The BEST Questions

"Who are you? Where are you Going? Why are you here? - These are the great questions. Sit with them a while and watch your answers change" [Richard Bach, more or less]

I'm not sure that there are all that many solid answers in life, but I'm pretty confident there are some splendiferous questions.

When we pose these questions - really good questions, along the lines of "who am I" - we are really asking our Self to respond to ourselves. Our inner "higher" Self to speak and remind us of what we need best to know or remember at any given moment. This wonderful space of openness holds all our promises, our purpose, and ultimately the answers to all our questions.

Science shows us that everything is energy. The tables, chairs, walls that we see are all made up of small particles that are moving and fluid and only appear to be solid. The same is true of human beings. Who we are is a manifestation of this energy - and is always connected with the 'other' (ultimate there are no 'others' but that's a different slant on this and the subject of another blog) energy manifestations we share our space with. This connection is very powerful - and if we learn to tune to it and lock into its frequency, we will get glimpses of the answers we are seeking to our current life questions. Sort of like an inner crystal ball.

Then we begin to notice during our waking hours quick intuitive flashes, moments of knowing. We sense the power of these interactions, and we start to look for more openings into this space. Finally, with a little confidence in ourselves and practice - we are able to summon it at will and to be fully present to it. It is the space between our logic and our intuition, our fears and our knowledge, our habits and our triumphs, our questions and our answers. It’s the space between our loneliness and our true love. It is a space of nothingness where everything is possible. Our inner emptiness.

We're all so frightened of emptiness. In the many years I've played church and liturgical music, "quiet" was something to be avoided. My experience with prisons showed me that we will do almost anything to escape from ourselves - music, TV, arguments or creating interpersonal drama. It is, however, only in those empty spaces that we are able to answer our own most profound questions. "Who am I? Where am I going? Why am I here?"

I sometimes think we don't want to know the answers to those kinds of questions because they we will feel responsible for moving in the direction we know we should go. If we knew for certain that we were being led in a particular direction, only a crazy person would move elsewhere. But we're so comfortable where we are. It's all so familiar. The known is such a safe place.

A long time ago, admiring the work of Dr. John Lilly who wrote "Center of the Cyclone; a Diary of Inner Space" (along with "Programming and Meta Programming in the Human BioComputer" which you probably have in your bathroom) I had an experience with an isolation tank. It was a powerful and profound experience, and it changed my experience of silence dramatically. It also reframed my capacity to listen.

Some of us can access this space more readily than others. Writers, artists, musicians, actors, gurus and the like all tap into this space to access the abilities for which they’re celebrated. So do experts in other, less readily accepted fields — psychics, mediums, faith healers, all those who use their “sixth sense” (which is just another name for intuition) to express themselves in the world.

If you were to have a conversation with a reputable individual in one of these fields, and you could listen not with your critical faculties but with your gut instincts, your inner knowing, you wouldn’t be nervous at all. If you’re reading article, you are most likely looking to cut out the middleman and reveal those answers for yourself. Bravo! You won’t be disappointed. Ask, sit back - and be open to the amazing, incredible and constantly evolving answers.