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Don’t Look for Answers – Find the Questions
by Zen Gardner
Researching the internet for information has taught me so many things. First of all, explore. Remain open and take the time to follow your heart and the leads and little nudges you’re given.
I know I’m preaching to much of the choir here, but these basic principles have such a wealth of wisdom to be gleaned.
We also soon find out the deeper one gets in the labyrinth of rabbitholelandia, the lonelier it appears to become. It isn’t really in the cosmic sense, but we become estranged to our previous ways of thinking and quickly realize our very lives are about to be drastically changed when we truly adopt the new Truths that are becoming increasingly apparent.
Baby AND the Bathwater – Out They Go!
And estranged we become. Thankfully. The first period of a genuine awakening is the most difficult for most since everything, as in everything, gets reset. There’s really nothing to hold on to from your past or previous conceptions of anything if you’ve had a bonafide wake up. Oh, there are ideas and some concepts that seem to endure from tidbits learned along the way, but it’s not the same.
Everything takes on a new living, continually changing, wonderfully creative amorphous nature.
Quantum physics has one of the best explanations if you want to try to rationalize the experience of awakening to consciousness. We’re living in a land of probabilities and nothing exists except in our minds when we aim our attention in some direction. Then it theoretically “exists”. But it’s just probabilities in a bunch of empty, yet energized space, coagulated by thought and intention within the perceiver.
That clear enough? Ha!
We Really Don’t Know – Do We Even Need To?
If we look for some catch-all solution or theory of everything it can lead to a lot of frustration. Not to say it isn’t worth the pursuit, but the pursuit is ultimately the end in itself.
Besides trying to fit the ocean in a tea cup and various other apt analogies, we simply will never grasp infinity with a finite mind. Quantum physics has pretty much put Newtonian and empirical science on its head, or better yet, blew it out of the building.
And yet again, what building?
They are all constructs is my point. Some apparently are group imposed like Jung’s archetypes that float in the collective subconscious like blipping inter-dimensional star ships or something, and some are like morphing ephemeral gossamer wafting through the ether as in societal trends and fashions.
We don’t know, but we have these conscious impressions. Which, ironically, are way closer to reality than anything you can touch or feel.
The beauty of it all is that our pursuit drives us to the end of the finite mind and into the infinite–our true observing yet indwelling consciousness and connectivity to each other and everything in the Universe. And that very hunger that drives us to find that resource and manifest it is what should direct our daily lives. Because that is where all of society’s and mankind’s solutions already exist.
Once we operate in that conscious awareness and the allowing of Love and Truth to express, everything else will follow.
It’s in the Going, not the Arriving
This is a bit of an aside, but as the mind’s questions and hunger for knowledge start to get satisfied and the false construct that has been foisted upon humanity gets exposed, a tremendous peace and assurance sets in. Somehow you know all is well and as it should be. Yet you also have free choice as we keep on living within this dimension where we find ourselves within these vehicles called bodies we’re automating around.
I know, very sci-fi.
Once you find out about the wonder of it all, the temptation is to just sit back and groove on it. Yet there’s this war going on around us. Not only this fear and scarcity based prodding to constantly worry about our survival, but nasty beings have somehow positioned themselves in places of power and are abusing the vast masses of other beings here on this planet.
Herein is the dilemma. What do we do about it? What can we do about it?
And that’s for each individual to find out based on their new found connectivity with consciousness. And to act on it.
“Cowardice asks the question, “Is it safe?” Expediency asks the question, “Is it politic?” And Vanity comes along and asks the question, “Is it popular?” But Conscience asks the question “Is it right?” And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must do it because Conscience tells him it is right.” – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Nicely summarized, wouldn’t you say? Respond.
You Have to Ask the Right Questions
As we’re seeing here, any so-called answers that may be out there are going to be fluid, adaptable, often seemingly nonsensical, and constantly changing.
In spite of a world built primarily on rational confinement, the answer’s the same.
You really can’t nail jello to a tree.
But man, asking the right questions will keep you putt-putting down the path to greater truth, love and freedom like nothing else! People ask me how I find all these cool, apt illustrations for my articles. It’s all in the search question. And sometimes I’ll spend more time looking for the right illustrations than I will on the text!
