As it turns out, not much. Back in the late 1980’s I participated in the Landmark Forum. It was a very powerful and transformative experience. The processes within the Forum, many developed by Werner Erhard in the 1970’s, provide effective teachings to help you face your fear in order to live life authentically. In one such experience, I got to see that there’s a lot we don’t know, most of which is beyond the scope of our imagination.

I learned that what we ‘Know we Know‘ (K K) is quite a small piece of all the things that are possible to know. We all know what we know – it’s our life experience and studies, things we’ve been told and things we have through direct knowledge. We also realize there’s more we can learn.

Which brings us to the next largest piece: What we Know we Don’t Know (K DK). For example, here are some things I know I don’t know: rocket science, how to knit a sweater, how to fly a plane, how to fix a car, just to name a few. If I really stop to think about all the things I am aware of that I don’t know, it’s a bit overwhelming. There’s so much! I can certainly study and learn more, but, basically I’d only be scratching the surface.

Imagine now, there’s even a larger piece!

The largest piece, What we Don’t Know we Don’t Know (DK DK) leaves us scratching our heads. What else can there be besides What I Know I Know and What I Know I Don’t Know? Well, loads. These possibilities live in a different paradigm – in the Don’t Know what we Don’t Know piece of the pie. Along our spiritual journey we will hopefully discover things that would fit into the DK DK category. These discoveries don’t exist until they appear in our reality. Surprise!

I had such an experience – it was my spiritual awakening. I didn’t know what I didn’t know about living a spiritual life. My everyday life seemed quite normal and being ‘spiritual’ never really occurred to me – until a situation arose that provided an opportunity to transform. I was very upset with someone for a perceived betrayal.

I was really angry and full of blame. A friend of mine took me aside to calm me down. I can’t tell you exactly what she said or how she said it, but whatever it was, it caused a locked door to open. A huge weight instantaneously lifted off my chest and was gone forever. I felt instantly excited. This was the beginning of my spiritual awakening.

One second I was really angry and blaming someone, the next I was catapulted into a state of freedom and awe. I couldn’t go back to the old reality, I was living in a paradigm shift. A piece of the DK DK became known for the first time.

I thought I knew what I knew about my life, only to be transported into a possibility I had no idea existed. It was amazing and life changing!

From that point on, I tried to remain open and accept that the contents of my pie pieces will differ from others. Also, to realize there’s so much I don’t know or have any idea about – until I do. My spiritual awakening was an incredible experience, one I had no idea was even possible until it happened. It was so simple, yet so profound to have that huge blinder removed from my sphere of existence. I could see and feel so much of what wasn’t previously known or available in my reality.

I have a feeling that most of us on the planet will be getting a look into this larger piece of what we don’t know we don’t know at some point in the future. This piece(s), when exposed, will quite possibly blow our collective mind! As I’ve stated before in other blog posts, there is no returning back to what was perceived as ‘normal’. That ‘normal’ is over – we have remnants around as reminders, but it is slowly fading into the past.

A new day is dawning. We are on the horizon of gaining a peek into a world we didn’t even know existed. It’s possible that what we think of as science, healing, space, history, and who we are as humans will be labeled as lies and dismissed. We won’t really know what the possibilities are until the new knowledge comes into our awareness. It’s exciting and scary at the same time. Those who cling to the old will suffer. For others, it may take time to accept and integrate the new. Some will even say: “My God, what took so long!” and rejoice.

Where ever you are on the spectrum, please take care. Listen to that inner voice. Learn to discern what is true for you. Not everything is as it seems.

From our present viewpoint, (K K, & K DK) we can not yet see liberation as a possibility since humanity has been shackled down with lower formed energies such as greed, corruption, selfishness, lies, hatred, etc. I have heard people say: there will always be war and someone who wants to rule over everyone. This is what we believe we know as the reality of our existence.

Living in peace and unity without war, crime, violence, addiction – lives in the DK DK realm as we presently can not see how to build a society based on peace and cooperation. Once the new paradigm becomes known, we will rebuild our world from truth. We will know how to co-exist in peace and cooperation. We will know a life of freedom and innocence. Looking forward to it! Until then, live the best life you know how to live!

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