Lesson№20

Decisions and uncertainty

Meeting · ≈ 2 hr 1 min · 2024 · block 11–20

A State of Not Knowing: Living and Making Decisions

A state of not knowing: what a person perceives and how they act when their previous certainty is gone.

Who it is forSomeone going through changeEntrepreneur facing a decision

Lesson entitiesEntities and depth are based on semantic annotation of the meeting

Inner stateMain topic A state of not knowingMain topic Decision-makingMain topic Death and lossSubstantial discussion FearSubstantial discussion PerceptionSubstantial discussion TimeSubstantial discussion Health and the bodySubstantial discussion AcceptanceSubstantial discussion Cause and effectSubstantial discussion

Meeting recording · ≈ 2 hr 1 min3 options

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What the lesson explores

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State · emphasisA state of not knowingappears in 11 lessons →ConceptPerceptionappears in 10 lessons →PracticeStudy and explorationonly in this lesson StateInner stateappears in 12 lessons →Concept · emphasisA state of not knowingappears in 11 lessons →Practice · emphasisDecision-makingappears in 9 lessons →ConceptDeath and lossappears in 2 lessons →StateFearappears in 3 lessons →

Does this sound like your situation?

This is for you when…

Familiar explanations no longer provide a sense of certainty.
You want either to act urgently or to shut down your perception altogether.
Study and observation seem like inaction to you.

Why watch

What will become clearer

How participants' questions reveal different aspects of a state of not knowing.
Why expanding perception is not necessarily experienced as entirely pleasant.
How the author distinguishes unnecessary activity, study, and real action.

From watching to applying

What to do after the lesson

Look at exactly what you do not know, without immediately applying that description to your entire life.

Notice which action, or withdrawal from action, you feel drawn to.

Examine what you can study attentively without demanding an immediate answer.

A question about your own situation

What am I calling not knowing right now, and how am I dealing with it?

The questions and actions after watching were suggested by the catalog’s editors. They are neither quotations nor the author’s original assignments.

An important distinction

A meaning to preserve

A state of not knowing is not reduced to a lack of information or poor planning. For the author, study and perception are not the same as “doing nothing.”

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What you should know

Not help for an acute crisis or a treatment for anxiety. The recording includes discussions of loss and health.

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What it connects with

Editorial connections between ideas: where to turn for another perspective. These are not required prerequisites.

Lesson№18Personal growthDo not confuse perception with lack of involvement.Lesson№38Aligning Goals and Tasks as a Strong Direction for Rapid ScalingSee how not knowing is present in business goals and tasks.

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From the Knowledge Base

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Video · Russian audio · Personal development · Jan 22, 2025How to Reach a New Level in LifeWhy this is here · The state of not knowing as a basis for sound decisions instead of the illusion that “everything is known.”

Video · Russian audio · Personal development · Apr 10, 2024Fear as Part of Life: What to Do So It Doesn't Swallow You WholeWhy this is here · Fear of the unknown and the doubt “am I doing the right thing”: where they come from.

Video · Russian audio · Personal development · Jul 27, 2025Spiritual practices without myths: how not to harm yourselfWhy this is here · Modern spiritual practices: where they cause harm and why it is important to understand their foundations.

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Which bundles include the lesson

Lesson bundle · Reality and decisionsStep 2 of 6 · stage “Not knowing”

Perceiving Reality and Making Decisions

Look at your own experience of the absence of certainty.

A question for yourself: What do I do with my own not knowing?

№11 №20 №27 №34 №39 №42 Full bundle →

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