The (seeming) Paradox of Not-Knowing and Awareness

[Keryo Koffa]

It seems the deepest insights come from a state of not knowing

Yet all one's problems stem from the lack of awareness which is not knowing

An identity unaware of itself creates problems when it lacks self-knowing

And yet there apparently is no knowing to be done or an unknowing to become

Not-knowing is the freedom that gives space but can not do anything by itself

Awareness is greater knowing which contrasts with not knowing

There seems to be a space between awareness and not knowing

And isn't awareness itself knowing?

If you can direct or tune your awareness, you can tune that knowing

Maybe there are different layers of knowing or unknowing

Maybe not knowing is just a pointer beyond the known

[Princess Arabia]

You're right about this being paradoxical. 

Your post is very deep and needs a little contemplating on to get, but I do. Somewhat, anyway. Not knowing has more power than knowing. That space between awareness and not knowing is thought. Knowing is what separates the subject/object. Knowing is the beginning of the sense of self. The end of knowing, which is "death" is the end of the separate self. This is already death, since knowing is an illusion because there's no separation and something cannot really be known.