You Don't Know What A Single Thing Is.
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- Опубліковано 24 лис 2022
- The philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein said that we exist within nothing but Language Games.
In our attempt to know any object, we can only create descriptions.
Scientific descriptions. Spiritual descriptions. Political descriptions, etc..
These descriptions create their own rules and logic contained within themselves.
Like games.
The rules & logic of the scientific language game are very different from the rules & logic of the spiritual language game.
When one language game makes claims to be superior to another language game to know really What Is - there can only be contradiction and conflict.
Naturally … the rules & logic of the games are different.
No language games can reveal to us what a single thing IS.
The French philosopher, Jacques Derrida, pointed out a very similar idea.
Derrida said that no word is ever identical to its referent. Meaning that no word reveals what anything IS.
Instead, the meaning of the word is created in its difference from other words.
The word “dog” does not have meaning because it tells us what a “dog” IS but rather the word “dog” has meaning only because it is different from the word “cat” - and, of course, millions of other words.
Derrida said we can see this very clearly when we try to define any word.
Just for a moment try to define where you are.
You might start with your city. Where is that?
You might say my city is in my country. The Planet. The Solar System. The Universe.
Pretty soon you run out of referents!
In Thailand the cultural ideal or superior character to demonstrate in public is a person with very deep “Jai Dee” - that is a person who shows in all situations, even in incredibly stressful ones, that they have a “cool heart,” or lack of reactivity.
This is because in Thai society the Buddhist notion of Anatman or No Self is very important. And, has over many centuries, filtered down into the culture & society.
Therefore, the person who demonstrates a lack of Self or Self-interest through a “cool heart” is showing themselves to be of superior character, or highly ethical.
One can see why displays of anger in Thailand (and many other Eastern countries) are considered the actions of a very lowly-evolved person.
There is, however, a third type of ethics.
And, it finds its grounding in Not Knowing.
In Taoism ethics are based on natural spontaneity.
For the Taoist there is a very simple formula for ethical action:
Without the referents; without the “language game” of referents, where are you?
You don’t know!
#taoism #spirituality #vedanta #zen
Voiceover: Andrea Giordani
Editor: Medo
Script: Matt Mackane
Score: Epidemic Music x Original score
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“The wise man is one who, knows, what he does not know.”
― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
next topic on please
experience the experiencer
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Yess its really true
Let me change that: the wise man is you, and i and everyone else, this even when we don't know, or we think that we know. None of it matters one bit. There is no wise man. LOL :) Wisdom is perspective, it's belief, it's just an idea, that is, until we understand that no one experience is any better than the other; that all experiences are serving their own unique purpose, whether one is seen as a fool, or as an ignorant, or as an enlightened, or a wise man. :)
wise man is who,
he knows what he knows and he knows what he doesn't.
Although they did not reference his name in this video -- as they have done in several of their other videos -- the phrase "You don't know what a single thing is" was made popular in the 1970s by Adi Da Samraj (then known as Bubba Free John and Da Free John), see for example, The Paradox of Instruction (1977) and The Way That I Teach (1978), which culminates in the Way of Divine Ignorance. This video channel is wonderful and a great service to humankind! Since as Master Da explained (in 1978): "We do not know what anything is. The summarization of our existence is Mystery, absolute, unqualified confrontation with what we cannot know. And no matter how sophisticated we become by experience, this will always be true of us. This Teaching, then, will never be transcended. Upon this absolute Truth we must build our lives, and I must build my Church. This Truth is summary, unqualified, irredeemable, irreducible, and absolute.... Becoming submitted to that Truth is spiritual life." Praise Adi Da and the Wisdom Masters of humankind: listen up, hear their message, understand, and see the Truth of Divine Ignorance as our Enlightened Condition... and Be Love for we don't know what a single thing is, it just IS. DA DA DA
As I get older, the only thing I do know is that I know nothing.
HOW do you know?
As I got more ....hrm mature... I have learned some stuff, things I say I know, like hitting any body part with a hammer, well , it hurts.
Also, I think I know that nothing is real, our entire universe, at it's most basic level of existence is, um, 'energy'.
I believe it's all a simulation of some kind.
Because all our senses are flawed and rather limited- we really can not 'know' anything at all.
