I too often get stuck in that state of mind where I think I know something. And I will defend what I believe is right about this idea or concept that I “know.” What does it mean to know something? Just because I can put a few letters together and call it a “dog” does that mean I know the dog? What I’ve learned is that by letting go of my mental tendency to label or define objects, people, thoughts, things... I’m reconnecting with the flow of life, that ever present now. Is that a person in that picture? Or is it a static symbol of the image of them reflected back into a lense? The same thing can be said about thoughts and words.. they are static and unchanging, whereas in my experience the walls are breathing. thoughts of hot peppers and lemons make my mouth water.
And the heart muscle is a continuously beating organ that never stops...relatively speaking.
Important in my daily life is the practice of stillness, of being centered in my mind and body, and allowing feelings, thoughts and beliefs about everything to be as they are without reacting to them. It helps me reconnect with the space that says it is not I who speaks but I who witnesses me speaking, thinking, doing. Dmt, among others, can help you learn to do this. To develop an awareness around thought and emotion, and realize maybe that guy pulled out in front of me because he didn’t see me, or he’s a new driver, or he really DGAF. Either way I don’t have to take it personally
An important mantra I heard in a song really brings me out of that place of knowing, back to a place of wonder and curiosity.
“We don’t see the world the way the world is, we actually see the world the way we are.” Humbling myself and saying I could be wrong about this or that feels awful at first, but the relief of not having to be somebody is freeing.