Ask Again; The Curiosity Needed For Heightened Awareness

It all begins with a reaction to an existential angst which predates you.

With consciousness came the burden of knowing with absolute certainty, that ones demise is the inevitable grande finale. 

That sobering realization has forced our ancestors to ask for millennia, as we still do today; what constitutes a good life? 

Attempting to answer that question seems to have been the beginning of philosophy.

Divorced from superstition and the supernatural, that humbling question, when asked, makes us pause only to realize that that question too is as inevitable as death itself. 

So I say ask yourself, and ask frequently.

Expand your knowledge and understanding, then ask again.

Be curious about philosophy, psychology, and art.

Poetry, mythology, biology, politics and everything in between.

Fear nothing but ignorance, proud yourself in the mistakes made, it only proves you are asking with genuine intent. 

Ask yourself, ask others, read of others, then ask again.

You’ll find it begins and ends with virtues and a virtuous life.

Define them, then work.

Work while asleep, daydreaming, or both.

Work to attain individuation, embody your desired states, then ask again. 

There has never been a more prescient question, and you may never have another chance. 

So ask now, wait, reflect, then ask again. 

That one question has transformed the world, and if you allow it, will transform you.