Knowledge vs Experience

Knowing about something is going to leave you with knowledge. But, knowledge itself is not going to make much difference (refer to post) in the areas like relationships, freedom, peace mind etc. In those areas of life where you do not experience power, consider we are just talking about a new possibility of being - open, calm, loving etc. When you declare a new possibility and a path way for new actions do not open up, consider you are still just talking about that possibility. You probably are not experiencing that possibility in the present moment. Experiencing that possibility gives you pathway to transformation.

What is this experience that I am talking about? Is it something like an emotional state that you feel when you watch a good movie? No.

Then, what is this experience that I am talking about? Can you experience being calm / peaceful / bold / self-expressive.


Do you have an experience of how it would be to be calm? Yes. Each one of us know, how it would be if we are calm. We give descriptions of our own experience of how it would be to be calm based on the past experience. Describing experience is like expressing your knowledge of "being calm" vs experiencing "being calm" in that moment. Can you see these two are very distinct phenomena? This is the difference between knowledge and experience.

How do I experience a certain way of being? 
Let's ask how do I experience love especially when I do not like a particular person?
Being a human being, it is very simple, you already have that ability to be any certain way that you want and that's how you were born. It is just that you got out of touch with it overtime.

How we live is that, there is something more to know to practice being loving. Your very fundamental nature of self is whole, perfect and complete - includes everything calm / peace / love / affinity etc. It is just that some barriers are in your way of experiencing that. What are these barriers? These barrier are those blind spots hidden from your view that are controlling you who you are being in that moment, in that situation and with that particular person. All the Landmark forum distinctions help you uncover those blind spots (inauthenticities) and leave you with an experience of new realm of possibilities (transformation) the moment you are authentic about your inauthenticity.

Only actions leave you with experience, not thoughts / moods / feelings / knowledge etc.

Keep experiencing! Welcome your real self you are.