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…side, rather than—normally, not knowing something is a problem. Actually that’s not true. But often, we think not knowing something is a problem. And I remember as a young child,…

…there’s a koan: not knowing is most intimate. Over and over again we hear this and we say it to ourselves and then we say oh, that’s right. Not knowing…

…it’s so great, that’s why we like it. That’s what’s saving for us. That’s why the good day is so intimately tied with the not–knowing. Not–knowing is most intimate because…

…knowing is most intimate—walls fall down. The Heart Sutra says, “No walls in the mind, no walls in the heart.” There’s a funny thing I’d forgotten about. A guy called…

…Not knowing is something the mind often dreads. It’s easy to dread not knowing. As a child whenever the teacher asked something I would say “I know, I know” and…

…on. Not because it’s a desperate last-ditch attempt, but because you can actually rely on it. If you’re relying on your non-knowing, your not–knowing, you’re not relying on a false…

…been talking about “not knowing is intimate.” And you can tell, Oh, teaching knowing is not as good as teaching not knowing. Because the whole universe can pour in and…

…that is more intimate even though the content you’re sharing is it’s not intimate. That’s that thing about again, give me the reaching, give me what’s alive, so part of…

…time right now. Not knowing and being lost The quality I particularly notice is just the quality of not knowing how things are going to turn out, and not knowing…

…than any human being can know! You can feel there is no compassion in that knowing. Knowing is a kind of tyranny, and doesn’t allow the wisdom of your own…

…it, the question asked at a really personal kind of intimate level is, if it is for you, then it’s for you. And if you’re going to have your life,…

…sage replied. Another Chinese master said, “Not knowing is most intimate.” The simplest happiness meditation I know goes like this. The Meditation Itself For this meditation you can be sitting,…

…have to return to knowing things and assessing your value and skill, and working off the nice map you bought along the way. When you feel as if you are…

…ways that I might find painful. 3. Meditation helps; knowing you are on a path helps. Another general conclusion or observation was that if I meditated for a couple of…

…because, sort of, the fiction of being—of knowing, the knowing thing—“I know, I’m John, I’m disappointed, I always do this mistake”, or whatever I do… “I’m smart, I’m impressive, or…

…I hear nothing, exiled friend. Knowing I think of you always now, you visit my dreams, my heart frightened. It isn’t a living spirit I dream. Fathomless miles, you’ve come…

…the difficulty and pain of the mind comes from we’d rather fight with things than have not knowing. And not knowing is kind of on our side. So this is…

…For 20 years I’ve struggled bitterly, grimly, fiercely. How many times have I gone down to the Blue Dragon’s cave?” Letting the time deepen, knowing that everything that arises is…