‘Why?’ Questions
The most asked questions are ‘why?’ questions, questions searching for an answer. Thinking about the most asked question ‘why?’, I see that they have a direct impact but ultimately they don’t have real power.
The issue is not whether questions can be answered or not. That there is an explanation for things, that there is a cause for things is one of the most cherished beliefs. ’why?’ questions are searching the answer within our own preferred belief system, with our limited view of an already expected explanation.
The issue is sooner the cause itself. We ask ‘why?’ until we find out that there is a logical explanation within our own preferred belief system. Then we stop the question, apparently satisfied with what we have discovered. Imagine that we broaden our limited vision, broaden the box, If we start thinking outside the box, maybe then we hear the next question, ‘what is the cause of this cause?’. After that question maybe we hear yet again the next question, ‘what is the cause of the cause of this cause?’ etc., etc., there is no end.
In other words, ‘why?’ questions are only powerful within a limited domain. And within a limited domain the problem with accepting the answer of a ‘why?’ question as truth is that truth is an experience.
If you look at Self, then ‘why?’ questions are not powerful. Eventually is Self the cause, Self is the source. It is because it is because that’s what it is.
‘Why?’ questions asked in a limited domain are eventually inadequate or even disappointing. They don’t go to the heart of the matter. Ultimately there is no reason. Things are what they are, or this is what there is, things are just what’s so.
The emperor has no clothes on…. He is wearing absolutely nothing! Things are what they are because that’s the way they are.
There is no reason for writing these essays and they don’t mean anything. I write them because I write them because that is what I do.
I also thought about writing a book with all my essays. There is a lot to say whether I should write a book or whether I should not write a book. I considered writing a book and I considered not writing a book.
Eventually if I write a book I write a book, if I don’t, I don’t.
Life itself is empty and meaningless and it is empty and meaningless that it is empty and meaningless.
I’m Free!