What distinguishes gaining insight from gaining understanding? Insight illuminates the situation in which you are right here and now, while understanding broadens your appreciation of hypothetical situations the reality of which is taken for granted. You could also say that insight cannot be aimed at, but might be found in facing what you avoid, while understanding consolidates your general picture of things, even if by adding chiaroscuro and dramatic intensity. Insight is poverty, while understanding is wealth. But 'Vedantic contempt', seeing the operative goals of life as the masks assumed by your desire for reintegration is merely taking pride in poverty. The first question should be that of fully inhabiting your situation, such as it is, without interpretation.