What is direct experience?

Direct experience is the immediate encounter with what is

It’s the raw sensation of seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, tasting and feeling before adding labels or stories.
It’s the presence of life as it unfolds in real-time, untouched by thought or analysis.

Direct experience is unfiltered and direct-to-awareness

It doesn’t need an interpreter—no concepts or mental commentary are required.
It’s the way reality appears to you when there’s no gap between the observer and the observed.

Direct experience is the simplest form of knowing

It’s the moment of contact with “what is here, now” without any mental distance.
It’s the ground-level truth of each moment, the starting point before any mental construction.