Third kind of knowledge 🔭🔬

Imagine looking at life through both a telescope and a microscope. The third kind of knowledge—Intuition—is the ultimate knowledge of the philosopher. Source of the most sublime and delicious experiences. It happens thanks to a subtle combination of feeling and thinking. Intuition is a deep understanding of both the gist and the details of the universe in both its big picture and its small scale. It “takes what is known by Reason and grasps it in a single act of the mind.” It is a glance at the infinite knowledge of the univers. This perfectly expresses Spinoza’s great optimism for human knowledge. I think it’s awesome.

At the beginning of this video, Jim Carrey is probably talking about a glance at the third kind of knowledge. I’m jealous.

So, back to you stuck in the traffic. What do you do? You observe yourself and the causes of your situation, the implication on the grand scheme of things, and the way you can learn from it. You become an active spectator of your own destiny. As Enthoven puts it, you “impose your consent to reality, you take action. […] Whatever happens, you are in joy.”

Now that you took action, then what? Once you have changed your perspective, then what? Consciousness is outrageously impressive. You know these freak shows where TVs turn on by themselves? Well, I feel like consciousness is a TV. You’re supposed to be influenced by the outside, by the environment—the remote control—but in reality you’re able to feel whatever the fuck you want, just by yourself. Here is today’s epiphany: you can decide what mindset you want to be in, just by switching the right internal dials. Now that you took action, take control of your internal dials, without depending on the remote. The one thing you have to remember after reading this article is to proactively take control of your mind. It is a conscious process of hacking your consciousness without depending on the world.

There are many different interpretations of what meditation is, but to me it is a profound contemplation of your consciousness. This takes a mindset of love and pure honesty towards yourself. And this is the path to taking control, imposing your frame to your mind and to the world. So, back to the reaction to danger. Remember this annoying question mark next to the third-kind-of-knowledge rectangle? Well, how does a jedi knight react to danger? With bad-ass jedi-style mindfulness meditation. Now, that’s what the third kind of reaction to danger is: meditation.