Table of Contents for Root Meanings
General notes:
- Root Meanings is a work in progress that will continue to emerge and evolve. All entries are subject to evolution.
- The entries in Root Meanings have been sourced and refined until they calibrate all the way for truth. Older entries may need to be updated for this to be the case.
- The primary criterion for inclusion in Root Meanings is calibration for truth. These entries are not intended to be consistent with any pre-existing spiritual teachings or traditions. The entries in Root Meanings may differ from or go beyond widely accepted teachings. Moreover, some of what has been sourced may be novel.
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Revision: 28 Nov 2025
Direct knowing
- Knowing that is prior to any kind of experience.
- Direct knowing is unfiltered, unmediated, and uninterpreted.
- Direct knowing is not an impression or a perception.
- Direct knowing is not something that happens. It just is.
- Direct knowing is prior to all sensations and all thoughts.
- Direct knowing is prior to noticing and prior to witnessing.
- Direct knowing is the nondimensional, nonlocal Unicity knowing itself.
- Direct knowing is confirmed by a knowing of always having known.
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