The Saving Moves for Not Knowing

[Infinite Tsukuyomi]

I just thought I'd share how to move into not-knowing which works great for me to have more and deeper insights. The wrong move is to think that not knowing is about pure skepticism or pretending and assuming you don't know. Instead go to a place of wonder. Wonder is the key. 

My reasoning behind wonder over skepticism is that wonder is a move that opens you up naturally and skepticism while useful, actually does close you up a bit. The mind might unknowingly, (funnily enough) become to narrow when it instruct it to be skeptical. 

You can check your body right now, to feel the difference between wondering and doubting. Try it. Take any teaching and doubt it and then take the same teaching and wonder about it. 

When contemplating I like to bring the subject to my attention and focus on it, but then just let go of what I already know, and observe said subject as if for the first time, as if no one else really properly understood it. 

A second technique to stay in not knowing is to take any conclusions, insights and inklings you have while you are wondering and contemplating and turn it into a question. Wondering is like a metaphysical calculator that you can plug anything into. 

Example: "Knowing is a function of firing neurons" ► "Is knowing a function of firing neurons?"

"Leo is neurodivergent" (someone was sure of this at one point in the forum) ► "Is Leo neurodivergent?

The third one is a bit counter intuitive, and that is to wonder about your not knowing

Example: I wonder about the possibility that I'm God, I currently do not know ► "Do I really not know?"

And finally, as long as your are in a state of questioning you are actively participating in not knowing. 

P.S. Also double check your questions for things you already know, then wonder about those and work your way back to the original question

Edited 4 hours ago by Infinite Tsukuyomi

[Joseph Maynor]

I think of not knowing like this.  When I am going to play an improvisational solo I roughly know what I am going to do before I play it -- i.e., I am going to play a solo for 2 choruses when it is my turn to take a solo.  But the not knowing is that I do not know exactly what I will play because the solo will be entirely improvised.  The creation flows out of nothing which is the question or the not knowing.

[Infinite Tsukuyomi]

@Joseph Maynor Good example for outside of contemplation. Didn't really think about not knowing what I'll end up doing before I start dancing