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Knowing How to Know

Knowledge & Inconsistency

February 2, 2013 – 5:08 PM
contradiction2

As detailed in Perception & Knowledge, the most accurate knowledge is made up of the perceptions obtained within a span of few hundred milliseconds. Rest of the knowledge is extrapolated from data indexed among:

  1. Perception
  2. Experience
  3. Information
  4. Hypothesis
  5. Theory
  6. Principles
  7. Axioms
  8. Self

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INCONSISTENCY

However such data is subject to inconsistencies. An inconsistency is something that doesn’t seem to make sense. There is some sort of disharmony, even when one can’t put one’s finger on it.

A physicist looks at the outer space. There is no physical medium there, yet the speed of light is constant. He is puzzled by this and makes it the subject of his research, because it is an inconsistency to him.

A person says that he has a happy married life, yet his wife is often seen crying. This is an inconsistency.

You postpone your trip to Spain because that country is torn by riots. Yet there are no riots in Spain. This is inconsistency.

One resolves repeatedly to stop smoking, yet he continues to smoke. This is an inconsistency.

A man finds life to be without purpose, yet he never had thoughts like this when he was young. This is also an inconsistency.

 

Such inconsistencies may be categorized as follows:

  1. Engram (Inconsistency in Perception)
  2. Unwanted feeling or emotion (Inconsistency in Experience)
  3. Indoctrination (Inconsistency in Information)
  4. Belief (Inconsistency in Hypothesis)
  5. Doctrine (Inconsistency in Theory)
  6. Fixed ideas (Inconsistency in Principles)
  7. Fixed viewpoints (Inconsistency in Axioms)
  8. Fixed identity (Inconsistency in Self)

Inconsistencies add inaccuracies to extrapolated knowledge. All the situations in life are the result of such inconsistencies.

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THE ROUTE TO KNOWLEDGE

It is difficult to perceive inconsistencies when justifications are present. For example, we say that God created this universe, but God could not have created evil in this universe because God is good.

Fixation on self (shame, blame, egotism, etc.) provides a wonderful array of justifications. A person may say, “I am a failure because I do not have the abilities that make one succeed.”

But “self” is an altered view of a “tightly interrelated system of considerations” that exist in relative isolation. Instead of focusing on self (overall personal characteristics), if one focuses on the related system of consideration, and non-judgmentally spots  inconsistencies therein, then the situations in life resolve swiftly.

Mindfulness helps one perceive inconsistencies and reduce them. It also brings about rapid spiritual progress.

  1. Practice mindfulness until it becomes effortless as a second nature.

  2. Recognize inconsistencies as they arise. Do not ignore them.

  3. Immediately look at the inconsistency more closely.

  4. Draw upon data as needed. It is quite easy to research in the Information Age of today.

  5. Simply track down the inconsistency and keep looking at it more closely until it dissolves.

  6. When the inconsistency is dissolved, then that’s it… let it go.

  7. Focus on the next inconsistency as it arises.

Situations resolve much more swiftly in a group where everybody is applying mindfulness in discussions.

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Perception & Knowledge

February 2, 2013 – 12:14 AM

Reference: Philosophy Project

A Matter of Perception1

We look and perceive. Therefore, there is perception. Perception is generated by a desire to know.

For perception to occur there must be a separation between the perception point and whatever is being perceived. Thus, perception occurs across space.

Perception brings about instantaneous knowledge. However, perception retains its exact form for not more than few hundred milliseconds before it transforms into experience.

Experience allows indexing of current information with earlier information, and thus reducing the requirement for storage space. Thus, from perception to experience there is some condensation of knowledge. The directness of perception is replaced by indexing of data, which allows reconstruction of details on as-needed basis. This allows more knowledge to be stored in the same space.

Over time, experience transforms into information. Information then leads to hypotheses. Hypothesis generates theory. From theory are derived principles. And principles are consolidated into axioms. Each of these transformations allows increasing condensation of knowledge. Thus, more knowledge is stored in the same space. The storage algorithms allow for a reconstruction of knowledge from the cross-indexing of data to the desired degree of accuracy on an as-needed basis. The coordination-point of all this knowledge may then appear as the “self”.

The results of this successive condensation of knowledge may be listed as follows.

  1. Perception
  2. Experience
  3. Information
  4. Hypothesis
  5. Theory
  6. Principles
  7. Axioms
  8. Self

Points 1 to 7 above may describe a unique system of tightly interrelated considerations. Self in point 8 may be defined by this system of consideration much like a “doughnut’s hole” is defined by the doughnut.

