A Realization is...

A realization is seeing something really for the first time, although you've heard it again and again. When it's realized, it's as though you've heard it for the first time. It's like an electric light bulb turning on in the mind and you say, “Oh, now I see.” It is something that you might have heard a hundred times before, but this time, on seeing and experiencing it, it's a realization. It has become real to you.