Knowing gives shape to most of my days. It is knowing that creates the appearance of the world around me. Knowing helps me to plan and gives form to my memories. It gives order to the progression of time and offers a framework to make sense of what I encounter. Knowing gives me a solid world of self and makes me see myself as distinct and unique. But it is feeling that opens me to the wide universe of infinite possibilities.
When I let go of what I know, I can relax into an experience that has no form or framework. I can divest myself of all the confining notions that give appearance not only to my surroundings but also to my sense of self. If I undress the world from what I know, I am able to experience a world without restrictions. If I undress myself, I lose the sense of self. My experience broadens, and I experience how I am connected to all that surrounds me.
Knowing gives me a sense of living in time. And when I let go of knowing, I am able to enter an experience of no-time. All that I imagined as shaped by time and given a defined dimension suddenly becomes an all-encompassing now. Not-knowing gives me an opening to an expanded experience of a fresh universe. Not-knowing divests me of my sense of self, and I blend with a vast world, I experience a connection to all things.
Knowing is a useful tool that helps me navigate my days. But by relying on feeling, by relaxing into a realm of not-knowing, I am allowed to plumb my experiences in an expansive way. The world becomes a more exciting place.