On Thu, Feb 20, 2020, 9:20 AM Udhay Shankar N <ud...@pobox.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 20, 2020, 08:24 Venkatesh H R <hrvenkat...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > A recent learning of mine is to keep asking questions until I get the > right > > question through which to frame the problem at hand. So questions. > > > > As a parent of a former 2 year old, I can confirm that it only takes 5-7 > iterations of "why?" (starting from ANYWHERE) to get to "how did the > universe begin?" > I don't know if it's one of those internet laws with the name of someone who's often otherwise unknown, but an observation I've heard goes like this. On Wikipedia if you click the first link on any subject page and keep repeating, then eventually you'll land on the Wikipedia page for philosophy. Apropos internet laws, they no longer seem to get named, at least not since the anonymous meme economy made putting a name to anything on the internet dox-worthy. Questions and answers are subjective. You only ask the questions you decide deserve an answer, and you only take from the answer what your consciousness allows, allowing for unintended consequences of interesting interpretations that never occurred to you. What you leave unasked and unanswered is always grater than any collection of q&a. This is also how the Indian Gods always pull one over the boon seeker. The monkey's paw. I think it's better to leave collecting to the chipmunks. The intellect is only capable of taking in a small sampling of reality. Going beyond, transcending the mind will remove the need to ask questions or seek answers or collect them. This is also how fundamental questions like why are we here are answered... The question simply vanishes because you're no longer an observer, separate from the observed and the observation. You're all in one. Your consciousness merges back into everything, i.e. union or Yoga. Yogas chitta vritti niroda ha - in the union there is a cessation of the mind. Also, GATE GATE PARA GATE PARASAM GATE BODHI SVAHA - transcending, transcending, ultimately transcending, wisdom dawns. >
