Why? Why? Why?

[Nicholas]

Again, I'm not trying to dissuade you . It just seems that the board has become inundated with questions that were never meant to be answered within this density so my confusion as to why they have become so popular eludes me. 

this is a difficult one, because sometimes there is a question behind the question.  

do you honor someone by answering the question that they asked, or by rather answering the emotion/distress behind the question?

I am guessing the answer is one of those love/wisdom balances that everyone has to come to assess for themselves :d

by answering a question directly, you give someone the fullfillment to their surface desire, and thus they can experience that it was not what they really wanted - because the deeper need is going unfulfilled, ie the emotion driving the question.

By addressing their emotion, you are being more of direct aid.

Good point Plenum. I think deeper listening or empathic connection deserves a thread all on its own. I certainly created some separation between my mind and body by analysing everything, although I make no suggestion that this is the case on this thread This manifested and persisted for many years as tension in my neck, shoulders and upper back and all because I was hooked on why this and why that. Einstein termed it as the definition of insanity to repeat the same behaviour while expecting different results :-/ . The Law of One books did me a huge favour in that regard and I remember explaining to my future mother in law, "My whole life I have been asking why, what is the reason behind it all and now I don't need to analyse life any more!"

I do love anagogy when he addresses the nothingness/everythingness  paradox though. I feel myself creeping to the edge of my seat about to throw my fist in the air with a big "yes!" lol.