From, "Two Essays," by Michel de Salzmann, a psychiatrist and a spiritual teacher revered within the Gurdjieff tradition.
SEED QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION: How do you relate to the notion that our responsibility is to inquire into the meaning of our being? Can you share a personal story of a time when you felt free enough to question yourself while answering? How has questioning helped you in your life?
Well of course you lead to an essential question. What is aware at our essence and does it need to be attentive? Do we need to stay still or are we beyond the need to be stillness or not still? Unbound from that. And is attention a human quality and not one of Being? Is Being attention? Or is attention just Being manifestedf thru the human mind? I thank you for the artilce it is refreshing.
OMG , Don’t worry . Be happy, Accept the maze in your head.
We have the ability, not obligation, to respond to our being by inquiring into its meaning. Though I don't agree with Socrates that the unexamined life is not worth living, I definitely think it's worthwhile to inquire into the meaning of our being. I usually feel free enough to question myself while answering. I usually even enjoy it. My most significant questions have only partial answers at best and trigger more questions, which I'm fine with. My answers aren't complete but they become fuller over time. Rilke said to love the questions, live the questions, and live into the answers, and I've become more that way over time. Questioning has helped me in my life by feeding my hunger for knowing and providing meaning, fascination, satisfaction, and growth.