"I know that I know nothing.” I like the notion of not knowing - knowing can get in the way of perceiving and questioning. “The eye is blind to what the mind doesn’t see.” (Source unknown)
Perhaps it’s also about not thinking - or at least delaying thinking - when it comes to wisdom. Thinking can limit subtle sensing. “Breathe first, heart next, head last.” (The Way of Mastery)
Thanks for this essay - it prompted me to breathe.
It really speaks to one of the points we cover in the above episode about the incredibly narrow re-presentational model of the world that massively limits us (all of us).
"The processual commitment to knowing, deeply caring for, and living in close relation to what truly matters."
It also calls to mind Paul Musso's update frame from micro-philosophy:
- What kind of world am I in? And how do I relate to it?
- Which things are valuable in this world?
- How should I act in order to realize those values?
It's a process of being, doing and becoming. It's something we move towards, but can never grasp. It's all we can ever say about it, and perhaps so much more.
But, and this goes back to one of your earlier posts, as soon as we grasp a definition too tightly (or take it too literally), we actually loose our relationship to it.
So much more to be explored here. Thank you as always for this.
"I know that I know nothing.” I like the notion of not knowing - knowing can get in the way of perceiving and questioning. “The eye is blind to what the mind doesn’t see.” (Source unknown)
Perhaps it’s also about not thinking - or at least delaying thinking - when it comes to wisdom. Thinking can limit subtle sensing. “Breathe first, heart next, head last.” (The Way of Mastery)
Thanks for this essay - it prompted me to breathe.
Thanks Roger. I agree. Especially when thinking is limited to the brain :)
As close as I can get to not knowing: the Mystery holds many things.
I am feeling inspired by your post, thank you...
That you Rosa 🖤
Thank you. Well done.
Where I am… uncertain about wisdom:
“I have come to a place,
and to a time.
Where I care deeply.
Deeply enough,
to let most things be.”
What a perfect quote.
Thank you.
Here’s the original:
Zen
I have come to a place,
and to a time.
Where I care deeply.
Deeply enough,
to let most things be.
Michael Tscheu
Beautifully and accessibly constructed, Jes.
It really speaks to one of the points we cover in the above episode about the incredibly narrow re-presentational model of the world that massively limits us (all of us).
I wrote a little about this, what wisdom might well be (as living process), here: https://trustworthy.substack.com/p/what-is-wisdom
"The processual commitment to knowing, deeply caring for, and living in close relation to what truly matters."
It also calls to mind Paul Musso's update frame from micro-philosophy:
- What kind of world am I in? And how do I relate to it?
- Which things are valuable in this world?
- How should I act in order to realize those values?
It's a process of being, doing and becoming. It's something we move towards, but can never grasp. It's all we can ever say about it, and perhaps so much more.
But, and this goes back to one of your earlier posts, as soon as we grasp a definition too tightly (or take it too literally), we actually loose our relationship to it.
So much more to be explored here. Thank you as always for this.
Love this.