Beyond the Mind’s Perception
God knows nothing yet knows everything—a contradiction that stands as a perfect reflection of the nature of absolute reality. This enigmatic statement, like a koan, invites deeper contemplation beyond linear thinking. It points to a knowledge that defies conceptual grasp, a knowing that cannot be possessed by the mind.
To say God knows everything implies omniscience—a perfect awareness of all events, possibilities, and outcomes within the realm of manifestation. Yet, to say God knows nothing points to an awareness that transcends any form of subject-object relationship. Here, knowledge is not fragmented into parts. Rather, it exists as a pure, nondual state of being.
This paradox can only be resolved through a radical shift in perception. From the mind’s perspective, knowing implies a knower and a known—a separation that inherently breeds confusion. The clearer this division becomes, the more apparent the contradiction. But from the perspective of absolute awareness, there is no such division. Knowing and not knowing collapse into a single essence, a seamless flow where everything is already perfectly held without the need for grasping or possessing.
The confusion arises only when one attempts to use a dualistic framework to analyze a nondual reality. For those entrenched in rational thought, this statement appears illogical. Yet, the crystal clarity of this confusion emerges when seen through the lens of direct experience. God’s knowing is not intellectual; it is a luminous stillness that enfolds every possible expression of existence without ever defining itself through those expressions.
What, then, does it mean for God to “know nothing”? It signifies the emptiness of all forms, a state where no thought, label, or concept can fully capture what is. It is a knowing that is the essence of all things yet free from the content of knowing itself. There are no judgments, no biases, no preferences—just a silent, omnipresent witnessing. The awareness is so pure that it does not even recognize itself as “knowing” in the conventional sense. It is like the sky holding all clouds yet remaining untouched by their presence or absence.
This is the clarity that lies within the paradox: God knows everything because God is everything. Simultaneously, God knows nothing because God is not bound by the limitations of any particular knowledge. The confusion dissolves when we release the need to categorize and understand reality through fixed structures.
To experience this confusion as crystal clear requires embracing the humility of not knowing. When all concepts, beliefs, and labels are dropped, what remains is a pure awareness that is as empty as it is full. The mind may struggle to grasp this state, but the heart recognizes it intuitively. It is a state of grace, a luminous unknowing that is beyond the reach of both thought and language.
Paradox is not a flaw in understanding; it is the gateway to freedom. It invites one to look beyond the confines of intellect and rest in a knowing that cannot be spoken. This is the ultimate clarity: a confusion that reveals the divine nature of all that is.
Morgan O. Smith
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