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[[file:Blarney stone.png|alt=one person helps another kiss the Blarney Stone|thumb|While easily described, the direct experience of kissing the Blarney Stone is less easily obtained]]

'''Direct experience''' or '''immediate experience''' generally denotes experience gained through immediate sense perception. Many philosophical systems hold that knowledge or skills gained through direct experience cannot be fully put into words.

== See also ==

* Abhijñā * Firsthand learning

== References ==

* {{cite book|author=Henri Bergson|author-link=Henri Bergson|title=Time and Free Will: An Essay on the Immediate Data of Consciousness|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bzrCAgAAQBAJ|date=2012|publisher=Courier Corporation|isbn=978-0-486-11971-7}}{{epistemology-stub}}

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