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Curiosity Over Certainty

by Michael Wilson II

Type
guided
Activity
Meditation
Suitable for
Everyone
Plays
2

In this reflective journey, Wilson invites you to step away from the comfort of answers and into the wonder of not knowing. Through poetic imagery and gentle philosophy, you’ll learn to rest in curiosity, soften judgment, and rediscover the spaciousness that comes from allowing life to remain a mystery.

CuriosityUncertaintyLetting GoCompassionMindfulnessHumilityPhilosophyCuriosity In MeditationEmbracing UncertaintyLetting Go Of ControlCompassion CultivationMindful ListeningHumility Practice

Transcript

This is Wilson and welcome back.

Let's begin with the question that has no answer.

What would happen if,

For a little while,

You stopped trying to figure everything out?

This is a meditation on curiosity.

Not the kind that hunts for facts,

But the kind that wanders freely through mystery.

The kind that lets life reveal itself.

One shimmering question at a time.

Picture yourself standing before a forest at dusk.

No map.

No destination.

Just the invitation to walk.

Most of life is like this.

We think we know where we're going.

Yet,

The moment we look away,

The trail changes.

You take a step anyway.

The leaves shift beneath your feet.

The air smells of rain and soil.

Every sound feels like a sentence from a language you almost remember.

And something in you relaxes.

Because you were never meant to have the whole translation.

Curiosity is not a tool for control.

It's a dance partner.

It twirls you toward wonder and away from judgment.

It whispers,

What if,

Instead of why not.

We spend so much of our lives polishing opinions.

Stacking them like stones to feel safe.

But the river of truth keeps flowing.

And those stones,

However carefully arranged,

Eventually tumble back into the current.

You were never meant to dam the river.

You were meant to float in it.

Think of someone whose story you've tried to explain to yourself.

Their motives,

Their behavior,

Their pain.

Now loosen that explanation just a little.

What if you never really knew what it was like to live behind their eyes?

Notice what happens when the thoughts land.

It doesn't feel empty.

It feels vast.

In that unknowing,

Compassion breathes again.

It's the pause between certainties.

Where the heart finds room to understand.

You reach a clearing where the forest opens into a wide,

Quiet sky.

There's no need to interpret the light.

It simply falls.

The purpose of a question is not always an answer.

Sometimes it's an invitation to listen more deeply.

So let the questions remain.

Let them drift like lanterns beyond reach.

Because the moment you stop clenching for meaning,

Meaning arrives on its own.

As you return from this forest of unknowing,

Carry its humility with you.

When certainty knocks loudly,

Smile and open the door to curiosity instead.

Curiosity opens doors that certainty keeps closed.

This is Wilson.

Thank you for wandering into the mystery with me.

Meet your Teacher

Michael Wilson IIOhio, USA

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