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I would not be telling the truth if I said I know absolutely nothing. That would be saying I have no memory through which my mind has to interpret my experience to underrstand stuff which of cause is rubbish.
Certainly.
However, It may not be what you know as much as the value you apply to what you know. You may still know alot, but if you come to the conclusion that everything you know has no value, it is the same as knowing nothing at all. Essentially this is a reverse denial, and in denying value to all the conditioned content, you may then come upon knowledge that is valuable and not contingent on what the world has taught as "truth." But you can't come upon that by 'knowing' anything, particularly anything you've been taught to know
Every experience I've ever had has influenced my perception of any experience following. Which will always be a barrier to grasping spiritual truth if the spiritual realm and the sensual realm are mutually exclusive.
Yet, if the ego finds NO value in what it 'knows,' (even the idea of spiritual and sensual exclusivity) than it may be at a loss to predict and prepare for the same experiences it encountered in the past, thereby, completely altering what and how you experience.
This is called enlightenment by "Surprise," since the ego cannot predict or prepare for how it will occur or what will be experienced, simply because it can never 'know.'