The fallacy of \u201cwhy\u201d questions has been discussed frequently throughout the website. It is said that you can only answer a \u201cwhy\u201d question with another \u201cwhy\u201d, such as: Why does it get dark at night? Why does the sun go down? Why does the earth rotate? Any \u201cwhy\u201d question therefore creates an infinite loop in the brain which goes on and on and on.<\/p>\n
The mental picture given was a \u201clittle pointer\u201d that goes from brain cell to brain cell looking for the answer and the brain cell says, \u201cI don\u2019t know\u201d, so it goes to the next brain cell and when it has completed the whole brain, it starts over again.<\/p>\n
Recently I ran across a little more explanation of the \u201cwhy\u201d, but also what one can do to circumvent the infinite loop.<\/p>\n
See below as Dr. Bob answers a \u201cwhy\u201d question.<\/p>\n
(Bob, why do I find it necessary to continually ask why questions.)<\/p>\n
You\u2019re looking for an answer to come from the past because you assume there is a hidden \u201ccause\u201d back down there in the past that\u2019s gonna bite you. All \u201cwhy\u2019s\u201d ask for blame.\u00a0\u00a0 All blame must have been before this moment.\u00a0\u00a0 The question is unanswerable in its present form.<\/p>\n
Asking a question in a proper way brings a question\/answer immediately. \u00a0The \u201cwhy\u201d question is out of time.<\/p>\n
When we say \u201cwhat\u201d such as \u201cWhat is going on\u201d or \u201cWhat am I doing\u201d \u2013 one asks for information; and when you use those questions, you will notice that there is information in present time. Either of these questions could be answered.<\/p>\n
It sounds like a very simple little thing. It sounds like you\u2019re nitpickin\u2019, but the human mind is a very delicate instrument; and a hair in it can throw it off like a hair in a fine watch can. So this can be a very worthwhile experiment to keep in mind when you\u2019re observing self.<\/p>\n
I decided to try the experiment of using the question of \u201cWhat\u2019s going on?\u201d and\/or \u201cWhat am I doing?\u201d on a recurrent why question in the mind; and lo and behold, I did get a different answer.<\/p>\n
Last year I lost a once a month gig that I had been doing for years.\u00a0\u00a0 I could get no explanation from email or phone call as to \u201cwhy\u201d I was cancelled.\u00a0\u00a0 I got lots of guesses from within, but no facts. The \u201cwhy\u201d came up with \u2013 there wasn\u2019t enough funds, the woman who hired me quit, I played a song or songs that offended a resident \u2013 like the wrong religion, too silly or simple, etcetra, etcetera.<\/p>\n
If the \u201cwhy\/blame\u201d was her, I was angry.<\/p>\n
If the \u201cwhy\/blame\u201d was me, I felt guilty and didn\u2019t know what to feel guilty for; and started questioning any material I sang.<\/p>\n
If I didn\u2019t know what to blame I was fearful. I began to think that I would lose all the other little monthy gigs.<\/p>\n
The point is that the \u201cwhy\u201d question would continually come to mind any time there was any kind of association come up in the mind.<\/p>\n
So when the record began replaying yesterday, I rephrased the question to \u201cWhat am I doing?\u201d The answer came up immediately in present time with<\/p>\n
\u201cI am tormenting myself over something I cannot get an answer to or change in any way.\u201d<\/p>\n
I wonder how many other why questions are in there that I\u2019m not aware of. Now the quest is to remember, remember, remember!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The fallacy of \u201cwhy\u201d questions has been discussed frequently throughout the website. It is said that you can only answer a \u201cwhy\u201d question with another \u201cwhy\u201d, such as: Why does it get dark at night? Why does the sun go … Continue reading