The self may appear as a “causative individuality” but it is no more capable than what the system of consideration is capable of. The individuality would disappear with the disappearance of the system of consideration.

This system of consideration determines how the “universe” appears to the “self”.

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VISUALIZATION & RECALL

This indexed knowledge may be played upon in infinite number of ways. This gives us visualization. Such visualization may be demonstrated by the following experiment:

Close your eyes. Think of a cat, or your favorite small pet animal. Have that pet come to you and jump in your lap. Pick it up and caress it. Feel its weight and the texture of its fur. Now let that pet jump and run away from you. Open your eyes and look in the direction in which your pet ran away.

A recall of some past memory would be a similar play, except that it is allowed to take place by itself without interference. Thus, a recall of past memory uses the same mechanism as visualization. The only difference is that visualization is actively manipulated, whereas recall is allowed to take place by itself.

Accuracy of recall would then depend on the lack of interference in the reconstruction of the memory. Thus, a proper recall shall require mindfulness.

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What is KHTK? (old)

January 12, 2013 – 5:26 PM
Enlightenment1

Here is the updated version of this post: What is KHTK?

Skip the following version.

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The acronym KHTK stands for “Knowing how to Know.” It just happened to be that way without any thought. The organization of basic knowledge in the subject of Scientology (a word, which means “knowing how to know”) is definitely impressive, so that might have something to do with it.

KHTK is an effort to get the available spiritual technology applied at the grass roots level. The model for this is the same as used by Buddha 2600 years ago.

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KHTK is an evolving subject. The following may be said about KHTK at this stage of its development:

  1. KHTK starts with mindfulness as practiced in Buddhism. Mindfulness provides the discipline for looking and contemplation. Therefore, the first action of KHTK was to develop the The 12 Aspects of Mindfulness. One may train oneself on mindfulness by following the exercises documented in Training in Mindfulness.

  2. KHTK is designed for self-application at the grass roots level using the model provided by Buddha. Thus, KHTK is freely available on this blog to anybody who is interested.

  3. Like Buddhism, KHTK places knowledge above self. Knowledge derived from any source, such as, Christianity, Buddhism, modern psychology, etc., must be consistent. If there is an inconsistency, it is investigated to discover the underlying consistency.

  4. KHTK Exercises based on Buddhism contains the ten basic exercises derived from what Buddha taught.

  5. KHTK Exercises based on Scientology provides self-help exercises based on Hubbard’s research in Scientology, which address conditions in a more targeted manner. Here the discipline of mindfulness replaces Hubbard’s use of e-meter. More exercises shall be added over time.

  6. In KHTK, a person resolves his or her problems through mindful looking as directed by the exercises. Thus, KHTK helps resolve personal problems without the violation of one’s privacy.

  7. These KHTK exercises may be used to help friends and family members by first instructing them on the 12 steps of mindfulness (see Training in Mindfulness), and then assisting them with the application of these exercises. This may be done over long distances using phone or Skype without any difficulty.

  8. KHTK does its own investigation into inconsistencies encountered among the various sources of knowledge, and provides their resolution in terms of more basic understandings. See the Philosophy Project.

  9. Beyond these exercises and understandings, spiritual gains may be obtained by continually spotting and resolving inconsistencies as they are encountered in life. Please see Knowledge & Inconsistency, Inconsistency & Looking, and Looking at Knowledge.

  10. KHTK study prepares a person along this path through the application of mindful discussions. See Discussions and what needs to be avoided.

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In this Information Age of today knowledge can be accessed easily through Internet. Therefore, it is not necessary to accumulate knowledge in one’s head. One only needs to learn to rapidly resolve inconsistencies in the knowledge referenced before one applies it. This is how one will be able to survive in this Information Age.

KHTK aims to help develop the ability to spot and resolve inconsistencies by training people on mindfulness.

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Cause of Unwanted Condition

December 27, 2012 – 6:57 PM
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[Reference: The First Noble Truth – Dukkha]

  1. An unwanted condition is Dukkha per the first noble truth of Buddha. It results from ‘imperfection’, ‘impermanence’, ‘emptiness’, and ‘insubstantiality’.

  2. The physical and mental forces and energies in this universe are always changing. That is their inherent nature.

  3. What brings about unwanted condition is the desire to bring these physical and mental forces and energies into enduring forms that is enjoyable, pleasing and satisfying.

  4. None of the desirable forms created in this universe can endure forever. What then persists is the desire to make these forms endure.