You know why?
As many of you have found out, research is all about using the right key words, especially now with CIA/Google screwing with the search algorithms or whatever the hell they’re doing lately. It used to be easier to get to the information but they’ve screwed with it to make it more difficult. I like to use Startpage but they use Google anyway for images.
Secondly, when searching you run into so many amazing articles and cool blogs! If you use the images feature things will come up that catch your attention and off you go down the rabbit hole sometimes for hours! I end up with so many tabs open I’ll almost crash my computer!
It’s so much fun!
Ask the Right Questions and Outcomes Lose their Importance.
Being aware enough to ask the right questions is a big leap in consciousness. It has a lot to do with questioning everything. That requires detachment from emotional or otherwise over-involvement in your surroundings.
Takes some doing, but it’s primarily about commitment.
Many people can’t afford to stand back from the worlds of influences around them. They’re employed by manipulative people with whom they have direct dependencies. Or they’ve submitted to a societal network of some branded form of interacting they can’t get free from, such as circles of friends with similar likes and dislikes, or family with strong cultural and/or religious ties, etc.
Breaking free from that is no easy task. But that’s only true if you value those connections more than your connection to conscious truth.
Therein lies the rub.
You very often can’t have both. You can live peaceably with the unenlightened but you can’t do it for long. You have to establish a conscious living lifestyle, and let the chips fall where they may. It’s a decision everyone faces at many levels all the time. For the real Truth researcher, it is extremely profound with vast implications, and which we absolutely revel in.
It strengthens you.
I’ve sold almost everything I own. I live simply and frugally as best I can. Most of all, I dedicate my time to what I love. And that is the pursuit and propagation of Truth spoken in Love.
It’s almost like a leaky boat in reverse. I want to punch holes in the false paradigm around us and let the vast waters of Truth flood into this arid wasteland inside their lying matrix as fast as I can. And helping others question what they’ve been handed from any and every source, including me or anyone, is a healthy pursuit for a healthy, conscious humanity.
Don’t Be Attached to the Outcome
Big tip to help anyone stay conscious. Follows from the above.
Don’t be attached to the outcome. This can be anything from a simple planned activity to attempting to achieve some lifelong accomplishment. It could be the most limiting and debilitating thing anyone can do to their life.
Society operates totally on this one-track mindset of setting goals and making everything fit to obtain that goal. Besides that, they’ll sell you their goals!
This type of thinking is like putting cats in a box. It’s idiotic.
Goals should be very temporary, very fluid. How are we going to follow life’s signs or let synchronicity lead us into its magical realm of wonder if we’re set in our ways? There’s no room to get in. It’s like people fuming at the stop light instead of grooving on the sights around them. How often do we all fall for this “hurry, push, push, don’t think” insanity of the world around us?
It’s designed to distract and keep everyone distracted and operating in tension in the micro world of limited mind.
Cut Loose and Stay Free!
Let things pass. Cut your ties with energy wasters. Free your time to live and love and learn. Watch what occupies your mind and heart during any day. How much is worry, playing “what if” games, or spending time on regrets or longings for stuff of any sort?
Get free. Do what you can do and watch the Universe/God/Source/Chi or whatever floats your boat kick into action! But you gotta make some commitments with action. Pare down your life to the essentials. Get away from mass media, wrong food addictions, and other energy vampires.
Just do it. One thing will lead to another. Get serious about your desire for Truth and Love in your life.
Universe responds. Because it is, always has been, and always will be! In fact, time is another illusion, but that’s for another “time”….ha!
Ah, Universe! Now that’s all the “Universe-ity” humanity needs!
Have a great continual moment!
Love always, Zen
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Some questions are so big your mind can’t hold them. Those are the kind I love. They are frightening & humbling & leave you with nothing but wonder
Thank you for writing this just for ME. It’s a down down day and I’ve lost trust. Living in truth-land is a lonely place. I’m tired. I’m ready for the universe to respond!
Sand
Hey Sand I love your comment best of all. Living in truth-land is a lonely place. You got that right. I also know the further you get in truth-land you will encounter the nasty beings Zen tells you about. They will throw up blockades. No matter how rough the blockades confront you do not give up.
