Working with unknowns is always the dilemma for those cultivating on their
land. Not all unknowns are negative in essence, of course. On Maui, the winter
season brings more rainfall and cooler nights in the upper volcano slope areas.
For small market gardens or for the personal ag land garden project, what to
grow during this season depends on the maturity of the soil and Mother Nature.
One known unknown is the errant visitor who decides to pluck off the fledgling
shoots of seedlings. Creatures, particularly cats and dogs, like to forage for a
place to leave their daily remains. The human form of invasive species could be
considered the most damaging known unknown when living out some type of
inspiration to be "one" with all beings in the living spectrum.
Humans gravitate toward known knowns more than unknowns. My favorite
single-cell plankton meditation is a meditation to embody the condition of being
part of nature's food chain where some life forms are both the original source of
nourishment and hence life for the perpetuation of other life forms. Being at the
bottom of the food chain is about accepting a given known, then allowing the rest
to flow as evolution moves forward in its haphazard way to find its own develop-
ment.
Humans also exert free will based on certain knowns. Exerting free will while
living in the context of unknowns is, in my experience, the most gratifying part
of living the moment in sacred acts of trust in personal, professional and political
choices. As Yukie says, hope is not really necessary when living the moment in
sacred acts of trust.
