jaimedavid327Feb 15

The Power of Not Knowing: Embracing Uncertainty and Recognizing the Illusion of Knowledge

In a world obsessed with certainty, expertise, and constant information, it can feel uncomfortable, even shameful, to admit that we do not know something. From the moment we enter school, we are conditioned to seek answers, to value knowledge as an indicator of intelligence, and to fear being wrong. Yet, paradoxically, the truth is that no one, not even the most accomplished scholars, scientists, or thought leaders, knows everything. Human knowledge, though vast and impressive, is finite, […]

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Mind Light Way Jan 28

Most choices are made without certainty.
This Zen koan explores how to relate to not knowing—without panic, denial, or false confidence.

A reflection on uncertainty, inquiry, and direct observation of mind.

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#Zen #NotKnowing #Uncertainty #Koan #Awareness #Meditation #Clarity

The Puzzle of Not Knowing: A Zen Koan on Uncertainty

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A.J. WestOct 24

Knowing is the moment the living flow is framed — captured just long enough to point toward what cannot be held.

It serves only when it dissolves back into not-knowing,
when the mind releases its claim and the current moves again.

Knowing is the pause between breaths.
Useful, but deadly if mistaken for air.

#Knowing #Flow #NotKnowing #Consciousness #ConsciousnessAndEnergy

A.J. WestOct 21

Perplexity is the moment the mind meets its limit and still tries to continue.

It’s the flicker between knowing and not-knowing — the instant before surrender.

It signals that a structure is cracking, that comprehension can’t contain what’s arriving.

If you don’t rush to fix it, it becomes clarity’s doorway.

#Perplexity #Clarity #Mind #Surrender #Comprehension #Knowing #NotKnowing

Meditate PlanetMar 7, 2025

The deepest insight comes from not knowing.

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#NotKnowing #ZenParadox #TrueInsight

Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈Oct 23, 2023

#MeaningIt

Good #sex #writing #embraces the #moral #difficulty of #notknowing.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #TheArts #Literature #Writing #Books #Reading #Representation #Culture

https://www.nybooks.com/online/2023/10/22/meaning-it-sex-writing/

Meaning It | Raven Leilani

A large part of the work of writing is inarticulable. Writers who can explain what they’re doing while they are doing it, the ideological aspirations that

The New York Review of Books
Show threadFoAMAug 1, 2023
The dance of not-knowing. Cultivating beginner’s mind in a thickening present.

#beginnersmind #notknowing #presence #meditation #play #improv

https://anarchive.fo.am/wabisabi/not-knowing/
The Dance of Not-Knowing — anarchive

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stoicmikeFeb 28, 2023
#IKnow #IKnowIKnow #knowing #NotKnowing #NotReallyKnowing #WhoKnows?"
New DirectionAug 4, 2022

What Makes Attractive
What makes something attractive is the invisible rather than the visible. Seeing the invisible including one's own perceptions and unawareness of the perceptions is seeing it deeply.

#rediscovering #attractive #attraction #visible #invisible #NotKnowing #insight #mind #metacognition #mindfulness #NewParadigm