Re: Re: Choose... (understanding I don't know)

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>> In my experience, to be really 'comfortable'

>> with 'not knowing' is... not being " human " !

>>

>> To be human, " naturally " means wanting to know,

>> wanting to understand! I notice that we " humans "

>> are very " curious " creatures... right from

>> our birth! " to know " is integral part of our very

>> basic nature! I am in favor of " using " this

>> nature and not 'fighting' it!

>>

>

> My 2 cents worth

>

> Yes, for the " I know " polarity of mind, not knowing is very

> uncomfortable. This is why the " I know " mind searches for every scrap

> of evidence that it can find to prove that it is right.

> However, there is another polarity of mind one of infinite knowledge,

> wisdom and love. This polarity can not manifest when we cling to

> the " I know " mind. It is like the old Zen parable of the Master and

> the tea cup. The student sits before the Zen master and he starts to

> fill his tea cup. The Master keeps pouring the tea into the cup until

> the cup overflows and spills on the floor. The student asks the

> Master what he is doing. The Master explains that the students mind

> is like the teacup, it is so filled with thoughts and stories that

> there is no space for a deeper wisdom, knowledge or truth. To know

> the truth the student must empty the tea cup i.e. his mind so that it

> can be filled with something more.

> So this is the true purpose of the " I don't know " mind, it creates an

> empty space in which infinite knowledge, wisdom and love can

> manifest. Where do you think the Work or the Course in Miralces came

> from? It certainly wasn't the product of the " I know " mind, but

> rather a fragment of clarity from the mind of God. With the " I know "

> mind out of the way, all sorts of miraculous events and very ordinary

> events can occur and we experience being a channel for something much

> greater than our ego stories. " I don't know " is the key which opens

> the door to infinite knowledge, which was always there just obscured

> by our nightmare stories.

>

Yes, exactly!