I think the strip expresses very well why I disliked my formal education. The examination focus seemed very strongly on teachers asking questions, and students having to produce answers. The opposite would have been far more engaging to me. If the focus of my school year had been to find great questions, I think it would have taken a lot more digging and discovery.
Cheerio, Ashim Design & Build The Random Lines www.therandomlines.com On Thu, 20 Feb 2020 at 10:58, Kavita ATD <kav...@avocadotreedigital.com> wrote: > very well said @Srini...it stopped me in my daily routine while I read it a > few times. I didn't even have a question, but it answered something else. > > On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 10:16 AM Srini RamaKrishnan <che...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > 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. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > *Kavita Jhunjhunwala* > *Digital Lead & Founder* > *Avocado Tree Digital Pte Ltd * > *www.avocadotreedigital.com <http://www.avocadotreedigital.com> * > > > Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/avocadotreedigital> LinkedIn > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/16185428/> > > > *SG: +65 8499 7403 * > *IND:+91 99868 77769 * >
