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Questing Inward
Questions can be dangerous. They can take us right to the edge of what is known and comfortable. They can require tremendous courage to ask, because we know that new questions can lead to new ways of perceiving, and new perceptions can lead to new explorations and actions.
Pick any “dangerous” questions you have been avoiding asking yourself and you’ll see what I mean. A question such as, “How do I make my work too small for me?” or “Is my spirit dying in my relationship?” or poet Mary Oliver’s magnificently disturbing, “What is it that you want to do with the one, wild, precious thing called your life?” The asking of such questions often leads to the perilous, growing edge of our minds.
All new thoughts begins with a dangerous question that pries our hearts and minds open and rescues us from the numbness of fear and cynicism. It can return us to a second innocence where we can listen to the truth about what we really feel and wake up.
May you find the courage you need to ask yourself the questions that will free your mind and strengthen your soul.
Adapted from Wide Open, by Dawna Markova (Conari Press, 2008).
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add your comment »I am touched by so many questions of "why am I staying in (a situation) that's bad for me". My scary question becomes how can I reach out and help all the people around me see they're valuable entities - pieces of God, if you will - and they have the Divine right to Love, Love for themselves as well as for others. Am I afraid to Love myself enough to be free in my communications?
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My question is: Should I take the chance that there is life after divorce, that there really is someone out there for me? Or should I stay in a loveless marraige?
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The take action was "take your shoes off and leave them at the door". My question is would it be alright to have a pair of house slippers at the door to put on when I remove my other shoes and if it is alright wouldn't they be contaminated by the out door shoes. How did this turn into being dangerous questions?
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My question is, Who am I? I just really don't know right now.
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My question is will I go to Heaven and how can I be sure? I've heard people say they know, but do they really?
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question of trusting when will all the testing stop and one can just be.
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My Q is... Am I happy like this?
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My question is what is the part of me that I am really afraid to look at or show to the world. I know it's there because when I start writing in my journal trying to see this blind spot I become very sleepy, but what is it & why is it so scary?
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The one question that I'm asking at the moment is How can I really make a difference in this world?
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my question is?..Why are you keeping this man who treats you bad?..I don´t know..
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