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What does it mean?
Things come to be as light is added to them.
In plain terms
Understanding brings clarity to reality.
What can you take from it?
Knowledge illuminates how things work.

Where it applies

  • learning
  • problem-solving

Putting it to work

  • seek understanding
  • study causes

Questions to consider

  • What do you need to see clearly?
  • How does insight change things?

Another view

Some truths remain obscure despite inquiry.

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