Morning Prayer 19/100. I don’t know

I don't know

I don’t know

I don’t know. Three of the hardest words for a Westerner to say.

I don’t know. Three of the most meaningful words for anyone to say.

I don’t know for sure. But I’m thinking that admitting I don’t know, that I don’t have all the answers, that I don’t have even one answer is probably the greatest door-opener possible. This realization is partially thanks to the book by Levitt & Dubner: Think Like a Freak. And partially thanks to my bumping into the wall(s) of the box canyon I created by offering an on-the-spot answer instead of confessing, “I don’t know.”

Seems like admitting not knowing encourages either of two options. I like them both.

One option is to think about it > analyze it > determine the best experiment/research path > make the discovery. I began that 20 or so years ago when I wanted to know what I admitted I didn’t know about God, spirituality, faith, prayer. And the list goes on. Worked pretty well. Allowed me to unlearn as much as it allowed me to learn. And that allowed me to learn.

Which brought me to the other option: to open the mind/heart > allow what arrives some space and time > listen to what I hear > make the uncovery. An “uncovery” because what comes up, what is realized/learned/known was already there, already in me. This option allows me to uncover it.

Both options begin with the admission, I don’t know. And writing this I’m realizing there’s a third option: working both options together. I can look for discovery according to some plan. I can experience uncovery by actively receiving. I can do both.

All-knowing Spirit,
I celebrate the strength you grant me
to know I do not know,
to say I do not know,
to use that I not know.
Whatever means I choose to ramp up my awareness
you guide me to and through.
Whatever parts of me I use to grow my consciousness —
my mind, my heart, my senses —
you created for that purpose.
Spirit, thank you for the infinite ways
you let me know I AM One with you.
Even when I do not know.
And so it is. Amen.

Love and blessings,

Tim

08/04/2015

Posted on August 4, 2015 at 9:21 am by Tim · Permalink
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