Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, the manifest, and knowing

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It was only the fruit from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil which man was not allowed to eat. We can also find immense epicurean satisfaction from the limbs, the trunk, the leaves, and the roots. Nourishing and satisfying enough are these that we might not even long for the apple. Go ahead then and eat. Just leave the goddamn fruit alone.

It is only when the manifest is released and allowed to be what it is, with no desire, rejection, or ambition towards it, that the Self is released from the hold of the Form.

Do not seek to know, do not seek to not know. Do not know what seeking is. Do not know what knowing is. Do not know, do not not‑know. You must do what you do without knowing why you do it. And you must not know why you do not know why.

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These fragments are taken from unpublished writings by Jack Haas, selected from the notebooks 1990-2005.