Daily Signet

The place called the “cloud of unknowing” is just a variation of the altar of Yin. It describes the place of a generative Yin—a place not unlike the womb or the tomb with its dark, formative walls. This place of unknowing is a generative place of Yin where one remains in the darkness as long as must be. For if we are ever to feel the Ineffable or to see the Ineffable, it will necessarily be within this cloud and within this darkness and, I add, upon this Yin. To know the Ineffable, we must first be unknown. This unknowing is to be a recurring visit to the altar, be that altar what we call death or birth or the cloud of unknowing, our longing should bring us to the place where we are unknown and where our essence is given new substance by the flames.

Benjamin Martin