Before the rise of the scientific method, many sought understanding by looking inward—through intuition, contemplation, and symbolic insight. Today, we often privilege external evidence. But what happens when we revisit inner knowing as a valid source of truth?

Reflect on a moment when you knew something, not because you read it, but because you felt it, sensed it, or intuited it. Then ask:

•            What kind of knowing was this?

•            How did it shape your choices, your worldview, or your creative work?

•            If you were to validate this insight using external methods, what would that look like?

•            What do you trust more: inner resonance or outer proof? Can they coexist?

In the Fractal Universe framework, inner knowing is a form of resonance, an alignment between internal geometry and external pattern. The scientific method offers a different kind of coherence: repeatable, observable, and externally validated. Together, they form a dual lens, one poetic, one pragmatic, through which reality can be explored and integrated.