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 Monday at 04:18 AM 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

[Rishabh R]

I think that challenging one's own assumptions rather than other's and reaching a balanced conclusion where not- knowing doesn't get you caught into paralysis analysis is better .

Edited Tuesday at 12:34 PM by Rishabh R

[Human Mint]

I would add that "thinking for yourself" is being in a place of not knowing (either skepticisim or wonder). So you are not jumping from one belief you hear to the other.

That one is cool because next time you're with people you can see them getting pulled from one belief to the other and you can just be in a place of not knowing.

Edited Tuesday at 01:46 PM by Human Mint

[Rafael Thundercat]

I  not know what dreams I will have tonight. I know I had a dream yesterday about a bat getting untangled in my hair. Will I meet the bat again tonigth. I dont know. I dont even care what dreams I will have since I never was able to guess and control any of them. So i dont even know what next image or sound will pop up into awareness now. I just heard a motorcycle passing far from here and a noise of a chair moving in the up floor. Living moment to moment not trying to preview what will happen next is a good not knowing exercice since you never know what will happen next second. Unless you are re-watching a movie haha.