How to Ask a Question Without Words
Geez, I forgot to mention one of the coolest things that led me to investigating non-verbal inquiry.
A couple of years ago, I started noticing that there were times when I was asking a question in myself, or interested in something, or curious, or simply in a state of open awareness – and a process of revelation and understanding happened that did not require me to put the question into words.
I think the first time this happened something had caught my attention and I just wanted to know more about it and – shazam! – things started unfolding. After this happened a time or two, I began to notice that in each of these instances, there was a familiar sense in my body and consciousness.
As I pondered this, an image came to me of a dog cocking it’s head – like it is curious about something. As I explored further, what I noticed was this inner orientation or posturing contained 3 main elements – Not Knowing, Curiosity and Openness.
But these elements on their own did not seem to initiate the process of nonverbal inquiry. An actual movement in my soul or consciousness was required to set things in motion – I had to cock my head (so to speak – just like that curious dog).
As I played with this, I found that I could literally look at anything (or not) and move into a space that just started things happening.
When I engage in this type of inquiry, there is often no goal or direct answer to anything in particular I am seeking. Quite often the experience is more like a meditative falling through the rabbit hole. When I return to my other sense of myself, I feel like I have seen things or been shaped by the experience and that somehow I have changed.
Right now, I am curious about cocking my head and walking down the street or driving down the freeway to see what it might be like to move in the world while doing some non-verbal inquiry.
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