What is the purpose of asking questions?
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"Asking questions is the soul's way of expressing its doubts; in the dance of inquiry, we realize that true answers lie not in the intellect, but in the silence of meditation."
According to Osho, asking questions serves as catharsis for the questioning mind and an indirect path to awakening: by expressing doubts rather than repressing them, you become aware that answers never satisfy, proliferate more questions, and the intellect’s game is futile. This ripens you to ‘roll up the mat’—drop inquiry, turn inward, and discover the living answer in meditation beyond mind.
Ask until you see thinking can’t give peace—then be silent and find the answer inside through meditation.
Why this matters practically
- Prevents repression and the anxiety it creates.
- Reveals the limits of intellectual answers, pointing you to meditation.
- Transforms confusion into motivation for direct inner experience.
- Reveals the limits of intellectual answers, pointing you to meditation.
- Transforms confusion into motivation for direct inner experience.
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