I Don't Know

As grown adults, we should understand that there is nothing wrong with admitting, that there are some things in life that we just don’t know.

In this age of ground breaking technology, where an overload of information is constantly made accessible, it is impossible to gain full knowledge of absolutely everything. So why is it that saying out loud ‘I don’t now’ has become extremely obscure on the lips of many people? Why is it that this short, three word statement, has somehow become depicted as a negative declaration?

As children, we did not hesitate to say we have no knowledge of a particular subject, situation or circumstance - whether this was true or not. We would willingly, and quickly adopt this statement as our default reply, for almost every question we were ever asked, by our parents, elders, and peers. We were unashamedly eager to say ‘I don’t know’ as we chose to use these three little words as some sort of ‘free pass’ that we hoped would excuse or relieve us from from the responsibilities of our actions or behaviour.

When we were younger we felt that this was an appropriate and acceptable statement to make, as it was a gentler way of preventing ourselves from having to tell either a half truth, or a more serious blatant lie. But as we grew physically, mentally, and emotionally, honestly admitting ‘I don’t know’ seems to have somehow become a statement, which we are very reluctant to let slip through our lips. It seems as though our childlike mentality has resurfaced, but in reverse, which now seeks to avoid any type of possible punishment, for ‘not knowing’ what we believe we somehow should.

So why is it that affirming out loud ‘I don’t now’ has become extremely obscure. Why is it that this short, verbal revelation, is now depicted as a negative statement in our everyday adult life?. At what point in our existence as perfectly flawed human beings, did ‘not knowing something’ become frowned upon by others, and even ourselves? When did ‘not knowing something’ become attached to shame, embarrassment and ridicule? When did ‘not knowing something’ become a slur on our intellect, causing many people to choose to fabricate, manipulate, invent and even lie, to hide behind the fact that they just simply ‘did not know?’.

The ‘Ego’ unsurprisingly plays a major role, when it comes to speaking our level of knowledge . Our ego will have many people choosing to pretend they ‘know’ many things when they in fact don’t, out of fear that they may somehow lose control, or power, over their perceived status or standing as a human being. The struggle to maintain how they are perceived by others, has sadly and misguidedly become more important, than being open, honest and truthful with others, and even more importantly, with themselves.

It is not a sign of weakness, and should not have a negative impact on a person's character, if there are aspects of life which we are not educated in. No one on this planet has been through everything, seen everything, and will know absolutely everything about this world. It is impossible for any individual on this planet to know absolutely everything about either themselves or life in general, in one lifetime, as such a expansive level of knowledge would defeat the entire reason for our authentic human existence. Even a life long dedication in search of wisdom, will never be able to reveal the entire teachings and workings of our world.

We were all born into this world to ‘not know’ everything. Regardless of our upbringing, background, academia or geographical location, we are all born uneducated. We were all born with minimal knowledge of human life, so that we can learn to engage our inner world of our intuition first, before we can begin to seek further mental assistance from the physical outer world. And even when we have successfully gained enough knowledge of life - which enables us to link both our external three dimensional, and our internal higher knowledge together - much will forever, and indeed needs to forever remain unknown. Like a very wise man by the name of Socrates once said ‘The only one true wisdom, is knowing you know nothing’.

As evolutionary beings we are born to learn, grow and teach. Within each one of us is an eternal child. who has the innate need to connect to others and evolve. And the only way we can achieve this naturally is through learning. Becoming an adult does not mean we stop mentally and emotionally stretching and growing, when our physical body does. Our continuous maturity of mind means our hunger for information actually increases year on year, and will continue to do so throughout our entire lifetime.

Pretending we have knowledge of anything, when we really don’t, is extremely destructive to our lives. So too is pretending we ‘don’t know’ when we actually do. Whatever is beneficial to the existence of the human race should not be hidden or withheld. Neither should whatever knowledge is acquired, which is designed to serve the greater good of humanity, be used for malicious, underhanded, destructive, or selfish reasons.

Keeping what we have learned for ourselves serves no one, especially not the individual who pretends not to know. It is true that knowledge is power, but what good is knowledge if we don’t apply it to our lives, and experience the good that it was created for? Knowledge is useless if we don’t know what to do with it. If we choose not to apply it to enhance both our life and the life of others, then it becomes worthless.

The whole point of having knowledge is to share it with one another. Our knowledge is meant to be passed on to others, to help each other heal any childhood wounds, and allow us to elevate to our highest individual levels. Being vulnerable, truthful, open-minded and humble is the ultimate way to gain access to the many endless answers we are born to seek. If we are to rebuild a more healthy society, with more personally powerful individuals, we will need to get back to our childlike mindset of vulnerability, transparency and wide eyed curiosity. We are both the students and teachers of life.

We need to see our lack of expertise of knowledge or understanding of any subject, as a positive opportunity. An opportunity to feed our mind, soul and spirit with fresh, inspirational and character building gems about life. Being authentic in our communication and connections with both ourselves and others, is the only way in which we will successfully build a much stronger foundation for our world to build upon.

So what do we gain from saying ‘I don’t know?’ We open the door wide to endless opportunities for further learning, and growth. We gain insight into the mind of another, by allowing ourselves to be taught and led by another human being. We allow more engaging, trusting, authentic and meaningful connections and relationships. We allow the skills and voice of others to be respectfully seen, heard and felt without judgement. We become a much more balanced individual, with enhanced listening and communication skills, based on respectful principles of giving and receiving. We gain deeper connections into the inner workings of our soul.

Saying ‘I don’t know’ places us all on the equal pathway to the ultimate oneness, of a world where we positively turn ‘I don’t know’ into the beautiful, collaborative, educational teachings of a world, where we can humbly swap our growth led ‘I don’t know’ for a higher transcendental ‘We know’.

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