Pure in Heart…

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We can consider knowledge as a function of being.

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A change in the being of the knower

brings corresponding changes in the tone and tenor of knowledge.

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In growing from child to adult for example

knowledge becomes more conceptual

and systemic in form and its factual utility increases.

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These gains are offset by a deterioration

in the quality of immediate apprehension

and a blunting or loss of intuitive insight.

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The astronomer equipped with a telescope

appears to possess a god-like perception

when compared to the sky-gazer with a naked-eye.

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God-like in scope and detail but less romantic perhaps

less prone to flights of mythological fancy.

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What we know depends on what we

choose to make of ourselves!

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‘Blessed are the pure in heart

for they shall inherit the earth.’

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For this reason

proponents of the prevailing view

are often regarded as savants or sages

as enlightened or wise ones.

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It is to these people that we should have recourse…