Knowing Without Thinking

Latest book I'm reading/attempting to plough through is "Knowing Without Thinking: Mind, Action, Cognition, and the Phenomenon of the Background." edited by Zdravko Radman. Published in 2012. It's not an easy read at all as it assumes that the reader is already very familiar with Philosophy; in particular, Phenomenology. The Big P!

Now I know why philosophers of yore tend to have beards. They fell asleep reading such books by their esteemed colleagues, and when they woke up, years have gone by! Hahaha! My eyes are getting heavier. Need. More. Coffee...

What does "Knowing without Thinking" have to do with learning to play Guqin? Everything and nothing! It may related to pre-Buddhist and pre-Confucian early Chinese thought called Effortless Action 無為.