Knowledge Object KO-005 · Mind & Inquiry
Question
Now turn the lens on you.
Bring one recurring situation to mind — something that keeps producing the same inner sentence.
Nothing you write here is stored anywhere but your own device.
Transform
Before
I keep looking for a better answer.
Aha
The question I keep asking has already decided what kind of answer is allowed.
After
I treat my questions as instruments, and I check what they are pointed at.
A question that leaves room to be surprised is rarer, and more useful, than a question that feels good.
One last question
BEFORE SEARCHING FOR A BETTER ANSWER, SHOULD YOU EXAMINE THE QUESTION?
This object does not answer that. The question is the instrument, and the instrument is what is being examined.