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Recently I have been playing with an idea called ‘The Unthought Known’. While it may be a Pearl Jam song, it’s actually much more—a psychological term that describes our deep connection to intuition and knowing what is authentically true for us. The unthought known is what we know deep in our bones but cannot think, much less speak, because it feels too bizarre, scary, or even dangerous. It’s that recurring tickle of a thought that flirts in and out of our consciousness, but rarely sees the light of day in tangible form. The author Dani Shapiro introduced me to this concept and I found the idea of this truth-hunt fascinating. She was speaking about it in regard to her newest memoir Inheritance where she relates the story of growing up a blonde, blue-eyed Orthodox Jewish girl who never felt like she fit in with her people. It was an ennui she could never shake, until the day she received the results from a 23andme spit test she took as a lark. Shapiro is gobsmacked to learn that her b

Mar 19 Mar 19 The Unthought Known Kim Dannies Spirit Stuff ‘It always comes back to the same necessity—go deep enough and there’s a bedrock of truth, however hard.’ —May Sarton 2021 Recently I have been playing with an idea called ‘The Unthought Known’. While it may be a Pearl Jam song, it’s actually much more—a psychological term that describes our deep connection to intuition and knowing what is authentically true for us. The unthought known is what we know deep in our bones but cannot think, much less speak, because it feels too bizarre, scary, or even dangerous. It’s that recurring tickle

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