step 1       DIRECT EXPERIENCE     or back to base

Tao Tao te Ching 1

direct experience is walking the walk...not talking the walk
and living the life not just thinking about it.... the wonders of nature must be experienced .. not just thought about. The movement of reality can be thought about but never capured  by words or concepts. These words your reading are just pointing to reality. the experience of living

upward to step 2