@@undernetjack Thank you for your answer. Sorry if it sounded as a nit-picking. What I wanted to say is that all our so called ‘not knowing’ is still in the domain of ‘knowing’. And, as you say, energy, senses, simulation and even ‘knowing not to know’ are still the things that mind does when trying to hammer a nail in the sky. And we cannot escape it - it’s just the nature of the mind to ‘know’. So, probably, ‘not knowing’ in only there when there’s nothing. But that once again becomes a concept when we try to contemplate or understand it, so we’re back to square one 😊
The more I read,the more I know.The more I know,the more I know I don't know.
If even that. Surety isn't necessary in the process of learning. It is listening that is (or that might be xd).
“Do not mistake the finger pointing at the moon for the moon itself.” Buddha
One of the most important lessons I’ve ever learned. Along with reconciliation of the opposites.
Well, the Buddha also said "there is nothing to know".
@@chickenlover657do you know that?
@@socratese5 I know I read that the buddha said it.
@@chickenlover657 so then you know something as opposed to nothing
This is basically the essence of Ramana Maharshi's (a non-dualistic philopher) teachings. He said one must accept that he knows nothing and only then he can truly see reality for what it is.
@@BezalElle How would one distinguish that the understanding "I am nothing" occured? And did you understand it?
This entire video in itself is a derivation of the Advaita (non-dualistic) philosophy. Shri Ramkrishna Paramhansa, Swami Vivekananda, Ramana Maharishi, Adi Shankaracharya, and many more have always stood behind these principles. I would highly recommend reading their works.
Because if you are no-thing, then so is everything else.
@@peacebeyondpeace310 You should read it as no-thing. Then it clears up.
A great sage, once said: I know that i know. What you think i know or do not know is your problem, not mine. 😁
It has been said, as your knowledge grows in vastness, your boundaries of the unknown grow in proportion. Once again, beautifully narrated. Would love to know the music tracks. Thank you.
So I am uncertainly certain that I am uncertain.
The more you Know, the more realize how much you don’t Know. ✨
I love this. I've been living it for years since I was in early high school and it has helped me think and see more clearly, as well as assisted me greatly through struggles that would have seen me become attached to thoughts, ideas, and fake feelings that ultimately would have been reinforced by fear. I have lived for many years of the idea that "I cannot presume to know something unless I could legitimately prove that I understand the universe in its fullest" which I humbly accept that I do not and quite likely cannot. I follow a mix of this and the scientific method in that "I could deduce that with enough effort some creature/lifeform/soul could find the full picture, but to even begin to presume that it could be me is ultimately not productive or helpful in my growth or my helping of others." I have a love and desire for knowledge, learning, and wisdom and an alleged final goal to maybe see it all one day, but only to use that as a motivator that maybe it can be learnt (since there is no true proof either that it cannot be learnt as much as it can be) to encourage myself to always seek greater knowing, feeling and love, and not to set myself up for some sort of false pride in having 'got' there or 'almost' having got there. I am both humbled by my inherent ignorance and motivated by my passionate curiosity of it all. It is a joy to explore such magnitudes as a young collection of essence that is too short lived to ever be truly old. I get to say "What's that?" in amazed curiosity my whole life like a human toddler who just fell in love with colours and shapes. What a blissful expanse.
The music, the last song, I’ve heard it on other vids of yours. It’s so beautiful. Is there any way of listening to it in full anywhere?
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@Cathal Chlann na nDéiseach Tara Mantra "Om tare tuttare ture soha"
@@malaypatel3848 the exact one that they have used for the video.
Truth and love what ever situación.Nothing else matters .
I love your channel your content is one of a kind ❤
I have liberated the self within from all name and title. A panic of not knowing slowly began to chokingly tighten its grip upon the self. In a moment of desperation, sheer terror spreading like a wildfire, I surrendered completely all that I thought I knew. As if a deep relaxing meditation had consumed me, wrapped me in a warm blanket, I knew exactly what I was as it was implanted in my mind. I had become all prevailing consciousness, fluid like water in space, yet filled with pure star light. You know, for a brief, fleeting moment, I could see my reflection, as I looked closely, I seen Brahma. He smiled at me in the reflection, and just as fast as a lightning strike, everything was gone. I can only assume, that we are all just fractal versions of God alone, and much more than just a physical avatar that has been hijacked and forced here for labor and taxation. Look friends, there is no need to fear death or hell. This realm we are in now, is far worse than any hell or torment. If you are alive, doing well, and living in little stress, rest assured, you can survive anything the universe has to offer. Blessings
Amen 🙏 beautiful ❤️ thank you for sharing
@@jellyfishinaz you are beautiful and unique, one in ten billion. You offer this world a vibration like no other, a tone that matches perfectly to the harmonic resonance of the all. I pray with all that I am, for peace, prosperity, and abundance fulfill your days.
