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I opened Anthony De Mello’s
Awakening
Meditation #238
The master once exposed his disciples by means of the following lesson:
He gave each of them a sheet of paper and asked them to write down the length of the hall they were in.
Almost everyone gave flat figures like fifty feet. Two or three added the word approximately.
Said the Master, “No one gave the right answer.”
“What is the right answer?” they asked.
“The right answer is ‘I do not know.’”
A co-worker from long ago had a sign over her desk declaring, “This is my opinion and it is very true.” These days the Don’t Know mind is a better fit for me. A former professor, challenged by a fellow graduate student (to the point of being obnoxious) would reply, “ I used to know that.” Perhaps I’m becoming a professor!
As plebes at the Naval Academy, we were taught to never say, “I don’t know.” The correct answer is, “I’ll find out!” (Actually, “l’ll find out, SIR!” this being 1976 and mine the first class with women midshipmen, so only male upperclass.)