Explore with questions

Explore with questions

"The word ‘question’ is derived from the Latin ‘quarrier’ (to seek) which is also the root of ‘quest.’ A creative life is a continued quest, and good questions can be very useful guides. Most useful are open-ended questions; they allow for fresh unanticipated answers to reveal themselves."

-- Source Unknown

Questions hold the power to draw out answers that surprise us. If we are on an inner journey to greater self-knowledge, we must seek to understand unfamiliar parts of ourselves. The most enlightening answers are released by our subconscious minds or by our intuition. Use questions frequently to go exploring.

Try these out:

- What qualities do you find most attractive in others? How do you exhibit those same qualities?
- What is your greatest fear? Why do you fear that?
- What message is your body trying to get through to you?

"If we would have new knowledge, we must get a whole world of new questions."

-- Susanne K. Langer

"You don't want a million answers as much as you want a few forever questions."

-- Richard Bach

Doesn't it annoy you when your questions lead to no real answer but only more questions? And yet this in itself is a valuable learning tool. It lets us explore things deeper. If there's one thing that I value from childhood, it is that I have carried with me the curiosity I had then and the ability to ask questions. Sometimes these questions are mere thoughts in my head that are never spoken but they explore existence. Curiosity is like going on a magical quest for me. There are riddles unsolved and treasures of knowledge yet to be discovered. Questions are the key to the open the chest containing them. Life is so much richer when you ask questions and adopt an inquiring mind.