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Articulate knowledge, and non-sensual cognition namely Clairvoyance, Mind Reading and Omniscience.
Identification, approximation, exertion, retention are many divisions of mind. Development of one division takes place by hearing from other sources, other people or beings, through observation of signs, symbols or words and stored in one division of mind. This type of knowledge is gained through association, attention, understanding and varied interpretations of the meaning of things. It is an initial stage of learning. One gets it from parents, schools, college, books etc. It includes all canonical, scriptural or both knowledge. This is a system of education.
One learns something by external source and it becomes a part of his memory. It is only a recording. It is not based on individual's experience. Knowledge borrowed from others is untrue, knowledge gathered from the outside is untrue. It hides ignorance but it does not make one wise. If a thing is told repeatedly one starts accepting it as true. The moment one believes in something, one starts enforcing one's belief, whether it is right or wrong.
Empirical knowledge is gained through senses and experience and thought. It is not a system of education and it develops in a division of mind where knowledge already exists and it does not need any external factor for expression. Empirical knowledge is self-experienced and self dependent. It is only through practice and first hand experience we achieve real wisdom. Personal experience is the right way of receiving real knowledge. Experience changes everything. A sensitive mind and keen observations make anyone a storehouse of valuable experiences.
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