Being reveals its mystery through revealing its truth. By revealing to us more of what it is and how it functions, Being shows us how little we know. It also shows us that the more we know, the more we know how little we know. The journey of inquiry takes us from knowledge to mystery. Our inner guidance reveals to us the truth and richness of our Being, but the more it reveals the truth and richness of our Being, the more we are in touch with the mystery. It is a strange, paradoxical situation: Inquiry reveals to us more and more about our true nature and about reality. However, the more knowledge and understanding we gain through this revelation, the more we approach the depth of our Being, and its essence, which is mystery. – Spacecruiser Inquiry: True Guidance for the Inner Journey, Ch. 5
Although we are talking about what is holy and sacred, what we revere and love, true nature is also us; it is everything. What makes it fun is that even though it is everything, it is nothing. It is none of it and, at the same time, it is all of it. It is you when there is no you. It is you completely. When you realize true nature, you realize that is what you are, but there is nothing and nobody there. So what does it mean, then, that that is what you are? And you are certain you are completely being yourself, and people look at you and say, “This guy is really there,” but your experience is that there is nothing and nobody there.
So the mystery is compounded. This is called mystery to the nth degree. It’s like mystery squared or mystery cubed, but this is to the unending nth degree: mystery upon mystery to no end. And pursuing this mystery keeps adding more certainty—more certainty about what we are and how to live our life. The more we know true nature, the less we know it. The more we know true nature, the more we know our self, the more we know what to do in the world, the more we are certain, the more we are sure-footed—and, at the same time, we realize how much we don’t know. And the mystery bursts with delight and excitement, recognizing that regardless of how much we know, we know very little. – The Alchemy of Freedom: The Philosophers’ Stone and the Secrets of Existence, Ch. 11