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Never Stop Asking Questions
If you want a simple prescription for accessing the field of intelligence, then every morning before you enter into a period of silence or meditation, put your attention on your heart and ask yourself, “Who am I? What do I want?” Ask yourself these questions, and then listen.
The universe is a field of possibilities that is compelled to make choices when you ask questions of it. There’s no need to go looking for answers. The moment you ask these questions, the answers start to appear. In asking these two questions, you invite the field of infinite possibilities to make the choices for you. Just ask, and something will happen. Some clue will start to appear in your life that answers these questions.
The answers may come to you in the form of an insight, an inspiration, a chance encounter, a sudden creative impulse. The answers may come through synchronicity and coincidence, a relationship, a situation, a circumstance, or an event.
Some other questions you can ask yourself are: What is the purpose of my life? What contribution can I make to my family, to my society, to my world? What are my unique talents, and how can I express them in the service of humanity? What brings me peak experiences and joy?
Keep asking questions, and then allow the answers to incubate. This period of incubation allows the cosmic computer, the essence of infinite consciousness and infinite correlation, to compute the infinity of details in the complexity of the situation and give you the right answer.
To experience and practice power from asking questions:
• Spend time in silent communication with your soul.
• Pay attention to the qualities of pure consciousness.
• Never stop asking questions.
Adapted from Power, Freedom, and Grace, by Deepak Chopra (Amber/Allen, 2006)
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add your comment »Mary Walsh, Thank you for your comments.It is easy for us to have hidden adgendas before we ask the questions, huh? I think when we come from the head (thought) we get ego. When we are silent, without desire, Self (Soul, Being) can come through. thank you for your comments.
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From what I understand you do not have to know the answers to "who am I?" and "what do I want?" the answers come to us...if we (our egos) make up some logical answer...it is still only part of the truth and as regards what do I want....in my case that can be totally different tomorrow....we are constantly changing and our world around us too. Therefore creating ready made answers is almost putting limitations on all the posibilities.
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Who am I? What do I want? toughest questions
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Deepak subtly touched on the idea of looking inwards effortlessly.It is possible to attain some success in our endeavor to understand the perplexing questions like identifying with the Maya of life and yet being out of it.
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The right wisdom at the right time Deepak. Thanks. I was looking for direction after a series of events that changed my path and powerful drives towards the spiritual way. It was unclear to me if it was ok to bring questions into meditation but now I see how to integrate them without trying to guide the outcomes.
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Question asking has its merits as well as drawbacks. Surprisingly, when I submitted my contract for graduation during my senior year in college, the dean, who had been one of my instructors commented on my ability to ask good sound questions. However, I am persuaded that some things can be a trite bit rediculous when it comes to questioning, especially when the questions have not been throughly considered.
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That is just beautifull. With your inspiring words, it gets easier every day.
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I HAVE USED THIS TECHNIQUE FOR YEARS AND MOST OF THE TIME IT WORKS BUT SOMETIMES I NEED TO CLARIFY THE QUESTIONS. CONFUSED QUESTIONS IN GETS CONFUSING ANSWERS OUT
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Ask "What are the infinite possibilities of_____________showing up?" And it shows up! It really does! I am so grateful!
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