How do you contemplate without assumptions

[electroBeam]

I've gotta feeling Leo may have some clarity on this.

The situation is I had a trillion questions that I wanted to answer an hour ago, just out of deep curiosity. Real juicy ones like "why do we suffer", "how do we live a principled life", "what should I be doing with my career", "what will I dream after the body mind dies", "why did I dream this specific dream right now, why am I this specific physical avatar" and a whole lot more cool ones.

But now, I've forgotten how to contemplate. Whenever I ask a question, the answer is "Love", for every answer. And that answer isn't some alias for some structure, its the fabric of reality itself. It has no form to it. All the answers are formless. Its not concrete and its not an 'insight'. The answers are no longer insights. Insights as in an 'aha!'

And I think this is because, all questions rely on assumptions. For example the question "why do pawns move forward and left" requires chess to be real. But what if it isn't? Then all of the questions about chess just end up being "there's no chess".

And I think that's what I've been doing for the last 4 years. I thought I was getting somewhere, hardcore contemplating reality, but all I was doing, was answering questions within a context that didn't exist in the first place. And I got a lot of profound answers, which made sense until the context dissolved. I had a trillion insights under my belt, now I feel like I know nothing. Back to where I started. I look at the content of this forum and its like I'm back 4 years ago looking at this stuff for the first time.

I've also forgotten what isn't love. I can't remember what isn't love. So the chess board has dissolved.

But as Leo says 'there's deeper!' cool well lets go deeper then! Sounds fun and its what I want to do. 

I still feel like seeking hardcore and am still deeply dissatisfied spiritually. And contemplation has been by far the most powerful technique I've used. It really suits this physical avatar's personality type. I would love to feel the present moment/reality on a deeper level more and contemplate more deeply into it, but as said before questions aren't working anymore. I need a questionless contemplation.

Would love some clarity on this, thanks!

[Preety_India]

Do self inquiry. 

You've bamboozled yourself with love. Of course the ultimate answer is love. But you will need to have insights that can direct the trajectory of your life. Brainstorm your questions and try to get varied answers. 

[Someone here]

@electroBeam Ofcourse it's not possible to contemplate without assumptions or preconceived notions.  If you start from scratch you will end with scratch. You have to assume that you know something..there has to be a given of some kind.. And you don't know the other side and try to make the ends meet. It's always a deception.. Because the truth is all questions are based on false assumptions. Or these assumptions are not inherent in reality.  So when you contemplate a question keep in mind that it's always going to be a partial answer.. And will always be based on unquestioned assumptions.  If you don't assume anything you can't even formulate a question. Lol.  So you either accept non-answer to a no questions..or you accept a partial answer that you know is not the whole story. 

 

[JosephKnecht]

Contemplation dissolves assumptions. 

You must have assumptions, otherwise, there is nothing to contemplate or dissolve.

8 hours ago, electroBeam said:

But now, I've forgotten how to contemplate. Whenever I ask a question, the answer is "Love", for every answer.

You assume the answer is "Love". What if it isn't? What is Love is not what you think is? 

Something to contemplate.  

[JosephKnecht]

8 minutes ago, Proserpina said:

@JosephKnecht Please,  stop.  I'll be silent.  I'll double down. 

Not sure what this means? 

[kai0]

How = assumption

Do = assumption

You = assumption

Contemplate = assumption

With or without = assumption

Assumptions = assumption