This Unknowing

The Skeptic

Knowing I don’t know

Unknowing all I know

Living the questions

Loving the mystery

Being Free

There is no authentic knowing outside of the context 

of direct experience and relationships.

We say we know… but we don’t. How can we?
We are nothing more or less than human.

Why so afraid of not knowing?

Why so afraid of mystery?

Why so afraid of reality?

Reality shows us

When we pay attention

That we are limited

That we cannot know

That nothing is for sure

That there is no certainty

The closest we can come 

to knowing anything and nothing

Is unknowing and unlearning the illusion, 

Unraveling it all and letting go.

Letting go of the stories in our heads, those voices
that give us comfort, security, and certainty.
Letting go of those dramas, myths, and beliefs.

Letting go of knowing

Letting go of rightness

Letting go of dogma

Letting go of certainty

This is the very essence

The first step out of illusion

The first step toward reality

Forever wanting to know all things

Forever wanting to be more than I am

Forever seeking and seeking for more and more

Never satisfied

Never content

Never at peace

Being who I truly am

Unlearning what I’ve been told

Relearning what I already know 

Be Here Now. Be Now Here 

Taking my place in this universe

Taking my place in this world

Taking my place as a human being

Nothing more
Nothing less
Nothing but me

Free from propaganda

Free from expectations

Free from agendas

Free to be

Free to be here

Free to be here now
Free to be now here

For those who believe in God, 

most of the big questions are answered. 

But for those of us who can’t 

readily accept the God formula, 

the big answers don’t remain stone-written. 

We adjust to new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable.

Love need not be a command nor faith a dictum. I am my own god. 

We are here to unlearn the teachings 

of the church, state, and our educational system. 

We are here to drink beer. 

We are here to kill war. 

We are here to laugh at the odds 

and live our lives so well 

that Death will tremble to take us. 

(Charles Bukowski)

“If I loose my grip, will I take flight?” (Cockburn)

“We must be willing to get rid

 of the life we’ve planned

 so as to have the life

 that is waiting for us.”

(Joseph Campbell)

“And then came human beings;

humans wanted to cling but

there was nothing to cling to.”

“Man is the only creature who refuses

 to be what he is.”

“Live to the point of tears.”

(Albert Camus)

“The soul does not grow by addition but by subtraction.”
(Meister Eckhart)