Last weekend John and I got on a call with our ‘Spiritual Group’: a group of friends from New York and Colorado who, like us, are interested in spiritual topics. We get together once a month and take turns leading the call and choosing a topic for discussion. This month it was John’s turn and he chose the topic: What is your favourite question and why?”
There were some great answers and I learned a lot from everyone – a great example of how questions make everyone smarter – and I want to share how I answered John’s topic about favourite questions.
But first a little background to my favourite question. Early on in my spiritual search I came across a book called Parables of Kryon by Lee Carroll. There was a story in that book that made an impression on me called The Infant’s Questions.
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The story goes that an angel visits a new mother stating that her baby boy will be given the gift of speech and will be able to ask her three questions. The mother is so excited to be able to talk to her baby and wonders what questions he will ask her. She dreams of telling him about love, about how life goes here on the planet, and other wisdom she can pass on to him so early in his life.
The time comes for the angel’s gift, and the mother and baby can communicate in words – although he is only able to ask three questions and she is only able to answer what is asked.
The baby asks his first question: “Why is the sky blue?”
The mother is stunned. Of all the questions her baby could ask, he wants to know why they sky is blue. What a waste of a precious question, she thinks to herself, but nonetheless tries to explain to her child about sun light, molecules in the air and so on.
Then the baby asks his second question: “I noticed that it is sometimes warm and sometimes cold. Why is that?”
Again, the mother is upset that another question is wasted. She wanted to tell her son about love and wisdom and all that a mother wishes to pass on to her child. However, she does her best to explain about the sun, the rotation of the planet, the seasons and so on.
Then it is time for the final question. The mother holds her breath, hoping with all her heart that her child won’t waste the last, precious question gifted by the angel. “Prove to me that you are my mother,” the child asks.
The mother is devastated. “What?” she asks herself. “What kind of question is that?” Heartbroken, the mother tells her son of her love for him, how they look the same, they even have the same shaped fingers. She uses all the words she has to prove to the child she is his mother.
Then it is over.
The baby boy goes back to his infant noises and gurgles. He can talk no more.
The angel reappears but the mother is bitter with disappointment. She yells at the angel, “Why did my son ask such foolish questions? Why give him the gift of language if he couldn’t ask any important questions?
The angel looked at the mother with kindness, “Your son could talk like an adult but had only the experience of an infant. Therefore, his questions could only reflect the experiences of a 6-month old.” With that, the angel disappeared and the mother was left holding her son in her arms, longingly waiting for the day when they could talk to each other again.
The moral of that story is that we, as humans, ask questions of Spirit – our spiritual parent, if you will – that reflects our current level of consciousness and understanding. If the infant had instead asked the mother, “What do you want me to know?” then the mother would still be answering to this day.
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That story left quite the impression on me. In fact, I’ve never forgotten it.
So when John asked our group: “What is your favourite question and why?” I was able to answer.
I ask my spiritual source and all its unique aspects (God, guides, angels, masters) “What do you want me to know?” or “What do you want me to know today?”
It is the question that has brought me the most growth. Books with the exact answers I am looking for seem to come into my life as I need them. Someone will recommend a teacher, a class, a course. An oracle card will fly out of a deck of cards whilst I am asking that question, with just the right advice for me. It really is fascinating to see how that one question – asked of Source in all its forms – is answered.
For example, after a particularly painful relationship breakup, I asked this question and the book The Game of Life and How to Play It came into my life and helped me manifest a soul mate relationship with the man who is now my husband (which I wrote about in my book Where is my Soul-Mate?)
How to use The Infant Question Formula in your own life:
- Ask whatever your term for Source/Spirit/Divinity is: “What do you want me to know?”
- Be on the look out for the response. It can come in any number of ways, from an opportune book or class recommendation, to flying oracle deck cards, to lyrics you hear when you are out and about.
Louise x
