The Tension of Opposites
"Not all those who wander are lost..."
- JRR Tolkien
To live fully is not to seek certainty.
It is to develop a relationship with the unknown.
In a culture shaped by the weight of knowledge and information, uncertainty is seen as a problem.
Something to manage. To fix. Or to escape.
But what if the unknown is not a flaw in the system, but a condition of being human?
At Roam Within, we draw on traditions that do not fear uncertainty, but befriend it, including Rinzai Zen, Vedic philosophy, and non-dual contemplative thought. These teachings remind us that:
Truth is often paradoxical
Clarity is not the same as certainty
And presence, when cultivated, can hold the tension of opposites
To live the unknown is not to retreat. It is to stand in what cannot yet be named.
Our work develops the skill of unknowing. Not as a resignation, but as a form of intimacy. We offer practices, texts, and philosophical frames that invite embodied, grounded presence.