Shirley. You’re right and I totally agree. Those little fart-hammers have set up plenty of blockades. The last few weeks – no, the last two years – have been really rough, but my “encounters” of the nasty ones have been ridiculous as of late – coming from strangers and family members. It’s good to know others “get it” because, as I said, it’s lonely. Thanks Shirley.
Love all around,
Sand
nice article
Indeed Zen.
Know Thy Self has been time-less-ly asked for the very reasons laid out by you. Once you know who “you” is, then it all un-folds. Or en-folds.
Vivek
As always, very perceptive. Still… Sometimes the answers do arrive with vigor and clarity. As in… I asked what would solve the problems I see in the universe. For 50 years I kept feeling that the solution was relatively simple and all-encompassing. Yet for most of those 50 years it eluded Me.
I studied many things, assigning not “true/false” assessments on things I found, but probabilities of being true vs. false, adjusting as I gathered additional data. A very different picture (and response to things) emerges when One does this over the “true/false” assessment.
It leaves One open to possibilities and does not leave One with a knee-jerk response to new data, automatically tossing them in the “true” pile or the “false” pile based on previous assessments made. What emerges this way is NOT the Disneyfied picture but one of Beings out to manipulate Us into believing such fantasy.
And so, the answer did arrive to Me, after nearly those 50 years, and I combined it, distilled it, honed it and presented it in My piece, The End of Entropy (found here: http://bit.ly/I5TriH ). I must say… It’s nice when the answers arrive.
And so now, I embark with a new question: how can I spread awareness of this answer to the tipping point? Working hard on achieving that as I type.
Thank You, Zen, for being here and sharing.
Thanks Zen, for a very perceptive article (as always). I very much identified with what you said and, if I had your way with words, I could have written it from my own heart and experience!
Please keep these wonderful articles coming – you are able to express what I know to be true.
Love, Light, peace and healing
Messenger Spirit
Sometimes it feels like the collective consciousness is purposefully using your prose to correlate that which I can not articulate. Truly amazing and well worth the sometimes several hours of pondering your posts seem to require. It opens the thought process that leads to more insights about myself and the universe. Whether I want to go there or not. Appreciate your words no end Zen, thank you.
Insatiable curiousity is such a blessing along with being as stubborn as a mule, when it comes to finding answers to those sometimes impossible questions. Is it not said,”It is not about the destination, it is all about the journey”.
Yep, sometimes have the impression I get answers from the uni and don’t get the wisdom out of it until I learn the question. 42!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrases_from_The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy#Answer_to_the_Ultimate_Question_of_Life.2C_the_Universe.2C_and_Everything_.2842.29
How good would it be if only another 10% of humanity could read, understand and spread what you have written! Awakened life is incredible. It hurts me to watch so many humans wasting precious “time” by choosing to stay “safe” in their programmed prison of fear.
Thank you for putting it all into such poetic visible words and images!
so true! Years ago, I told my brother (and I don’t know how I knew, but it was true) “you can have anything you wish for as long as you are specific”
Quantum physics and our ability to shape our world has always been a fascination. The question lies in how much confidence we have in that reality. Are we convincing ourselves, or remembering? Mainstream media and family and friends will convince us that we are living in fantasy. Alone for a moment, sychronicity and truely strange peripherial phenomena happens, How do you explain that to someone you love, that is not quite in the same place?
Thank you Zen for the inspiration and reassurance.
Start with: I THINK, therefore I AM
THEN, UNDERSTAND THE REAL CONCEPTS (link language symbology to measurable reality) by ASKING
What am I, what do I NEED (acquire BEFORE wants), what is the chessboard, what are the rules?
What is winning? What is Losing? How to differentiate?
Start HERE:
http://www.nazisociopaths.org/modules/article/view.article.php/c6/9
Only THEN, will you KNOW. and be able to navigate life.
ah Zen u always know what to say, I feel all these things I cant often put into words, I come to this site and there they are x
It’s nice to know there are so many people out there that think the way I do or as you yourself would, truth is… and asking the right questions can make all the difference in perception. It keeps getting more interesting all the “time”. Thanks for that Zen well said.
