Leo, what is the right way to contemplate ?

[Rishabh R]

For example: 

Question- Is self questioning more important or questioning others ?

1st way - Close the eyes and sit and ask yourself the above question constantly . Stay with the answers generated like - Self questioning is important for understanding , questioning others is used for information

2nd way : After those answers come then question those answers - why and how self questioning is important for understanding, why and how questioning others is used for information . Question deeper and deeper ( continue questioning with how and why till you wish to contemplate ).

Which is the correct way ?

 

[Leo Gura]

Both are important. But questioning yourself is most important.

I have multiple videos explaining how to contemplate.

Edited July 15, 2023 by Leo Gura

[MAHAVATAR_-_BABAJI]

Go meta, make finer distinctions and comparisons. First principles is the key(read Aristotle).

[Rishabh R]

@Leo Gura Sorry but I was asking that which way like the 1st way or 2nd way is important for right contemplation ?

[Rishabh R]

@Leo Gura Like if I ask question to myself then if I get the answer. Afterwards again I have to question that answer to get to the bottom of the topic ? Or I have to keep asking the same question again and again to myself ?

[Leo Gura]

36 minutes ago, Rishabh R said:

@Leo Gura Like if I ask question to myself then if I get the answer. Afterwards again I have to question that answer to get to the bottom of the topic ? Or I have to keep asking the same question again and again to myself ?

I don't really see what you're asking.

You can ask the same question many times and get many different insights and depths of answer. So it's not a waste of time.

Sometimes you gotta questions your answers more and more. Sometimes the answer is already good enough. It just depends. The quality and clarity of your answers will vary. Sometimes the answers will be good enough but most of the time they will be vague and unclear, or even wrong.

Edited July 16, 2023 by Leo Gura

[Danioover9000]

@Rishabh R

On 2023-07-15 at 8:38 PM, Rishabh R said:

For example: 

Question- Is self questioning more important or questioning others ?

1st way - Close the eyes and sit and ask yourself the above question constantly . Stay with the answers generated like - Self questioning is important for understanding , questioning others is used for information

2nd way : After those answers come then question those answers - why and how self questioning is important for understanding, why and how questioning others is used for information . Question deeper and deeper ( continue questioning with how and why till you wish to contemplate ).

Which is the correct way ?

 

   Here's a much better examples to ask @Leo Gura :

First scenario: I ask What is insight? I answer it in multiple parts: 1) A deep penetrating vision and mental gaze. 2) A deep understanding of a thing or situation, the true nature. 3) intuition signals, emotional signals and implicit, pre cognitions of a TRUTH.

I then make questions based on what I've answered and flower those questions, so for 1) A deep penetrating vision and mental gaze I question: What is penetration? What is vision? What is a mental gaze? What are some examples? What are  and answer them like a primary tree or like a brainstorming session and just ask a big list of questions per answer. Almost like arm chair philosophy here.

Second scenario, While I'm answering a question, I visualize and IMAGINE MYSELF becoming the question, or becoming the answer, or becoming those examples I'm providing, like what does it mean to be VISION ITSELF? What does it feel/look/sound like? What is like to become LIGHT and SPACE itself? So here I'm including my emotions and intuitions into answering these questions.

Third scenario: I'm contemplating whilst living my day to day. So, if I'm contemplating insights, and I'm in the shop, and I feel an intuitive insight into packaging, I'd pick a product and contemplate it, whilst engaging my senses of that thing I'm contemplating. This is more a location and event based contemplation, when I'm within a situation that aligns with my contemplation. Another example of this, is contemplating masturbation or sex, this way I'm contemplating them when I'm ACTUALLY DOING THE ACTS I'M INTERESTED IN QUESTIONING!

   Epistemically speaking, you're basically asking @Leo Gura which methods of contemplations work more: Rationalizing or heavy logical usage in a private room, a more emotional/intuitive/creative feelings approach, using visualizations to become that which you seek deeper answers from, or an in-field location solely based contemplation, whilst in the situation you're contemplating? So which one is it?

   Should how my contemplation methods be tailored to my own biases, preferences, ideological beliefs, states of consciousness, cognition, morality, my own values, my own strengths and weaknesses? Should my contemplations be very personalized to me only and be modified versions of @Leo Gura's way of contemplating, or is it fine as is to use his methods in the beginning?

 

Edited July 18, 2023 by Danioover9000

[Rishabh R]

Ya @Danioover9000 I am asking like is contemplating a question from one linear thinking like staying with the question is ok or contemplating it with various angles will work ?

[Danioover9000]

@Rishabh R

2 hours ago, Rishabh R said:

Ya @Danioover9000 I am asking like is contemplating a question from one linear thinking like staying with the question is ok or contemplating it with various angles will work ?

   Both are fine to do. If you want to find out yourself quickly, then the next time you contemplate, keep asking yourself 'why' questions, and only why questions for every answer. After that, switch to asking in different ways. Compare just asking yourself whys versus asking a variety of questions. Do you like to be super linear, or super creative when contemplating?

[Rishabh R]

@Danioover9000I want to be insightful and to penetrate different angles of the question by asking why and how questions .