[ Shiranai Koto ] ───► [ The Epiphany ] ───► [ Shiritai Koto ] (What we don't (Awareness of (The Active Goal know) the gap) to Learn)
Shiranai koto (I don’t know you).
Examples from my own practice:
Curiosity, in the West, often feels like a tool. We are curious in order to succeed, innovate, or impress. Shiranai koto, shiritai koto has no goal beyond itself. It is curiosity as a way of being, not a means to an end. shiranai koto shiritai koto
The negative form of the verb shiru (知る), meaning "to know." It explicitly designates a gap in knowledge or a state of unfamiliarity. [ Shiranai Koto ] ───► [ The Epiphany