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That first quote is incredible
🌻thank you for this video! 🌺
This channel couldn’t be more beautiful thank you
Thanks for your Videos! Haha, I liked that they call it "The language games." I say often "words" get in the way.
thanks for another awesome video!
This channel is blessing to the world
for real!
Epic, gonna go around looking at things and enjoy not knowing now :)
Thank you, thank you, thank you. 🙏💜👣
hey is there a video for just the score? it's absolutely beautiful !
Nietzsche isn't a man of wisdom, he is man of words.
He went mad behind a women, that says a lot
The feeling of Not-Knowing, Emptiness, No-Thingness, etc. are likewise projected, psycholinguistic concepts/experiences.
That is very helpful. I wonder how many will ever ask who it is that is experiencing these things. :P
I have not watched this video yet… sitting at the beginning quote with the video on pause.
For now, I am aware of my expectations.
I forget my expectations as I arrive at a point of focus at the moments created by the video.
the title is exactly how I feel now.
Will report back in 16 minutes.
Reality = That which is.
Freedom is a way of Being. Being aware of being aware is unmodulated, thus unfettered, where all things are possible.
I am here. Nowhere = now here.
Every choice we make generates a corresponding timeline of experience.
When I do good I feel good. When I do bad I feel bad. That is my religion. - Abraham Lincoln -
Although we may not ultimately know, it's still relevant and useful at the level we function to simply understand a cup as a cup.
Exactly. We all "know" all we need to "know" to navigate the environment and level we exist on.
Fantastic transcript. So much to think about in it.
Beautiful ❤
AWESOME!
A wonderful treatise, concluding with an amazing clarification of ethical response.
🙏🙏🙏
I'm definitely Taoist!
Thoughts can be seen as the origin of physical matter. We don’t know what a cup is because we don’t know the thoughts that formed it and the thoughts it contains. We have to learn to see thoughts before we learn what a cup is.
Namaste. May someone tell me the title of the last track?
Super 🙋💯🎖️
Does anyone know what that mantra is called at the end of this beautiful insight talk, please 🙏
It's in my head and I heard it before and it's pulling on my ❤️
Om tare tu tare svaha
What is that flute music? Can someone tell me the name please?
God is the universe and love and we are all part of it, everything
Fantastic
only 30 thousand views on such a fantastic video when this video could easily help 3 billion. thank you very much for such a great insight!
It the transcript of this video available?
I do not know what anything is for … sounds like ‘a course in miracles’lesson to me . I recommend this book to anyone who wishes to see the light of truth , the light of Christ really shines through the pages .
Once someone placed that book in my hands, then I showed them my powers and made it disappear.
@@mavrosyvannah I’ve been hoping to see a miracle of that caliber , except don’t make my book disappear I love reading it .
Quite new information
Right l don't know nothing, when nothing is unknowingly unknown. But l will, can, & do know something. That there is nothing to know when as a Supreme Being, Self knows All.
The biggest problem in our community is: when rules being made are in accordance to situations and people try to apply those rules in the wrong situations ignoring the fact or cause or in most cases ignore the basic logical purpose (justice) and always apply for some rules which is written down in a document not really observing how and why these same rules are also made by peoples who targeted for specific generation or community....
Many elements of the Ribhu Gita here 🙏🕉️
What’s the artwork for this one? Is it available?
Whoever the speaker is, I love her voice and accent
Next video on the observe is the observed
Been rejecting that which is taught my whole life...always asking myself~ what is this place? Who are these people with their rules? Why am I supposed to go along with it? Never wanted anything to do with any of it...and I don't for the most part.
I think the same
me too
It was interesting to see how the person that made this video put Bodiedharma, a disciple of one of the first lineage of Siddhartha Gautama on the video and recited one of the a Tara mantras at the end. Very little reference to Taoisom but the Tao is in everything non the less a very heart warming commentary on not understanding but knowing that you just need not have a grasp on anything even though it is all laid out in front of us to choose what our heart wants.
I’m reminded of the autistic spectrum when looking at this. The idea of ‘resonance’ with an enlightened state feels more accurate than a strictly linear progression. This is why you can get glimpses while not necessarily ‘living in an enlightened state’. It’s not so much where you are but where you ‘return to’. I guess you could argue that you are more or less in resonance with some states/stages more than others.
Why Derrida sounds so much like Adi Da Samraj? Who was first?
You can not know anything until you know what you are. And that is Beingness that is undescribable.
