What the hell is symbolic understanding?

[Identity]

This question just hit me. I was thinking about understanding things. What got really clear to me us the understanding by BEING. What is hard for me to grasp is the relationship between BEING something and symbolically understanding what something is. Like language, models, pictures, whatever. They seem to arise to me at these moments. But what is going on here? Where does this come from? How to actually evaluate whether anything is accurate?

People have idea's all the time. Also, those ideas might come from what they perceive to be god-like states of consciousness. What instrument of evaluation can you use to make any of what is arising?

Rationality? But is a partial perspective? Does not account for the whole, but where does it usefulness end and the delusion start?

Intuition? What do you know about intuition? When is it some true intuition and not when are you deluding yourself? How will you evaluate the difference, by using some thought process?

pictures/symbols? Some kind of picture the mind present and enters with a lot of noise? How the hell do you even understand what that is?

[Truth Addict]

@Identity

This question has been asked many times.

I don't have a direct experience of the answer, but they say: when you see it you know it, you can't miss the Absolute.

[Leo Gura]

What is understanding? is a very profound question indeed.

[Truth Addict]

10 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

What is understanding? is a very profound question indeed.

But what is an answer but a theory, another map for the territory?

Edited April 28, 2019 by Truth Addict

[Leo Gura]

The astounding thing is that understanding is possible.

Everything can be understood.

[Identity]

@Leo Gura Directly, through Being? Or also symbolically? Or am I creating an artificial duality between the two?

[Truth Addict]

32 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

The astounding thing is that understanding is possible.

Everything can be understood.

Yes, because consciousness is intelligent.

In order to understand I have to be, but the question is : how can I be it when I already am it?

Or even a trickier question: how could I not be it when I already am it?

This is magnificent and mind-bending at the same time.

Edited April 28, 2019 by Truth Addict

[How to be wise]

16 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

The astounding thing is that understanding is possible.

Everything can be understood.

Or thought to be understood.

[tedens]

15 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

What is understanding?

what  God is.

 

[David Hammond]

@Identity Watch the breath. Then understanding reveals itself