How about this:
I'm trying to illustrate to my students the concept of
sudden awakening. There are many analogies and so on,
but one just (re)ocurred to me -- do you recall those
computer-generated blurred patterns that, if you look
at them in a certain special way, a full-blown shape
suddenly emerges before your eyes?
Couldn't we say that sudden awakening is kinda, sorta
like that? Like, one moment all you're aware of is
this big blur, certain things tend to show a
resemblance of a pattern and so on. You're hanging on
to every sign of a reasonable pattern, trying to
divine its meaning, but things always shift and change
and it's beyond your grasp.
Suddenly, the big picture emerges! Bam! Crank it up a
notch!
So, it's never like you were almost there, or at one
point you were able to see 25% of the big picture, or
75%, or even 99%. It's always all or nothing. Either
you see 100%, or you see 0%. Sudden. Not gradual.
What do you experts say? Is this good enough for a
group of students, or is this going to mislead them?
I know most of you will say I'm full of excrements for
even daring to talk about this, but hey, let's
exchange some thoughts!
Thanks.
Alex
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