The Belief That You Already Know
La creencia de que ya sabes
A student recognizes that they approach their experience from a deep assumption that something is wrong and needs to be fixed, and the teacher explores what it means to investigate that belief rather than act from it.
The Belief That You Already Know
A student recognizes that they approach their experience from a deep assumption that something is wrong and needs to be fixed, and the teacher explores what it means to investigate that belief rather than act from it.
It seems like the way you're saying it resonates. I come from a belief that I already know something is wrong and has to be fixed. I already know.
Yes, and you know what the problem is, and you know what the solution is.
Exactly. Even if it's hidden, I "know."
The hidden certainty
So how do you not interfere? Look at that. Can you really sit with it and investigate that knowing? Not just a quick, "Okay, I think I know," but really sit with it and examine the nature of that belief: why it's there, what its purpose is. We believe things for a reason. There's a motive, a personal interest behind them.
Unknowing as a creative ground
Let me complete the thought, because I feel it's important. It's different to have a sense of, "I think it might be this way. I'm going to try something new. I think maybe this is what I need to address, or what I want to address." That comes from a more creative place, a place of unknowing.