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"Whom shall he teach
knowledge? And whom shall he make to understand doctrine?
Them that are weaned from the milk, and drown from the breasts.
For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line
upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:
For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to
this people. To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye
may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet
they would not hear. But the word of the Lord was unto them
precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line,
line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they
might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and
taken." Isaiah 28:9-13
Knowledge / Patterns of Patterns
Patterns of patterns, i.e. patterns of information, generates knowledge. Often a stable, almost independent polynomial can be fit to these second order patterns. We gain knowledge when we use information. The use of information provides experience. Knowledge is the progressive gathering of bits of experience, along with the links which associate these disparate parts into a unified whole.
In seismic interpretation, the tie between seismic two-way travel-time and well log depth, i.e. the velocity function which allows translation between these domains is a critical piece of knowledge for each geographic area (Figure 13). Each scientific discipline has it’s own unique data and information components, which need to be integrated to create a unified understanding of the discipline.
Religion is often the reverse
process. Religious teachers, like the prophets and the
apostles, often teach the lessons of integrated life-experience.
Those of us who choose to follow their teachings, start our
spiritual journey with these knowledge-based teachings.
Often these teachings have multiple levels of meaning, which
make them useful for a broad spectrum of society.
The spiritually minded will recognize deeper meanings, the carnally minded won't.
Oriental religious teachers often taught by parables.
Jesus was the master teacher when it came to using
parables.1.49
These stories veil the meaning, conveying to the student
religious truth in proportion to their faith and their
ability to understand. At the most basic level the parable
is a story. Those who only hear or see the story do not
understand the message (seeing they see not and hearing they
hear not).1.50
As the layers are peeled off, additional insights are
identified. Starting with a unified whole, religious
adherents are thus able to derive insights to help them with
personal challenges.20
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