This was the repeated phrase of the great Korean Zen Master Seung Sahn, who taught many in the 1970s and 1980s. Zen even speaks of the vital importance of "Great Doubt."
This is not the petty pseudo skepticism of parapsychology deniers and atheists with no understanding of philosophy or theology. It's the doubt that "I" and the "world" exist in the way we take it to be. It is founded on years of intense discipline understanding the way our minds, emotions and instincts work to build up an apparent self and apparent work..
This is often thought to be a purely Buddhist endeavor, but holy indifference in the Christian mystical tradition, along with Meister Eckhart's and Thomas Merton's repeated injunction to let go of the false self and find the Kingdom of Heaven within, shows that this is fully a part of the deepest Christian tradition as well (as it is of all contemplative traditions around the world, including those of indigenous peoples, not just the so called "major world religions").
It's funny. Without mentioning his name, you may have noticed, Eric, a pastor who challenged your post on the non existence of an endless "hell" in a way which almost perfectly embodied not just the unwillingness but the psychological incapacity of saying "I don't know," - or at least, saying "I'm willing to consider the possibility that my view is not absolutely the right one."
Meanwhile, showing that comedians often offer wisdom the rest of us need to hear, Russell Peters here demonstrates the incredibly humorous result of being incapable of saying "I don't know" (the "I don't know" part starts in about 1 minute and 15 seconds): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCQwe_AMo74
"only don't know."
This was the repeated phrase of the great Korean Zen Master Seung Sahn, who taught many in the 1970s and 1980s. Zen even speaks of the vital importance of "Great Doubt."
This is not the petty pseudo skepticism of parapsychology deniers and atheists with no understanding of philosophy or theology. It's the doubt that "I" and the "world" exist in the way we take it to be. It is founded on years of intense discipline understanding the way our minds, emotions and instincts work to build up an apparent self and apparent work..
This is often thought to be a purely Buddhist endeavor, but holy indifference in the Christian mystical tradition, along with Meister Eckhart's and Thomas Merton's repeated injunction to let go of the false self and find the Kingdom of Heaven within, shows that this is fully a part of the deepest Christian tradition as well (as it is of all contemplative traditions around the world, including those of indigenous peoples, not just the so called "major world religions").
It's funny. Without mentioning his name, you may have noticed, Eric, a pastor who challenged your post on the non existence of an endless "hell" in a way which almost perfectly embodied not just the unwillingness but the psychological incapacity of saying "I don't know," - or at least, saying "I'm willing to consider the possibility that my view is not absolutely the right one."
Meanwhile, showing that comedians often offer wisdom the rest of us need to hear, Russell Peters here demonstrates the incredibly humorous result of being incapable of saying "I don't know" (the "I don't know" part starts in about 1 minute and 15 seconds): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCQwe_AMo74