Sunday, December 14, 2008

Your Only Purpose is to Ask Questions

Does there need to be a agreeable conclusion or any conclusion whatsoever in relation to discussions or thoughts on Truth or God? Does the mind demand answers so much so that continued seemingly infinite questioning impedes that goal and thereby creates psycho-emotional distress? Does our questioning need "go" anywhere?

Can we accept that there are no answers only questions and it is incumbent upon us to ask the questions and, in fact, that may be our only purpose?

Could it be that once you accept or agree on an answer you have impeded your purpose which essentially requires developing and asking more questions?

The drive-to-question seems inherently correlated with our drive to learn and know. Can we ever be comfortable not knowing? I recognize that in the past when i came upon an agreeable conclusion, I immediately felt an 'aha' sense of relief only to have that later expunged leading to a sense of discouragement. Now I tend to have rejection wrapped into my acceptance and i move on with ever greater comfort in the idea that there is no end-point, no conclusion, since the question creates.

Maybe learning is an infinite process with no end. Maybe we can not know god, or anything for that matter, since our purpose is to learn of god and that learning has NO end. You will always learn of truth, since truth has no conclusion.

There is no end, only means. If learning is the point then possibly creativity never ceases but goes on and on ad infinitum. If this be the case then disagreement and nonacceptance may be the driving force of our only purpose.

Therefore, could it be a consciousness in conflict is an evolving consciousness and evolution cannot end? Does acceptance of some theory as truth merely delay evolution?

You can never know god, you can only ever know 'learning-of-god.'

Therefore, asking questions or stating propositions that are disagreeable conforms to learning. The fact is, I could just as easily defend non-dualism and oneness as negate it and many of my older comments on this same topic did just that. Maybe the rules of the game should be changed since it is infinite and there is no finite resolution since that would end the game.

If Divine Mind is infinite, who are we to decide we KNOW what cannot ever be known since the learning has to continue and can never end only be delayed by acceptance.

I don't know, I'm just saying...and saying...and saying...
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2 comments:

  1. Yes! And to assure ourselves that we can continue to progress it is important that we ask ourselves open ended questions, of the sort, 'What is the nature of such and such?' 'What is the purpose of this?' 'Where does this come from?'

    Oftentimes when we find ourselves in a rut, it is because the questions we ask ourselves are closed, with only yes or no responses available. Rather than explore the infinite details of our surroundings, we look at particular things and ask ourselves, 'Is this what I'm looking for?' 'And this?' Then we get bogged down, because what usually follows is an endless stream of noes.
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  2. Crazy Pianist,

    I agree that open-ended questions will fuel the drive-to-question and the need to learn that motivates us.

    The 'yes/no' answer seems to mean that the questioning should cease, and many tend to live based on such 'conclusions.'

    Spirituality could be compared to a science, but only from an intrinsic experiential perspective. We all need to sink within and find that Deep Spirit.

    Problem is there can never be only a 'finding' but simply a continuing to learn and learn, on ad infinitum. There is NO end to it and we should never be resigned to 'conclusions.'

    Thanks for great comment!!
    mikeS
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