03 Oct Koan 125
“He who speaks does not know, he who knows does not speak.”
— Lao Tzu
What is there to know?
What is there to know!
What is every thing before and after it is what it is whatever it is in the now.
What is nothing and potentially every thing.
He who speaks does not know the what; or speaking describes something, not what — the undifferentiated essence of every thing.
He who speaks describes things as discrete, having an independent existence.
He who knows does not speak, for every thing is interdependent; as every thing is just one thing: the Everything;
He who speaks describes what he sees in foveal vision — the 1% of peripheral vision that eyes focus upon at any moment.
He who knows does not speak, as peripheral vision is too vague to be described.
He who speaks is in the now. Yet, he does not know the now, as a hand cannot grasp itself.
He who knows the now observes it from outside the now. He does not speak, for speaking will put him in the now.
He who speaks does not know he creates the illusion of time-passing from the sound of one word to the next.
He who knows the universe is timeless does not speak, for speaking creates the illusion of time.
He who speaks does not know the now he describes is now no longer.
He who knows does not speak as what’s no longer is an illusion.
He who speaks is the self. The self does not know the oneness of ultimate reality (the soul), for the self’s identity is its separation from ultimate reality.
He who knows is the soul. He does not speak, for only the self can speak.
He who speaks thinks effects come from affects; that things can be explained.
He who knows does not speak, for he knows the universe is spontaneously manifesting.
A speaker’s words are like the precise space inside a square.
The now is like the imprecise space inside a circle.
He who knows does not speak, for a circle cannot be squared.
He who speaks is an actor in the play of life.
He who knows is the audience.
The actors speak of matters they take seriously.
The audience knows it’s a play, not to be taken seriously.
The audience does not speak, for they are forever laughing.
The play is a divine joke that he who speaks thinks can be explained.
He who knows does not speak, as a joke that needs to be explained is not funny.