It’s taken me a while to get my head (and heart) around the idea that uncertainty is not a bad place to be. But I’ve been coming to realize that when I "know" something, often my knowing becomes set in stone, and the result is a rigidity and inflexibility that is at odds with the whole concept of deliberate creation.
The other day, I came across a quote from Deepak Chopra, in The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success, which really summed up what I’ve been discovering about uncertainty:
Uncertainty … is the fertile ground of pure creativity and freedom. Uncertainty means stepping into the unknown in every moment of our existence. The unknown is the field of all possibilities, ever fresh, ever new, always open to the creation of new manifestations. Without uncertainty and the unknown, life is just the stale repetition of outworn memories. You become the victim of the past, and your tormentor today is your self left over from yesterday.
These days, when I’m faced with a fork in the road, and I’m unsure which way to go, I let myself settle into uncertainy. I don’t have to figure anything out, here and now.
And in that stance, I find myself in the flow of allowing.
July 5th, 2008 at 12:31 pm
Agreed.
Oddly, this is one of the other urls I have open:
http://briankim.net/blog/2008/07/reader-success-story-hes-back-in-the-zone-of-happiness/
Acceptance and Mindfulness are important for the state you mention.
Trying to figure things out feels like pushing against whatver the situation is instead of letting it be.
July 13th, 2008 at 1:10 am
My favorite is Deepak Chopra’s book too! I love the quote that you mentioned.
Initially, I had great difficulty in just allowing and not knowing for sure. I am still trying to be stay alright in the space of uncertainty. But it gets better every time.
Thanks for sharing your post,
Evelyn
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:19 pm
I have found that when I jump into the situation with all the energy of my mind, the result is more beautiful and enjoyable than I could have imagined. It is often when our mind is unchangeably convinced that the result does not meet expectation. We must be ready to take the risk and be surprised by the wonderful outcome!