How to pursue understanding?

[Nilsi]

Hey, i just had an interesting insight about understanding and the nature of reality and im not really sure whqt to make of it but i thought it might be of value to share it (and certainly to write it down) anyway.

The way i see it is there are two serious and compelling proposals to the question (of how to pursue understanding). 

The first is the Wilberian/Spiral-Dynamics-esque path of transcending and integrating which is sort of a bottom-up path toward understanding and the second is what you (Leo) talk about as hyper-intelligence which you characterize as (transcending and) losing your mind which is the top-down understanding.

I guess what speaks for the bottom-up approach is that you are keeping all the good lessons and insights you have and build on top of them toward ever more inclusive and integrated understanding and the top-down approach is truly infinite-creativity in all dimensions but without any tangible goal or actual progression. 
So what do i do with this dialectic now? Do i transcend and integrate it or do i transcend and lose my mind?

Edited May 26, 2022 by Nilsi

[Leo Gura]

They are not really opposite.

One is more conceptual the other is more direct. You can do both. I do both.

[Nilsi]

7 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

They are not really opposite.

One is more conceptual the other is more direct. You can do both. I do both.

Makes sense. Thank you