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Not Knowing

Author(s):
Dorothy Henderson, Paul Harris
Issue:
On Knowing (March 2015)
Department:
Inward Light

 

I thought about being afraid of numbers,
& realized it’s not the numbers,

it’s others who know numbers better than I.

I thought about being afraid of others who know numbers better than I,
& realized it’s not the others,
it’s not knowing numbers myself.

I thought about not knowing numbers myself,
& realized it’s not the numbers,
it’s the “not knowing.”

I thought about “not knowing,”
& realized “not knowing” is a spiritual place.

To not know is a spiritual place.
I thought about all the “not knowing” places in my life as spiritual places,
& realized the “not knowing” places are where I want to be.
I relaxed into them.

 

Ministry by Dorothy Henderson, Grass Valley Meeting (PYM)
Scribed by Paul Harris, Redwood Forest Meeting (PYM)

truth Fear Anxiety Poetry

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