"When
we are aware that what we are aware of, what
we are experiencing, is not all that could
be experienced; and that what we know, believe,
understand , remember, etc., is not all that
we could know, believe, and so on – in
that moment we are conscious of abstracting.
When we are aware that what we say about
someone, something, some situation, results
from our
nervous system’s processing of limited
amount of information about that person,
thing or situation, we are conscious of abstracting.
When we are aware that our maps ( what we
see,
hear, know, believe, understand; our opinions,
plans, expectations, and so on) are not the
territories they are maps of, we are conscious
of abstracting. When we are aware that words
are not the thing-processes they represent,
we are conscious of abstracting."
HDawes
