“Awe is all around us. We just need to know where to look.” — Dacher Keltner
Quick question. Did you wake up this morning, like a three-year-old, super excited to see what the day might bring?
Or did you open your eyes and make the conclusion that “well, today is likely to be an awful lot like yesterday”?
I think it was Dr. J (or maybe one of his disciples) that said something to the effect of we humans see “through a glass darkly.”
Because we are so convinced we understand life, so darn sure we know how things are, we see through a filter. It’s virtually impossible for us to see life clearly.
Maybe it’s just here in Kansas City Chiefs country, but our headlines are filled with “news” about Taylor Swift.
My algorithm (if you want to know what you’re interested in, just notice what pops up on your device) is filled with stories about the brilliant star’s wardrobe, who she partied with, analysis of her relationship with Travis Kelce.
I chuckle because all those news reports have NO IDEA what’s really going on. None. Zilch. Yet, I hear people talking (Taylor did this or Taylor did that) as if they have some kind of insight.
That’s pretty much what the ego does, feeds us stories straight from our algorithms, straight from thoughts we’ve been interested in before. And then we go on to repeat them, believe them, invest in them. Pretty soon we think we’re experts in something that is pure speculation.
Most everything we believe about the world is pure speculation, fed to us by our egos to limit what we believe is and isn’t possible. Or as Taylor might say, “weaving little webs of opacity.”
What happened yesterday is of NO RELEVANCE to today. What you could or couldn’t do last week is of NO RELEVANCE to right now.
Which is why I celebrate a deep state of not knowing, not figuring things out, not having to be what I thought I was yesterday.
Not knowing leaves room for bright, shiny “sacred new beginnings.”
#222 Forever!
Pam Grout is the author of 20 books including E-Squared, E-Cubed, Thank & Grow Rich and her latest book, The Course in Miracles Experiment: A Starter Kit for Rewiring Your Mind (And Therefore Your World)
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my new mantra is… ‘i don’t know… i don’t know… … …’ x (((💜)))
The BEST mantra!!! I use it, too. I don’t want to limit what might be possible by thinking I somehow know.
As always, I asked, and I received! Woop woop!!💃
EXACTLY what I needed to read. I asked the universe this morning I don’t know what to do, I don’t even know how to do?
And I heard the words deep in my heart..’DO NOTHING sweet Fee and know that everything is already done”
Then I opened my emails and read this from you Pam x
Love you to the moon and back ❤️
Yes, sweet all of us, everything is already done! Thanks, Fee!!
Ooooooh yessssss, I LIKE this! Thank you dear Pam! I especially like the very last line – “not knowing leaves room for bright, shiny sacred new beginnings.” Yes! Here’s to the bright and shiny unknown just waiting to bless us all 🥳🌟🌝
Thanks, sweet friend! Here’s to your always eloquent words!
Well thank you kind lady 😁🙏🌷
I love this! It was perfectly timed and needed for me today. Heading off to Vietnam in two days and I woke up this morning fearful and not knowing anything about what’s coming. Trust and surrender. Thanks Pam. 💗🙏🏻
You are in for such a treat! Have a fabulous time in Vietnam. The less you assume and “know,” the better your trip will be. Let us hear from you!!!
Oh, I love that philosophy. And I totally agree. Thank you.
BTW I have loads of your books on my kindle to take with me! 😊
I love your philosophy! And I so agree. Thank you!
Oh, and I have a number of your books on kindle that I’m taking with me. 🙂
Thank you. A very insightful view of ACIM workbook lessons 1-25. Shared with my group
Yep. As I always say, Lessons 1-50 are all about recognizing how everything we believe is upside down.
” For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. – 1 Corinthians 13:12 Paul’s famously poetic statement about the difficulty of knowing God in this life says a lot more than at first meets the eye.
I just love you! You are hilarious! I just found my E2 book I bought like 10/11 years ago. I did the very first experiment yesterday. I’m excited to see what happy surprise the universe will bless me
With by tomorrow at 2:33 pm! 💕
I completely agree euth you view. Something I think it is important, is to be aware of such thoughts about famous people, fashion, etc, which means we are not “captured” by thinking. Our self is able to cut the wire , with some training.
Regards
Carlos
Thank you!! That was such a great reminder that i needed to read.
How serendipitous that your topic today would be “I don’t know” because that exact phrase popped up during a recent healing session. It appeared as a rocky cavern in my heart, energetically stuck in emotional pain, blocking energy of the divine. Asking for a Being of higher vibration to help me, Merlin the Magician and Saint Germain (with his violet flame) suddenly appeared. The violet flame of divine energy made short work of the rocks, turning them into a giant diamond. Now, instead of “not knowing” causing instant hesitation and concern, feelings of curiosity and excitement are the default emotions.
I honestly wake up with joy each day. Even if it’s from a ER or hospital room. I’ve outlive my death date going on ten years now and I have “YOU” and your books to be grateful for that! Thank You For Planting Seeds Of Wisdom and Truth! I am so grateful for you! 🙏🏻❤️
Just beautiful 😍 👌🫶🏼
Pam. You are definitely sunshine, smile inducer in my life and an honored guest on my positive posse. ❤️😍
Loved that, Pam! Thank you so much!
Beautifully stated Pam! I love your perspectives and insights. They bring so much light to my world. Thank you and keep up the good work! Everytime I “see” TAZ (via a license plate), I greet her and you. I trust you receive the love!
Wonderful! Thank you!
Thank you always for your words that are helping me on the journey towards being a liberated being who knows nothing, and is happy about it. No worries!
I followed you for years, and then somehow I got disconnected, couldn’t leave any more comments. I have always enjoyed your postings, and I have all your books. I love them! I love your outlook on life and I love your tenacity. Your postings are always uplifting and I always agree with you
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