Knowing is the subjective, inner experience of awareness—a sense of being aware that may not necessarily be tied to an explicit or identifiable object. It is a process, an unfolding stream of consciousness that does not always require a defined “thing” to be known.
Knowing is differentiated from the known as a verb (process) is from a noun (object).
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Knowing is the subjective, lived process of awareness — a dynamic unfolding of consciousness that is not always tethered to a clearly identified object or concept. It is not a “thing,” but a being-with—a state of receptivity that may precede words, symbols, or images.
In phenomenological terms, knowing arises through sensation, is shaped by perception, and moves toward interpretation, though it may never fully arrive there. It is the relational dance between physiological experience, psychological meaning-making, and relational context. Knowing is not held as content; it is the process of becoming aware.
Just as a verb signals action, knowing signifies movement — the unfolding aliveness of awareness in real time.
Knowing is to the known what process is to product; what becoming is to being.
