There is nothing better than to know that you don’t know.
Not knowing, yet thinking you know—
This is sickness.
Only when you are sick of being sick
Can you be cured.
The sage’s not being sick
Is because he is sick of sickness.
Therefore he is not sick.
A little guidance goes a long way on the road to liberation.
Free
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You know, I like this quote. I often find that I know I don’t know. But, then I stumble, and think I know consciousness only to realize again that I don’t know what I think I know.
Tom
I like this post. I have become an expert on knowing as much as I thought I knew. Just knowing this has freed me up. Does that make sense to you?
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I meant to say “on not knowing as much as I thought I knew” Just a little different take isn’t it?
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@Mr. Morrissey Hi Thomas. I agree. You know, of all the things that we can say we know or not know, consciousness if one that, well, seems to fit in the notion of “mystery.” How to know it? I mean, we ARE it, but how to know oneself? I can be it, but know it? Not so sure.
@Mark It makes complete sense. What you are doing is being honest. You don’t know. You don’t know a fraction of what you thought you knew. What a relief! No need to pretend that you have all the answers.
Ooh, Mark! I think the first sentence is just as important. It is wonderful.
I have become an expert on knowing as much as I thought I knew.
That is the perfect sentence. Forget about not knowing as much as you thought.
This is a subject I like to explore on my own. There are many things to be found there.
If you meditate on that sentence, wonderful things could happen. Or not.
It will be just as wonderful either way. Haha.
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Wonderful quote Tom. Hard for the mind to break out of the sanctuary of the known though eh!?
Cheers,
Anmol
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@Anmol Thanks. I love reading the Tao Te Ching. The wisdom is incredible. Yes, it is hard for the mind to break out. Best to just leave the mind to its dance.