{"id":65,"date":"2018-05-18T15:50:03","date_gmt":"2018-05-18T15:50:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unseenreality.org\/?p=65"},"modified":"2019-07-20T15:12:01","modified_gmt":"2019-07-20T15:12:01","slug":"avoid-whining-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/unseenreality.org\/index.php\/2018\/05\/18\/avoid-whining-why\/","title":{"rendered":"AVOID WHINING &#8220;WHY&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote style=\"text-align:center\" class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Baby Blues<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"http:\/\/unseenreality.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/AVOID-WHINING-WHY.pdf\">AVOID-WHINING-WHY<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/unseenreality.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/AVOID-WHINING-WHY.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/unseenreality.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/AVOID-USING-WHY.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/unseenreality.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Baby-Blues-photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-67\" width=\"104\" height=\"142\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p> &#8220;Why?&#8221;<br> Because there is no final answer.<br> &#8220;Why?&#8221;<br> <br> Baby Love, you&#8217;ll be much happier all your life if you never ask &#8220;why.&#8221;<br> <br> While it&#8217;s true that cause and effect are a natural law, <br> It&#8217;s also true that every cause was once an effect.\u00a0<br> \u00a0<br> There was a cause for the cause, with no beginning.<br> <br> Do a little experiment for yourself.<br> \u00a0<br> Ask: &#8220;Why am I reading this?&#8221;<br> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Because&#8230; I&#8217;m curious.<br> &#8220;Why am I curious?&#8221;<br> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Because&#8230; I want to learn.<br> &#8220;Why do I want to\u00a0learn?&#8221;<br> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Because&#8230; because&#8230; because&#8230;<br> &#8220;Why is the tractor broken?&#8221;<br> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Because&#8230; because&#8230; because&#8230;<br> &#8220;Why Am I so happy \/ unhappy?&#8221;\u00a0<br> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Because&#8230; because&#8230; because&#8230;<br> &#8220;Why did Aunt Minnie Lou come to visit yesterday?&#8221;<br> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Because&#8230; Because&#8230;\u00a0<br> <br> Because&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong><em>Ad infinitum<\/em><\/strong><br> <br> It&#8217;s the infinity of an eternal <strong><em>ad infinitum<\/em><\/strong> <br> That prevents us from ever finishing answering &#8220;why.&#8221;\u00a0<br> <br> Asking \u201cWhy\u201d makes you go backward in time, <br> Which no longer exists, so you can\u2019t change it.<br> Makes you imagine answers that are never true.<br> Makes you think you can \u201cfigger\u201d it out.<br> \u00a0<br> Also, your memory is never accurate.<br> Life is the way it is, Now.\u00a0<br> <br> Far better to ask, \u201cWhat&#8217;s next?\u201d<br> That question sets your brain whirling <br> And spins you forward.<br> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 05\/18\/2018 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baby Blues &#8220;Why?&#8221; 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