Knowing

How do you know that you know? Not just know in your head, cognitively or intellectually, but really know something deep in your gut or your bones or wherever you might feel it?

Think of something you really love. Maybe it’s an activity, a food, an art form, a person. Close your eyes and imagine you’re engaged with whatever it is. Really be in the moment of doing or watching or eating or being with, imagine all the little details. Feel what it’s like to really love that thing.

How do you know that you love it? What does if feel like? Where do you feel it? What kinds of thoughts do you have, if any at all?

Now, think of a decision that you’ve had a hard time making. Going back and forth, pros and cons, researching and analyzing and discussing and analyzing some more. Maybe you’re completely stumped on the course of action, maybe you’re leaning towards one thing or the other but still aren’t quite sure.

You can know something, or you can have lots of thoughts about the thing.

What if you lived each day more from your own innate sense of knowing? Even just one day? Or just the next moment?