聽神談【「無知」的幻覺與「謙卑」的神奇】
「不知」是一個奇妙的幻覺，並且很有用。它讓你去再次了解，再次學會，再次憶起。它讓你去體驗那循環的迴圈。去變成一片雪花。
就是「你不知道」的幻覺容許你去知道你所知曉的。如果你什麼知道，並且知道你知道它，那麼你便無法知道任何事。
深深地看入這個真相，你將會了解它。
然後，給你自己對某些事無知的幻覺吧，任何的事。而在那一瞬間，你會經驗到你對它並非無知——而你所知曉的會突然對你變得明顯起來。
這是謙卑的神奇。這是「這裡有些我不知道的東西，了解它可能會改變一切。」 (“There is something here I do not know, the knowing of which could change everything.”) 這句話裡的力量。這單獨的一句聲明，可以治癒世界。
邁向謙遜是一條通往榮耀之路。 (The call to humility is a call to glory.)
就你們的神學而言，要進步，沒有比這些更好的工具了。我曾啟發人說過：有點「謙遜神學」正是這世界所需要的。少一點「你全都知道」的把握，多一點意願去繼續追尋、去承認：也許有些你不知道的——知道它可能會改變一切。
我再說一次，不知道會導向知道。「全知道」則導向「什麼都不知道」。
那就是為何「無知」的幻覺如此重要的理由。別的幻覺也是一樣。它們是你對「你真正是誰」的經驗之鑰。它們打開了從「相對領域」到「絕對領域」之門，通往一切之門。
摘自《與神合一》第15章
“Not knowing” is a wonderful illusion, and useful.
It allows you to know again, to learn again, to remember once more. It allows you to reexperience the cycle. To become a snowflake.
It is the Illusion that you do not know that allows you to know what you know. If you know everything, and know that you know it, then you can know nothing.
Look deeply into this truth, and you will understand it.
Give yourself the illusion, then, that you are ignorant of something. Anything. In that moment, you will have the experience of that of which you are not ignorant—and what you know will suddenly become apparent to you.
This is the wonder of humility. This is the power in the statement, “There is something here I do not know, the knowing of which could change everything.” This single statement can heal the world.
The call to humility is a call to glory.
And in terms of your theology, there could be no greater tool for advancement. I have inspired it to be said that a little “humility theology” is what the world needs. A little less assurance that you know it all, and a little more willingness to continue the search, to acknowledge that there may be something you do not know—the knowing of which could change everything.
I say again, not knowing leads to knowing. Knowing it all leads to not knowing anything.
That is why the Illusion of Ignorance is so important. And so it is, too, with all the Illusions. They are the keys to your experience of Who You Really Are. They open the door from the Realm of the Relative to the Realm of the Absolute. The door to everything.
