What we know is limited and what we don’t know is unlimited. There is infinite scope for learning and gaining wisdom if you are humble enough to say ‘I don’t know’. Do not restrict by having a right view and belief about something. You must have a philosophy for yourself but you need to be conscious that you are a human and there is always a chance for you to change for better. You need to evolve and embrace new ideologies that work better for you in different phases of your life. Many times we need to completely dismantle our limiting beliefs that are stopping us from becoming who we want. It is better to say to ourselves that I know something and I have learnt a lot from my experiences of life and using the resources in my hands, but i also know that there is a lot to learn and there is a lot to learn from the unknown. Spending more time to learn to unlearn and refine our understanding on various things in life would enable us to be receptive of better life. It makes us more compassionate and empathetic . It gives us strength to remain calm when our beliefs and ideologies are questioned.
This thinking and belief of accepting the the vastness of unknown is particularly important as we age may be from 40 years of age. As we age our beliefs and patterns of thinking become more and more rigid. May be it is an adaptive behaviour of our brain to conserve more energy to keep us alive. Learning and being agile in our thinking require a lot of mental resources and strenuous, hence it is easier for our brain to push us into accepting things the way they are instead of questioning and learning to form new networks in brain. It makes us to fall into the same loops of behaviours and just follow the same patterns even though they are unhealthy and not working for us. So, we need to keep repeating that phrase ‘I don’t know and what I know is not everything’ and do what is in our best interests instead of confirming our bias towards something.
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