Already Knowing

There is so much value in not knowing and spending time in the unknown!

Quotes:

The truth you believe in and cling to makes you unavailable to hear anything new ― Pema Chödrön
It’s impossible to learn that which we think we already know — Epictetus
You are like this cup; full of ideas. You come and ask for teaching, but your cup is full; I can't put anything in. Before I can teach you, you'll have to empty your cup. — Master Ryutan
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing ‪— Socrates
And if I claim to be a wise man, it surely means that I don't know — Kansas, Carry On Wayward Son
We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are — Anais Nin
"as we are" = our beliefs (believed thoughts) about who we are
Defining myself / Is like confining myself / So I undefined myself / To find myself — IN-Q
As long as you have certain desires about how it ought to be, you can't see how it is — Ram Dass
As long as you have beliefs about how it ought to be, you can't see how it is
The truth is prior to every story and every story prior to investigation prevents us from seeing what’s true — Byron Katie
The truth is before thought
Reality (truth) -> thought = personal reality
Cultivate a taste for distasteful truths. And, most important of all, endeavor to see things as they are, not as (you think) they ought to be. — Ambrose Bierce
It’s that feeling, that not knowing what’s coming next feeling. That’s the stuff. That feels like life to me. — Vanellope, Wreck it Ralph 2