Contemplation

[Rishabh R]

@Leo Guraa Is closing eyes and asking yourself questions is the right way to contemplate ?

Edited June 23, 2021 by Rishabh R

[JosephKnecht]

9 minutes ago, Rishabh R said:

@Leo Guraa Is closing eyes and asking yourself questions is the right way to contemplate ?

You are asking for a template to con-template? 

Open your eyes...

Ask questions to which you don't know the answers...

Wait for the universe to provide answers...

If the universe doesn't provide answers, change your template...

Repeat...

Try to contemplate if this is a template or a con. 

[Eternal Unity]

@Rishabh R That's one way.

[Mason Riggle]

My older brother and I contemplate things together.  As brothers, no topic is off limits and since we both know we are having a good faith conversation there is no tendency to strawman, ad hom, etc.. if either of us has a question about, or disagreement with something the other has said, we deconstruct the point of disagreement or difference in understanding.  We love to 'steelman' the other persons perspectives, and point out each others biases and logical fallacies, like it's a game. 

It was actually a conversation we had late into the night one evening that led me to actualized.org. We got to talking about consciousness, knowledge, knowing, etc. a conversation that started out with the simple mutual observation that at times, you can feel like the smartest person in the room, and at other times, like you can't keep up with the conversation.  We both feel like fairly aware, rational, intelligent people, but recognize that there are people on the planet operating at a much higher 'consciousness' that we do.  Spending time with our musician/comedian friends, for example, we notice how quick witted, fluid, playful, and 'meta' the conversations tend to be.. so much so that at times we almost struggle to 'keep up' with it.. contrasted with spending time with some of our other friends, where the conversation is all very literal, dry, un-nuanced, shallow, etc.. 

This one 'observation' or 'insight', and an evening of mutual contemplation about it, was the beginning of the end of my 'atheism'.  A catalyst of my spiritual journey.  

So perhaps find a contemplation partner?  Sort of what you're doing with this thread.  A group contemplation about contemplation.