Definition
This is the linear way you make observations and process them
Also Known As
- Vantages
Summary
The Inner Observatory is a linear process. It’s our way to show how you start at the bottom and work your way in stages to the top. This is a themed metaphor based on observatories, telescopes, and lenses for that telescope.
Imagine that you are in an observatory with two levels. On the bottom level, there is a lobby with windows facing the nearby forest. There are stairs that lead up to the second floor. This level of the building is the Observation Deck.
On the second floor, there is a telescope aimed at the stars. You suddenly feel the need to use the staircase to look through the telescope. You walk up the Staircase Links to the Telescope, and you see much more to life. You can change what you see by using Telescopic Lenses.
Components
Observation Deck
This is the first floor of the Inner Observatory, the bottom level. As a child, you view life from here—your own point of view. That’s because your young age makes it difficult to see from different perspectives; you haven’t got the experience.
You must understand your view from the Observation Deck first, much like you crawl before you walk.
Telescope
This is the second level of the Inner Observatory. This is about taking new perspectives other than your own. You use the Telescope to change your frames of reference, to look for facts, and to learn. Like a real telescope, this one allows you to see things much further away from your own perspective, and there are countless possible observations.
It takes effort and experience to learn how to use the Telescope.
Staircase Links
In our metaphor, the connection between the first and second levels of the Inner Observatory is connected by a staircase. It takes experience and effort to move from the lower subjective view to the higher objective view, but these Staircase Links make it easier.
These links are innate in you even as a child.
See Also
Direct Connections
Indirect Connections