You may have many questions about your life, such as "Why me?" or
"Why not?" Not knowing answers to the questions, or, worse, not
even knowing what questions to ask, is the source of human unhappiness. After
all, life is about asking questions and finding answers to the questions asked.
“Am
I happy?” is just one of the many questions you need to ask yourself in the
course of your life and living. Nobody but you have the answer to that question
because it is your life and nobody can live it for you, let alone
giving you the answer to that simple but difficult question.
That
said, one of the objectives of life is to ask and answer as many more questions
as you go along your life journey, thereby instrumental in awakening your
self-enlightenment.
·
Some
of these probing questions you may want to ask may include the following:
·
Who am I?
How would I describe myself?
· What are
my life passions? Why am I passionate about them?
· What are
my achievements in life to date? Am I
proud of them, and why?
· Do I have
a role model in my life? Do I ever wish
I were that role model?
· Do I love
myself? If not, why not?
· At this
point in my life, am I worried about my future?
Life is a journey of self-discovery, a
continuous process of asking thinking questions and seeking self-enlightening
answers from them. Please note that the answer to every thinking question you
ask may change over time, because life is forever changing, and changes are
transformative. The more you ask, the clearer your mind will become, and the
more ready you will be to receive the answers.
Although
asking questions is a self-learning process, do not seek absolute answers from
the questions asked; more importantly, do not seek answers that cannot be given
to you. The most important thing in questions-and-answers is to experience
everything, not just to pursue knowledge. As a matter of fact, knowledge can
help, but it can also hinder. When you only follow what you know, and forget what you feel, you can easily be led down the
wrong path. Extensive
knowledge and logical reasoning may not necessarily compound wisdom.
Live
every question you are going to ask yourself, and live in its presence. Be
patient towards all those questions that you cannot answers. True enlightenment
may dawn on you one day when you find yourself asking no more thinking
questions because you already have all the answers; that is the ultimate
self-enlightenment.
“From
knowing to not knowing,
This is
superior.
From
not knowing to knowing,
This is
sickness.
It is
by being sick of sickness
That
one is not sick.
The
sage is not sick.
Because
he is sick of sickness,
Therefore
he is not sick.”
Tao
Te Ching,
Chapter 71
Enjoy
the process of self-reflecting all the thinking questions you are going to ask
yourself. Without self-reflection, you may exist for other people, and not for
yourself. Now is the time to start asking questions, and putting yourself on
the right path to intuiting wisdom in the art of living well.
This 200-page book on wisdom in living is based on the integration of conventional wisdom, the ancient wisdom of Tao from China, and the spiritual wisdom of the Bible. The art of living well is holistic living with harmony of the body, the mind, and the spirit.
Life is short. Make the best
and the most out of your life. Learn how to use your mind to control your
thoughts to live the life as if everything is
a miracle.
Stephen Lau
Copyright © by Stephen Lau
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