it was to get the license or what
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