Excellent post Zen!
Keep up the amazing work!
Amazing words, I hope everything is soon revealed,
I really needed this wisdom. Thanks for sharing how research works for you.
Kudos Zen
We don’t know what we don’t know.
Right on Zen – WRITE ON!
Respectfully, Yoda@magnifiedview.com
http://www.magnifiedview.com/2010/09/17/yodas-little-known-tactics-to-avoid-being-a-target/
Awareness is one thing, but when you’re an inmate of this cruel prison system you have got to live by it’s rules. Especially if you’ve got a family to support. I am awake and searching for ways to combat what is being done to us while having to play along in their world just to stay alive.So many talk about knowing but I see very little doing. Are we all just waiting for a leader to start the ball rolling? Because if we are, it only leads to this same place eventually.
Doing? Try this:
http://www.nazisociopaths.org/modules/article/view.article.php/c8/42
Dialogue/talk solves nothing. This is that world of questions and answers. Truth cannot be found by argumentation because it often lies in the unknown….and therefore cannot enter into argumentation.The wordless world of ideas (causal) is where one should be anchored. Ideas are the blueprint for the matrix reality. Surfing the causal world leads to knowing….beyond anything that questions and their answers can supply. There, ideas link to and flow with each other without regard to boundaries and definitions entailed in the forming of questions and answers. It all evolves from reading and trying to understand (contemplation). Research is what leads to this. The search for truth leads to truth but don’t program yourself with nonsense from religion or other expert. While on this point, eyeball-reading is not intuition. One is satanic programming(from the Occult Elite demons) and the other is a flow from the causal word.
As usual inspiring and thought-provoking, and with the right questions among the ‘thoughts’ maybe even heart-warming.
The translation of the Socratic statement was slightly incorrect. The ‘slightly ‘part is the key. Must be in the translation, no malice intended, I trust, although much malice could result from the misquote.
When the Oracle at Delphi announces Socrates as ‘the wisest among the Greeks’, he replies with a question: ‘ How strange , the only thing that I am sure of that I know is that i do not know.’ The ‘nothing’ part of the quote would make the whole statement a logical incongruency. A closed-loop of remaining in ignorance.
Part of the first step along the Socratic (platonic) path of questioning until the correct nswer is reached , which if it is indeed a correct answer, by its very virtue, will generate another more inclusive question, and so on.
Affirming ‘nothingness’ is a dead-end .
Be well.
Love
Richard
Nice post.
It is not WHAT is going to happen.
It is HOW we meet that happening.
For our highest level to emerge, we need to ASK ourselves what our most intimate and personal values are.
Write, today, right now, your own personal code of ethics for yourself, by yourself.
THOSE are the questions and answers we must face as we lie on our own death beds. To what end did we take the actions we did. If those actions have no moral, spiritual and ethical foundations within us as people, then we are no more and no less equal to the sociopathic powers that be that just simply DO without thinking.
Just finished a post on this on my website.
Thanks for sharing, Zen. The more we explore, the more whole we become with ourselves and each other.
peace and light to one and all
Hi! I’m sure that you have heard this about 100,000 times but you are a great blogger! And I’m not trying to kiss ass…honest. Humor, relevance, truth, sarcasm and short paragraphs that open up the text. Thank God! I was beginning to think I should maybe conform to…I don’t know…lack of backbone. Thanks for reminding me. You have an awesome blog! Spiritual-minded people don’t typically know how to be goofballs and poke fun at it all…
Thank you!!!
In Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow: “As long as they’ve got you asking the wrong questions, they don’t have to worry about the answers.” (prm his “proverbs for paranoids”)
You’ve nailed it.
Pynchon quote correction: “If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don’t have to worry about answers.”
Which says more about the proactive role of psy-ops, disinformation, etc.
So where do you get all those pictures?
One of your more lucid posts.
Beautiful.
I and myself have recently stumbled across an Indian man who heralds for the Sun.
If you would afford 50 minutes of your time, I think this may add a piece or two, to the whole puzzle. If you like it, there is a second part.
There is more than meets the eye, literally.
Part 1 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlCJPxxKoaY
Part 2 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfCU_VCvc9k
Hope this opens new doors.