Part 6: The Challenge of Knowing

The Challenge of Knowing Part 6 of ‘Surrender to the Mystery: On Knowing and the Power of Not-Knowing’ Why do we need to know? We are intentional beings, capable of crafting our experience, who need to inform ourselves and make assumptions in order to act in the...

Part 5: The Nature of Knowledge

  The Nature of Knowledge Part 5 of ‘Surrender to the Mystery: On Knowing and the Power of Not-Knowing’ What is Knowledge? Our relationship to words is the result of our relationship to the concepts they represent. One result of this is that many people use the...

Part 4: Great Mystery

Great Mystery Part 4 of ‘Surrender to the Mystery: On Knowing and the Power of Not-Knowing’   We Live Within a State of Not-Knowing Life is a mystery. There is no way around that. Why there is something rather than nothing is a mystery. Why there is a universe as...

Part 3: The Root of Wisdom

The Root of Wisdom Part 3 of ‘Surrender to the Mystery: On Knowing and the Power of Not-Knowing’ Some words from The Wise When I was studying philosophy I often heard a famous saying attributed to Socrates, which could be paraphrased as ‘the only thing I know is that...

Part 2: A World of Perspective

A World of Perspective Part 2 of ‘Surrender to the Mystery: On Knowing and the Power of Not-Knowing’ Communication can be challenging. Most of our communication is non-verbal. When we share, it is not just the ideas we speak that we are conveying, but also the...