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제1장.上經(상경) 21訓(훈) 157事(사). 제1 강령 성(誠).....정성.....第1事(제1사) 제2체 正心(정심).....내 마음 속의 올바름......第12事 제15용 致知(치지)......깨 달음에 이름......第18事 Section 15 : Chi - Ji (致知,치지/ Attaining Knowledge)... Reaching Enlightenment... Chapter 18. [Main Exposition]  ● Chi - Ji (致知,치지) means knowing that which was previously unknown and awakening to it.  ● If you maintain a righteous mind without ceasing even for a moment,     you will come to realize that God(하나님) resides within your mind and awaken     to the presence of the Divine Spirit(신령님) inside you.  ● Then, the Divine(神,신/ Shin) connects through mere sound,      and the Spirit(靈,령/Ryeong) perceives through the simple approach of an object.    ● Consequently past events and things yet to come will be known as clearly       as seeing a bonfire in the dark of night.   [Classical Text  Translation]      ■ 致知者는 知覺乎所不知也라 正心而無間斷焉則 (치지자는 지각호소부지야라 정심이무간단언즉)        Attaining knowledge means perceiving and awakening to what was unknown,        If one rectifies the mind without interruption,       ■ 心神은 掌知하고 心靈은 掌覺하여 (심신은 장지하고 심령은 장각하여)         The Divine Mind(心神,심신) governs knowing,          and the Spiritual Mind(心靈,심령) governs awakening.       ■ 聲入而神通하고 物來而靈悟하여 (성입이신통하고 물래이령오하여)        So that when a sound enters, with the Divine,        and when an object approaches, the Spirit awakens to it.       ■ 旣往將來를 燎若當時니라. (기왕장래를 요약당시니라)         Thus, the past and the future become as bright and clear as a burning torch         in the present moment.   [Explanation]      The state of Ultimate Clarity     This section explains a spiritual state in which one perceives past events and future    occurrences as clearly as seeing a bonfire in the dark of night.   ※ The Contrast : Trance vs. True Rectification.       ● Looking at historical examples from all times and places,         those who reached a certain level of foresight often made predictions while immersed         in a state of Chaos(混沌,혼돈/ chaos) ― resembling a trance or ecstatic state.      ● However, the capability described in Chi - Ji(致知,치지/ Attaining Knowledge)          requires a state of Jeong - Sim(正心,정심/ Rectified Mind) completely devoid           of any Chaod(混沌,혼돈). Only in this state can dne connect with the Divine(神,신/Shin)          through mere sound and commune with the Spirit(靈,령/ Ryeong) simply          by the approach of an object.      ● This distinction is profound ―it is as vast as the dlfference between heaven and earth.   [Key Terms Reference]       ● Jeong - Sim(正心,정심) : Rectified Mind/ Righteous Mind                                                  (치우침없이 바르고 고요한 마음 상태)       ● Chaos(混沌,혼돈) : Here, it refers  to turbulent, chaotic, or trance - like mental             state often associated with shamanic or ecstatic prophecies,             contrasted with the calm clarity of Jeong - Sim.      ● Difference between heaven abd earth(하늘과 땅의 차이) :          A Korean idiom meaning "a world of difference"or "as different as night and day."    [Explanation( Refined)]      Paragtaph 1 : The State of Ultimate Clarity.        This passage elucidates a profound spiritual state in which one perceives both         past events and future occurrences as vividly and clearly as seeing a bonfire        blaze through  the dark of night.      paragraph 2 : Trance - like  Prophecy vs. Conscious Rectification.         ● Historically and across various cultures,           individuals who achieved a comparable level of foresight often delivered their           prophecies while immersed in a state of Chaos(混沌 혼돈, chaos) ― akin to a           hypnotic trance or ecstatic frenzy.         ● Instark contrast, the faculty described in Chi - Ji (致知,치지/ Attaining Knowledge)            can only be realized within a state of Jeong - Sim(正心,정심/ Rectified Mind),           which is completly devoid of any such chaos.           Only under this condition of absolute clarity can one commune with the           Divine(神 신/ Shin) through mere sound and connect with the Spirit(靈 령/ Ryeong)           simply by the approach of an object.       paragraph 3 : Conclusion.           This distinction is monumentel ― it represents a difference as vast as that           between heaven and earth.