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The ball of information on right hand side of the picture consists of all sort of information we take in every moment of our lives. Then on the left hand side there is the tower of understanding. We process information from the ball, and then break it down into pieces of concepts, theorems. That’s the green, red, and blue, which represent the three most fundamental believes in our mind, whatever that maybe. It could be love, desire, and justice; it could be question, intuition, and power. It could be with any set of values and believes that’s important to that individual person. Then according to those basic believe, we sort and put the pieces into where we think they belong. Then we reprocess them. But do realize the information that we took in will no longer be what it was. It would be what we think it is. It will be encoded with our opinions and personal feelings.

This is an illustration of how mind works. Mind, however, is a curious thing. We have a tendency to process information, to categorize and make connection. In most cases, we have to break down information in order to comprehend what the information trying to tell us. Knowledge is the building blocks. And they build on top of one another. The more knowledge one has, the less parts “needed” to be breaking down. Because of we would be able to decode the information in bigger chunks. The higher the knowledge tower goes, sometimes the easier to overlook the simplest idea. The more we know today, the more we realize that we don’t know. It’s hard not to lose originality in the information as it was when was first distributed.

Knowledge, however, does not necessarily give us truth, but it could lead us there. In order to understand the information, it’s as important to look at it as it is, and appreciate its complexity as breaking down and digests the information. Minds need to be opened, go back and forth in the process in order to really understand.