Scio me nihil scire.
- I only know that I know nothing.
Socrates
…and that can allow me to really observe and experience the illusion of ‘me’ with hyper awareness…
Peace,
J
Absolutely… understanding of that is a hyper awareness!
Not well read,
Very few ideas in this head,
Any thoughts that are written in the depths of the night,
Likely drifted through this absent mind,
At some other distant point in time,
Then registered as stolen words,
In this impressionable brain.
( I don’t do accedemia very well so I value knowledge. People can tell me what they want, if it’s wrong, I can’t provide an argument. Isn’t it better to not know enough than to not know? )
“There is a sign of complete knowledge. I man becomes silent, when he attains it.”, Sri Ramakrishna
[QUOTE=yogam;67073]“There is a sign of complete knowledge. I man becomes silent, when he attains it.”, Sri Ramakrishna[/QUOTE]
and what if he want to share it? has to speak up?
As long as we hold such quotes “out there”, away from us, gold-plated; they remain a play of words, decorative.
Out of an urge to know ‘how we know’ I have started subjecting all my knowledge and thoughts to an internal audit. That usually finds holes in the knowledge that I conventuonally hold as ‘I know’. It becomes interesting to know the defects in the self-manufactured knowledge. Then, there comes a point where the very process comes up as the culprit. With it is born knowledge of how to source knowledge than manufacturing it. One fine morning, I realize that there is no need for me to either manufacture, source or retain knowledge; each object carries it within itself. I should only learn to read it. Then there would be nothing that I won’t know. Thus, I will know ‘nothing’.
Then I will thank Socrates.
[QUOTE=CityMonk;67170]and what if he want to share it? has to speak up?[/QUOTE]
Would you prefer not having questions or waiting for an answer?
And yes, Ramakrishnaji was very kind to share his knowledge with his disciples and was speaking a lot about “true jnana”.
For me I’d prefer waiting for an answer, but I have got lots of questions. One of them is how do I formulate my questions so that teachers know what I’m trying to find? Another is what do I do if I don’t know, do I give up? And also how to I make my ego less noticable? My ego, I realise is saying I look stupid now and it’s making me afraid to post this, but I shall read it again and take a deep breath and I hope I click “post quick reply”!
[QUOTE=Ruth;67200]For me I’d prefer waiting for an answer, but I have got lots of questions. One of them is how do I formulate my questions so that teachers know what I’m trying to find? Another is what do I do if I don’t know, do I give up? And also how to I make my ego less noticable? My ego, I realise is saying I look stupid now and it’s making me afraid to post this, but I shall read it again and take a deep breath and I hope I click “post quick reply”![/QUOTE]
Hi Ruth,
i think what you describe with these question is exactly the path of yoga. That is why we all practice yoga, because it can answer all these questions. I think practicing yama and niyama on daily basis is good start for making the ego “ego less noticable”.