Understanding differs from mere knowledge
because it implies at least some degree
of identification in depth with what is being understood.
Moreover it is impossible fully to understand anything
except where its opposite is taken into consideration.
The mental process of understanding -and therefore appreciation -
implies confrontation between two points of view.
Thus the mind gains a sense of perspective.
The way to dispel a shadow is to have the object illumined
(on its own two-dimensional level) by two sources of light.
True understanding dissipates any intellectual shadow.
-An Astrological Mandala
