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  %MISLEAD VALUE NEUTRAL QUESTION AFFIRMATION IDEAL 890312

     The  serious  asking  of a question is  not  a  value
neutral act,  for it leads to an investment of human  time
which is a limited human resource.

     Each  question  which  is  asked  affirms  a  set  of
assumptions,  values and ideals.  People who internalize a
question   without  careful  examination  internalize  the
assumptions,   values and ideals which are embedded in the
question.

     Questions  do not leave persons who are answerers  as
free  as  it  may  seem.   People  can  be  imprisoned  by
misleading   questions.   Escape  from  such  prisons   is
exceedingly  difficult because the prisons  are  virtually
invisible;  often constructed by participants in collusive
games of mutual self deception.

     Asking misleading questions can be part of the ritual
of worship of a community;  e.g.,  "Master,  how can I  be
saved?"   Such  a question suggests that salvation  is  an
individualistic  reality,   when in reality  salvation  is
always a communal as well as a individualistic reality.

     "What   are  the  most  fundamental  constituents  of
reality?"    affirms  the  assumption  that  the  key   to
understanding  is  analysis  rather than  synthesis.   The
question   leads   to  disintegration   rather   than   to
integration.

     "Is the phenomena objectively real?"   suggests  that
personal relationships which are essentially subjective in
nature  are  not real and so not worthy of  respect.   The
question  leads to objectification of  all  relationships;
and so to personal disintegration.

     "Who   is  responsible  for  Jack's   embarrassment?"
suggests  that when Jack is embarrassed it is possible  to
wisely  pin  the blame on somebody else.  The  reality  of
embarrassment is as much an internal subjective reality as
it  is  an inevitable response to  an  external  objective
cause.  Jack is largely responsible for his own habits  of
mind and heart; and so for his own embarrassment.

     The  serious  asking  of a question is  not  a  value
neutral  act,  for it leads to an investment of human time
which is a limited human resource.

     Each  question  which  is  asked  affirms  a  set  of
assumptions,  values and ideals.  People who internalize a
question  without  careful  examination  internalize   the
assumptions,  values and ideals which are embedded in  the
question.
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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