{"id":15524,"date":"2015-12-21T13:22:06","date_gmt":"2015-12-21T18:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=15524"},"modified":"2015-12-21T13:22:32","modified_gmt":"2015-12-21T18:22:32","slug":"compelling-reasons-why-the-only-answer-is-to-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=15524","title":{"rendered":"Compelling Reasons Why the Only Answer is to Question"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wakingtimes.com\/2015\/12\/14\/4-compelling-reasons-why-the-only-answer-is-to-question\/\" target=\"_blank\">COMPELLING REASONS WHY THE ONLY ANSWER IS TO QUESTION<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"entry-meta\">\u201cHe who does not answer the questions has passed the test.\u201d\u00a0\u2013<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0805210555\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0805210555&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=wakitime09-20&amp;linkId=7HM462DX5KWWSTC2\">Franz Kafka<\/a><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>What is the meaning of life? Better yet: what is the reason for discovering a meaning of life? Do we really need an answer? How far can I get into this without making a statement? Can any of these questions be answered? Perhaps (that answers the fourth question at least), but perhaps not.<span id=\"more-13767\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The best answer I\u2019ve discovered for the first question is this: Whatever you want your life to mean. Which begs another question: are answers as important as we give them credit for? Perhaps, but I think not.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the thing: if we rely too much on answers, we have a tendency to give up our search for better answers, let alone for better questions. When it comes down to it, everything can be questioned. Even the most certain things can be questioned. Like our own existence, for example. It\u2019s highly probable that you exist, after all, you are reading this. Likewise, it\u2019s highly probable that I exist, after all, I am writing this. But even as certain as we are in answering \u201cyes\u201d to the question \u201cdo I exist?\u201d there\u2019s no reason why we should completely rely on that answer. After all, there may be much more to this whole \u201cexistence\u201d thing than even we know. And it will be through questions \u2013not answers\u2013 that we will discover how deep the rabbit hole really goes.<\/p>\n<p>Answers are fine as long as were using them as stepping-stones toward better questions. The problem is we too often use them as security blankets or buttressed comfort zones, and our journey comes to an anticlimactic and contented end. But there\u2019s too much at stake to allow that to happen: self-individuation, self-emancipation, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wakingtimes.com\/2015\/06\/03\/5-signs-that-youre-outgrowing-yourself\/\" target=\"_blank\">self-actualization<\/a>, to name a few.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COMPELLING REASONS WHY THE ONLY ANSWER IS TO QUESTION \u201cHe who does not answer the questions has passed the test.\u201d\u00a0\u2013Franz Kafka What is the meaning of life? Better yet: what is the reason for discovering a meaning of life? Do we really need an answer? 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