The Power Of The Question

There's power in asking yourself a question you don't know the answer to. Find out how to get answers to your powerful questions in this mini podcast.

Grasshopper Notes are the writings from America's Best Known Hypnotherapist John Morgan. His podcasts contain his most responded to essays and blog posts from the past two decades. 

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"The Grasshopper" is the part of you that whispers pearls of wisdom that  seem to pop into your mind from out of the blue. John's essays and blog posts are his interpretations of these "Nips of Nectar." Others have labeled his writings as timeless wisdom. 

Most of the John's writings revolve around self improvement and self help. They address topics like:

• Mindfulness
• Peace of mind
• Creativity
• How to stay in the present moment
• Spirituality
• Behavior improvement

And stories that transform you to a wider sense of awareness that presents more options. And isn't that what we all want, more options? 

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Transcript

The Power Of The Question

Here's a kickstarter question to unearth your creativity: Ask yourself a question you don't know the answer to.

It’s something I do that I didn’t realize I did. A friend was soliciting my input on a project they were working on where they had come to a sticking point. They were looking for some help getting over, under, or around their blockade.

Then this popped in: I said, "Sometimes in the middle of writing something, a question will come up – one that I have no clue as to what the answer is. Then I immediately just go and answer it." I have been astonished at what comes out of this process.

Oftentimes it’s a burst of creativity that I have nothing to do with. It just kind of writes itself. There's not any pondering involved. I ask the question and then trust that there’s a part of me that knows the answer and proceed to touch the keys on the keyboard an type.

This personal discovery reinforced the power of the question with me.

We water down the creative process by doing too much banging of our head against the wall "thinking" of the answer.

Forced thinking is the bane of creativity. One of the most memorable proverbs ever written is: “He who hesitates is lost.”  You can easily substitute the word “thinks” into this phrase of wisdom and get the same result.

I’m not suggesting a diet of snap judgements; just no judgement at all.

Ask yourself a question and then, without any thought, answer it. What comes out may surprise you AND get you unstuck.

Thinking keeps us stuck with the same thoughts. I’ve quoted him before but it bears re-mentioning here. Philosopher, Alan Watts said:

“If I think all the time, I won’t have anything to think about except my own thoughts. Now, that would leave me high and dry, and I would become like a library to which the only books being added were books about the books that were already in it.”

Discover the power of the question today by answering the question. The magic is in the action of answering, not the side road of diversion called thinking.

What you're likely to find are answers that were blocked by the limited view of your rational mind – answers that come from a place unencumbered by thinking.

It’s a powerful method that quite often bears unexpected fruit – just ask and answer the question!

All the best,

John