To Ask

To ask:

to ask why - this is an inquiry of infinite regress, asked by every child in innocence. There is no ultimate answer to this question, not one that satisfies our intent for asking. Science tends not to deal with this line of thought, it offers specifics as to how, but asking why is too ineffable perhaps. Religion simplifies matters with the declaration of God's intent. This makes it hard to argue, but again proves to leave us without the deep satisfaction only an answer that resonates provides. 

the inquiry is why - and this is asked of anything, any life event, purpose, or phenomenon. Why am I? And asking further, why of all possibilities, am I here at all? That's what we're asking. It's less traditional than the common inquiry found in many non-dual traditions. It has the curiosity of our childhood questions, and we now have the patience of our own authority to ask until we're satisfied. 

this isn't asked to find our purpose in life, it's not meant to provide answers that clarify a path for us to follow. The question should leave us perplexed, yet full of wonder and gratitude that we've somehow gained appearance in this world. What we find through this regress is that every answer has a further why, and further still until we come to the stillness that every inquiry provides - there is no ultimate answer, no truth as to why we're here. 

we simply are.

asking, again and again - we come to resonate with the silent answer found. It's here, that gratitude begins, an honest gratefulness of being, no conditions attached to arrival or stay. We have no idea why we are here, what, if any, purpose we may serve. We're free of philosophies. 

we're free. 

with this, we give our lives the meaning it deserves - and that's only one of possibilities. Meaning isn't assigned, there's no karmic load to carry. We know there isn't an answer as to why we're here, we're a spontaneous appearance, a gift that simply arrived without asking. We're here because we are. To ask why no longer matters. 

to be - is without meaning. 

and with this we're free...to be exactly what we are. 

~

Peace, Eric