To know everything is to know thyself. To be aware all is energy.is to start to understand the all.
The cup is of god.
exactly 👍🏻
"All pointers point to *what is not.* As the Absolute.. *there is no Absolute.* " -Nisargadatta Maharaj
So do what God did and make a mirror for yourself.
ASANGOHAM,
🙏🌺 just found your channel... you seem to have much KNOWLEDGE ...
who are you ? 🤔 ...🙏🌺
If we know nothing, what is the archetype? What is the spiritual source of order which we act as a medium of? What language is that? The reduction of suffering? We know how to use things for meaning. This seems like an obssession with ignorance.
The Buddha said: "There is nothing to know".
“Repetition is impossible” not in this video! 😆
DIVINE GRATITUDE
Right on ......now it is.....nothing.....and what is nothing i used to think,,,,there is no nothing,,,,
I know without a doubt that All is relative
Please could you do a video about Sri Guru Babaji?
In fact I do have a cup, so how did you know what I had without prior knowledge?
I don't know who you are, but thank you!
What about epistemology?
The activity of infinite Consciousness, which is our true nature, appears as objects, i e. external world to the finite mind. Both the external world and finite mind appear and disappear at the same time, e g during deep sleep neither exists, but consciousness continues to exist. Just as during dreams, the activity of our mind manifest itself as a dream entity to whom there's an external world where he lives as long as the dream lasts, the same way this world is a dream , so to speak, in the mind of infinite Consciousness...
Who is the one that wants to know? who is this knower?
Shit is hard to understand because the fact that there is nothing to know or stand under.
If you have actually had a Kundalini awakening, then you would "Gno'w"
😂🤣👍✌️🙏
That depends on what your definition of what IS is.
-Bill Clinton
Quantum physics would beg to differ
🙏 moksha
🙏🌺 Ancient Indian Tradition said : the Brahman (the Spirit) is THAT, knowing which everything else is KNOWN" ...
the mind does not know because it is an instrument that can't grasp (enter into) the Essence of things ...
the Spirit, that is the Essence of all that exists, knows all things by IDENTITY ...🙏🌺
How do I know I don't know?
I know where I am in relation to anything that exists within my understanding. My understanding so vast i could explore it for centuries and never grasp the full idea. The subconscious emotional reaction to surroundings and environment tells us how valuable where I am is. What it does for the bettermemt of me and my ideals. To destroy that and obliterate all those connections and desires is evil and selfish. This video is sinister.
The brain is the only organ that named itself.
My roommate sure thinks he knows everything
im not the creator
im awareness
Pain
If Derrida didn’t know what a paper cup was then he should get all of his university money reimbursed. 😅
We know ENOUGH. It is not like we cannot know anything or don't know anything actually if you start to know about anything in this universe you will definitely know what you want to know but there will be always something more to know even immortal cannot know everything. Knowing that know only that which is ENOUGH to live your life. Thinking about a cup what it is i think is the actual ignorance. "You Don't Know What A Single Thing Is" i think should be "You Don't know everything" and that's fine.
Do we know enough? If yes, why is there mass suffering in the world? Also, thinking about a cup was a dumbed-down example to make us know that we do not know. "if you start to know about anything in this universe you will definitely know what you want to know" But how do you know "what" you want to know? You assume your "knowing" before you know it? This is ignorance. A deep-rooted one.
@@karmapeople1735 Agreed. What @asangoham is trying to point out is that our knowledge is limited by the senses. We limit our reality by just what the senses show us.
Also, it's a direct pointer to "is-ness". The fundamental truth. The essence of this world. Something we can never know, as it's not an object to our senses. It is us. It is existence itself.
All I know is that I am alive. Otherwise I don't know anything. We just are here in the now, not in the was or would be, just the now.
The cup is something that I can drink out of.
There.
I win.
I love the narrator voice
Everything isn't an illusion
I figured it out...I am the cup. An empty cup.
Sir, Can you make videos in Hindi ?
I know that there Is.
as i get older, all i know is I'm single
E=🕉️
Judging from the title wouldn't this also imply that these spiritual youtubers, spiritual leaders, pastors, priest, gurus, shamans, etc... also don't know anything?
Aporia.
If only more ppl were to watch this video
World Peace. One Piece at a time.
Next video how to get whatever I want. How to have bank balance of $1 Billion.
- well
At least i know I watched till the end
The REALLY NICE Thing about Video is that you DON'T have to READ ITTY BITTY WHITE ANT FONT PRINT, BUT that you can Actually HEAR 😉