Cognitive Process
In the normal cognitive process, we abstract certain forms and
patterns from the overall unified field of knowledge and retain
them in memory. The accumulation of these abstractions is what
we ordinarily call knowledge. Our cultural environment largely
determines which forms and patterns we focus on, isolate, and
abstract. Thus ordinary knowledge is largely culturally determined.
But knowledge can free itself from these constraints and apprehend
what is. This is spiritual awakening. (Inner Journey Home, pg
57)