  5. This desire exists in the physical and mental forces and energies themselves, out of which these forms are created.

  6. The center of these physical and mental forces or energies is what we know as the perception point.

  7. As the perception point becomes fixed with the desire for the pleasing forms, it gradually develops into a “self.”

  8. A tightly knotted set of desires and considerations may appear as an “identity” with a certain purpose.

  9. As “self” winds up into complex configuration of desires and considerations, unwanted conditions start to set in. These conditions are patterns fixed in space.

  10. There seems to be no way out of this condition.

  11. Plato started out by considering the Ethical problem. That led to the Political problem; which, in turn, led to the Psychological problem.

  12. Plato then came up with a solution to this Psychological problem in terms of setting up internal controls.

  13. These controls involved the indoctrination of people into believing in a personal God who can judge, reward or punish them.

  14. Plato’s solution provided the groundwork for later religions, such as, Christianity, which provides a system of faith designed to set up internal controls to make people behave properly.

  15. Here we see an attempt to resolve ethical, political and psychological problems by fixing desires and considerations into acceptable configurations.

  16. It is the fixedness of these desires and considerations that creates the unwanted condition. It doesn’t matter whether that fixedness is acceptable or not.

  17. Fixedness comes about when arbitrary decisions are taken during confusion. When such patterns become part of the identity they are difficult to spot.

  18. As part of the identity one uses fixed patterns to look at everything. The identity as a fixed pattern then becomes part of the unwanted condition.

  19. Resolution of unwanted condition then involves a resolution of fixed identity.

  20. Attempts to fix the patterns of physical and mental forces and energies into some acceptable configuration shall never lead to a resolution, because that very effort to fix them generates unwanted conditions.

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Looking at the Philosophy Project

December 10, 2012 – 7:33 AM
Question

This post refers to the Philosophy Project.

The purpose of this post is simply to provide a holding area for ideas.

We shall be looking around at all different kind of stuff to digest it. The ideas shall first be discussed under the COMMENTS section. Anything pertinent will then be added to this post.

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(December 2025) I am writing these comments in color, 13 years after writing this post, just to see how much my viewpoint has changed. This should be fun.

A self (being) seems to be simply a “center of considerations” that it holds and continually outputs.

(Dec 2025) Self exists to resolve anomalies. The sense of self dissolves when no anomalies remain. There remains only a dimension of awareness independent of the universe.

(Feb 2026) Self consists of the postulates of (1) Substantiality, (2) Awareness, and (3) Oneness. It assimilates the anomaly when it looks at it closely.

As the perception point identifies itself with knowledge through considerations, it gets fixed in its place, and loses it fluidity. Thus,  “I,” or the self, is generated.

(Dec 2025) Knowledge, thought, consciousness, etc., are part of the universe. These are subject to awareness, just as the rest of the universe is.

(Feb 2026) Awareness gets fixated when it is unable to assimilate substantiality. The outcome is a disintegrated self.

All knowledge, regardless of its source, should be consistent. When there is inconsistency, there must be something unresolved that is underlying that inconsistency. Spiritual progress occurs when one starts to spot inconsistencies as they come up naturally and applies mindfulness to them until they dissolve.

(Dec 2025) Oneness (continuity, consistency and harmony) is the ideal state of awareness. A violation of oneness appears as an anomaly.

(Feb 2026) Lack of assimilation appears as anomalies. Resolution of anomalies restores the integrity of self.

As one starts to look mindfully at an inconsistency, it may lead to a chain of inconsistencies. Just keep looking more closely at the inconsistency that is on the “top of the stack.” It is very important to follow the 12 points of mindfulness.

(Dec 2025) Inconsistency is referred to as anomaly now. This above link is also updated to The 12 Aspects of Mindfulness.

(Feb 2026) The anomaly may change as it resolves. Keep looking closely at the anomaly until it fully resolves.

“I” generates considerations (assessment, speculations, judgments, justifications, assumptions, etc.). These considerations are capable of filtering whatever “I” looks at. Taking responsibility means not letting one’s considerations color one’s perception and seeing things as they are.

(Dec 2025) “I” (sense of self) exists in the dimension of awareness to resolve anomalies with the goal to bring about oneness. A “filter” is an anomaly of “I” due to identification. Identification is “I” confusing itself with something in the universe.

(Feb 2026) “I” as observer is pure awareness. It becomes impure when it thinks itself to be some viewpoint it assumes, or a conclusion or consideration it makes. Such identification colors its perception.

Considerations seem to bring in the factor of “preservation,” whether it is the preservation of self, or the preservation of property. Justice seems to be concerned with such preservation.

