The questions starting with Who, What, and Why always prompts When, Where, and How. Only after these generate multiple options, do we ask the final question, Which?
Questions are the key components to learning. Any parent can tell you, that as soon as a child begins to comprehend their environment, the questions start to flow. It is how every human creates their cache of knowledge. Without questions, our only source of knowledge would come from books of interest, our limited life experiences or those of family members, and that of our instinct. Trial-and-error would be the method of choice delivered through the School of Hard Knocks.
But the first six questions of discovery are much more than the mental calisthenics for all knowledge; they are the keys we use to unlock the truth. The facts we need to live our life to it’s fullest. They are, by Divine design, tied to the natural order of our existence through the Power of the Wisdom of Three; the natural laws of science having only three components. You see, they are not six stand-alone questions; they are really two pairs of three questions, the first pair prompting the second set with each bringing us closer to the ultimate stand alone question intended to lead to the knowledge needed to uncover the truth; making us uniquely human.
Who, What and Why asks the questions about our human trinity of personas; our Personal, Professional / Vocational, and Spiritual selves. In essence, they reveal our purpose. Who we are, as a person? What we are, as a student, worker, or a retiree? Why we are, spiritually? The answers to these three questions form our self-image. It is our self-image that projects the three characters we portray: who we see our self to be, who others see us to be, and who we perceive others believe us to be. All these answers combined, should lead us to one unified individual: not three different and separate personalities. Who, what, and why we are, regardless of when, where, and how we are!
When, Where, and How make up the questions that direct us toward our future accomplishments. They should clarify our actions while supporting our human personas through our three-conscience human abilities: our Thoughts, Words, and Deeds. These questions allow us to seek out the truth from other sources. It is our thoughts that conceive the questions, bringing them to written or oral words so we can learn and teach them for and to others, and our actions or lack of action make up our deeds which are created by applying their answers appropriately or, in the case of poor decisions, inappropriately, to our personal, professional, and spiritual lives.
All of these question lead to the choice question, starting with the powerful word, Which. Selecting three choices provide from the answers of the previous six questions, we are left to choose the final answer to which makes the difference between a wise or unwise decisions; good or bad, right or wrong. It is our freewill, guided by our emotions, knowledge, and values which will ultimately control the answer to that final question, as well as the final outcome and future consequences.
We are going through a time in history, when leaders believe we should be asking these discovery questions of everyone we work, play, and pray with, but that method will only confuse the one doing the asking; look around, there are many inquisitive fools with plenty of opinions. We must learn how to weed out those unreliable sources who do not know the truth, those who benefit from us ignoring the truth, or having the truth withheld from us. Those people, some of whom we love, should never be trusted to provide guidance because we suspect they don’t know the truth or they wish to enflame our emotions because they don’t like the truth. People are aware, that many can be manipulated by the use of emotions, as the determining factor, when selection the answers to the choice question.
As we age and mature, it becomes critical for us to use these questions appropriately to effectively choose the most correct answer. I suggest we start by using the other laws of nature in unison with these. One such law is The Law of Determining the Truth. It provides a simple to remember, yet difficult to master, formula for uncovering the true facts of life by asking the right questions, to the right people, at the right time. Then, once the truth is obtained and the right choice is made, we should follow the Law of Applied Truth; we are each born to learn, then teach, and finally, to live the truths of human life.
If this is my last post, I want all to know there was only one purpose for all that I have written; to have made a positive difference in the lives of others.
Anthony “Tony” Boquet, the author of “The Bloodline of Wisdom, The Awakening of a Modern Solutionary” and “The Passion, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, A Devotional Timeline”