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I'm reading The Book of Not Knowing by Peter Ralston. It's on the book list here on actualized.org. I'm confused by something said in the book. On page 48 it's said that "not-knowing"/consciousness may appear to some as emptiness, ignorance or as a sense of disconnectedness from the source and absolute nature of life and being. This confuses me because I understand not-knowing aka consciousness without form as the source of all life. So why would it appear as a sense of disconnectedness from the source of being? In the paragraph previous to this one it states that not-knowing is the source of knowing. This seems to contradict the statement I'm questioning. Is anyone familiar with this book and can you help to bring clarity to my confusion? Thank you.

Thanks @loub. Your explanation resonates with me. You’re right. I need to not-know harder. I will work on that.