This Week’s Focus

Scorpio and the Land of I Don’t Know
Issue 43 Volume 8 27 October 2025

In the land of I know, there is always competitiveness, jealousy, pretence, pride, and arrogance. It is an aggressive realm — the realm of the ego. I say refuse citizenship. In the land of I don’t know, the inhabitants move without conflict and are naturally quiet, happy, and peaceful. The wise stay here.

~ Mooji, Jamaican spiritual teacher based in the UK and Portugal; disciple of Papaji

Image Credit: Havana House, UK

Dear wonderful neighbour and fellow traveller;

Do I know? Do you know? Does anyone know? 🤔

Scorpio is the mysterious 8th sign of the zodiac, a sign that spans the spectrum of human experience. On the one hand, the 8th house represents Karma’s hammer which can pound into oblivion a person’s dreams and hopes in a heartbeat. On the other hand, it offers experiences so profound even Death becomes a loyal servant, though it takes courage to fully grasp its mysteries.

Like the 8th house in astrology, Scorpio is associated with death and disease, but it is also the bestower of the awakened life, life that transcends the normal boundaries, both physical and psychological. To experience its depth, however, requires us to show up on the battlefield in our own mind and fight the fight that must be fought. This takes courage, but of a different kind than the soldier who stands his ground in the middle of war’s chaos. This courage is humility’s friend and awakens when we enter the land of I Don’t Know.

I don’t know; three simple words that are so seldom heard, yet, when we embrace the intent behind their meaning, we open a door to something greater than all the books in all the libraries of the world: knowing. Knowing is stronger than faith, more real than hope, and more profoundly exhilarating than knowledge. Paradoxically, knowing can only arise when we enter the land of I Don’t Know.

I once attended a mysterious 3-day course which took place in the late hours of the night in the Catskills of New York at the ashram of my guru. The Fire Course was an 8th house kind of course. About two hundred participants were positioned in concentric circles around seven large fire pits which provided the only light other than the stars above. Even the Moon had given way to the penetrating stillness of the night where the fire served to reflect back to each of us our worst fears — and our greatest attributes.

For several hours, a mysterious voice called out a name and asked that person to “Stand and face the fire!” A microphone was thrust into their hand and in front of all the others, they were asked to answer a question on the spiritual process. These were not easy questions to answer, many from centuries old sacred texts. It was the classic guru-disciple teaching paradigm at the heart of spiritual traditions across the globe, but this one unfolded in front of hundreds of one’s peers. There was no place to hide.

No one knew if their name would be called which added to the suspense and intrigue of the night. For those petrified, just the wait was a revealing exercise whether they were called or not. Even those wanting to be asked soon discovered if their desire was pure or tainted by ego.

As it so happened, my name was called. Facing the fire, mic in hand, I had absolutely no idea what the answer was — my mind was a complete blank which turned out to be a blessing. As I gazed intently into the fire, I remembered the guru telling us weeks before that if we surrendered to Love when faced with the unknown, any answer was the right answer. In that moment of intensity, standing in the silence of the night, I discovered a drop of sweetness deep inside. Sure enough, when I drew my attention to it, it became a wellspring of Love. I had no answer save to embrace this Love, but that answer was the perfect one.

I don’t know… three of the loveliest words you will hear from a sincere seeker of truth whether they seek answers in the mundane or the profound. It matters not if you hear it at a spiritual retreat or in the middle of a podcast on politics and religion, these words invite grace for grace is fuelled by humility when I don’t know is offered with a pure heart.

Do not wait for the 8th house karma to pound you into submission. Sooner or later it will, for the personality to which we cling is not the answer nor are the “my truths’ we hang on the wall of our mind next to our diplomas and certificates. This is not a position of weakness, on the contrary, you will find that Life seeks you out like a loyal dog who only wants to please the master.

When we sincerely embrace I don’t know, we are telling God we are an open door through which He can think and act through us. In essence, I don’t know is a profound spiritual state of willingness that is simply open to what is. This month, let Scorpio be your friend and remove any opinion about anything. Instead, simply look at things like a scientist looks at a strain of bacteria in a Petri dish. With practice, you will discover that Love is there to greet you every time and just like someone once said, “Love IS the answer.”

🤗

Warm thoughts and many blessings,

David 🙏🏻
astrologyofjoy.com

Happy Halloween!

Instead of pumpkin pie, how about some food for thought?

One of my favourite short stories in secondary school was The Monkey’s Paw by W. W. Jacobs (1863—1943), an English author known mostly for this story. It tells how a family comes across a monkey’s paw that is said to grant three wishes. Though skeptical, the father asks for more money, so the next day he receives a company compensation when his son is killed at the factory. A few weeks later, in a state of desperation, the mother takes the monkey’s paw and wishes for her son to come back. When she and her husband soon hear something coming up the steps, the man realises that what is approaching their room will not be the son as they knew himbut a monstrosity from the grave, so he quickly grabs the paw and wishes for the son to be gone. It works.

What is the difference between intent and intention? The short answer is that one leads to salvation while the other “paves the way to hell.” Many a good-hearted person lives their life from a place of good intentions; they sincerely strive to make the world a better place. Yet, too often, their intentions make matters worse. Have you experienced this? Most of us have.

Intentions, good or bad, arise from the field of past impressions accumulated through countless lives, including this one. This field of impressions is where we derive our personality, an illusion based upon our past fears and concerns, our hopes and dreams How can anything based upon what is so illusory ever achieve the results we seek?

Certainly, our intentions may happen to match with ‘good’ results, but who is the judge?

Sadhguru speaks about “misplaced compassion.” He shares the story of how as a young man, he saw a bull being shoed, the process of nailing iron ‘bullshoes’ onto the bull’s hooves to protect them. The bull looked to be in pain during the shoeing which made a lasting impact upon Sadhguru. Later, when he had his own farm and his bulls needed new shoes, he refused though he was warned it was not good. Within a few months of working the farm, the bull’s hooves were cracked and split causing the bulls to become lame. As Sadhguru said, what could have been just 30 minutes of pain (during the initial shoeing), became months of agony for them because of his choice to forego the shoeing process. Though his concern was real, his compassion was misplaced.

As the man said, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Halloween Special! Do you have the courage to open the door to your 8th House? Don’t worry. It’s not a house of horrors; it’s just your karmic past saying, “Feed me!” This month, let’s look deeply at your 8th house, your hidden fears and what you can do to slay your inner demons. Knowledge is power!! Online special £49/hr.

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