(Dec 2025) When “I” identifies with anything in the universe, then that is an anomaly. It is moving away from its function of resolving anomalies.

(Feb 2026) “I” as pure awareness have nothing to preserve. It is foused on the resolution of anomaly rather than on preserving anything.

Everything about this universe is in flux. Nothing stays the same. Everything is impermanent. Yet this whole system made up of impermanence seems to be permanently there. How can this inconsistency of “impermanence being permanently there” be explained?

(Dec 2025) Relative permanence is a view from a higher dimension.

(Feb 2026) What appears to be permanent is pure substantiality, awareness and oneness as such, and not anyting specific.

Perception is there as long as manifestation is there. When manifestation is not there, there is no perception either. Thus, there can never be a perception of the state of non-manifestation. We would always perceive manifestation to be there. Ha ha… Q.E.D.

(Dec 2025) Consciousness starts with sensation.

(Feb 2026) Awareness is present only when substantiality id there. One can never be aware of a complete absence of substantiality.

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(1) An “identity” may simply be a tight “knot” of considerations that needs to be loosened up.

(2) The self is the “center of considerations” analogous to the “center of mass.”

(3) An identity may not affect the self if it is somewhere at the periphery of considerations.

(4) If the identity is closer to the center, it may appear as if the self is stuck with it.

(5) But there are simply a bunch of considerations knotted together, which needs to be loosened up.

(6) Being stuck is simply “some considerations locked into each other.”

(Dec 2025) An identity comes about when the self (solver of anomalies) starts to identify itself with something in the dimension of the universe.

(Feb 2026) An identification is a misperception of awareness as having some substantiality. Awareness has no substantiality of its own.

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There seems to be two different levels of knowledge:

(1) A level of knowledge before SELF comes into being.

(Dec 2025) This is the dimension of Awareness.

(Feb 2026) Self is formed out of the postulates of substantiality, awareness, and oneness. Before SELF is all unknowable.

(2) Another level of knowledge, which is generated when SELF starts to react to the previous level of knowledge.

(Dec 2025) This is consciousness in the dimension of the Universe.

(Feb 2026) What persists after SELF are unassimilated considerations only.

Such a reaction may occur in chain resulting in ballooning of considerations. The only way to stop and reverse such ballooning of considerations would be to look non-judgmentally and see what is actually there.

(Dec 2025) This is mindfulness.

(Feb 2026) Reactions are made of chains of unassimilated considerations that needs to be closely looked at.

Then one is no longer reacting to what is there. Instead one is now continually realizing what is there. This starts to deflate the ballooning considerations. In other words, the ego, or self, gradually starts to dissolve.

(Dec 2025) This is the resolution of anomalies.

(Feb 2026) Only the corruption of SELF. dissolves.

One can never predict where this process might lead to. :)

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At death, the body disintegrates into its particles, and the identity that was the body is dissolved. Similarly, the observing and thinking part of the person (the living soul) also disintegrates into its particles (considerations), and the identity that was the person is also dissolved. That is my current understanding.

(Dec 2025) In death, awareness separates from consciousness.

(Feb 2026) In death, only the unassimilated genetic programming remains as part of space.

However, the particles remain and they can recombine into another “body plus living soul” combination. There is infinity of such recombination.

(Dec 2025) In birth, awareness combines with consciousness.

(Feb 2026) During gestation, the developing embryo acquires the genetic programming that resonates with it.

What are the ultimate laws underlying this disintegration and reintegration, I don’t know the details at the moment. But this seems to be going on forever like complex cycles of some eternal wave according to Hinduism.

Nirvana is something different altogether. It happens to a live soul. In my opinion, nirvana is like exteriorization from CONSIDERATIONS. It is the separation of perception-point from all its considerations. This is called giving up of all attachment in Hinduism. One then sees things as they are without any filters as in Buddhism. There is no individuality in terms of considerations. A perception point is the same as any other perception point. It does not add anything to what is observed or experienced.

(Dec 2025) Nirvana is returning to the dimension of Awareness.

(Feb 2026) Nirvana is when there is no genetic programming remains after death

Nothing arrives at Nirvana. it is what remains after all attachments are dissolved. I call it a perception-point. But even the perception-point dissolves at parinirvana by merging into its own manifestation… something like electron merging into positron.

Parinirvana is probably what occurs at death, where the live soul, that was already reduced to a completely detached perception-point, merges back into its own manifestation, extinguishing both. The laws of disintegration and reintegration are thus bypassed. But this is only my speculation.

The basis of this speculation is removal of all inconsistencies that I am aware of at this level.

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