START — The Seed in the Silent Earth
Every great forest begins not with a plan, but with a silent field. Imagine the deep, dark earth in late winter—a state of pure, receptive potential. It isn't empty; it is simply waiting. This is the state of Infinite Zero (∞0). It is the fertile stillness from which all life emerges.
You cannot force a seed to appear. You can only hold the space. And then, without cause or effort, a stirring occurs (→). A single, unprecedented impulse—an Authentic Question (?)—breaks the surface like the first, tender shoot. It is not an invention, but a discovery. It is the universe asking a question through you. This fragile, emergent spark is the beginning of everything.
The Equation, Demystified: S = ∞0 → ?
This equation describes the birth of a genuine impulse.
- Simply: From a state of receptive silence (
∞0), a new question spontaneously arises (→ ?). S (START): The principle of beginning from a place of true openness.∞0 (Infinite Zero): This is the silent, fertile earth—the receptive state of “Not Knowing.”→ (Emergence): This is the unforced moment of creation, the spontaneous spark.? (Authentic Question): This is the seed, the first inquiry born from the void, which holds the potential for the entire forest.
“To say that a question is a call to an answer is like saying that the sky is what a person sees in it.”
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To ask (within you) and to search for an answer is not to truly ask.
To truly ask is not to know. It is to live the question. To be the question.
The field of consciousness is like open skies, and the ‘knowing’ mind marks paths upon it in order to orient itself in the open field.
To truly ask is to allow not-knowing to gaze—without reason and certainly without result. Within you.
Try.
Amihai Loven
Amihai Loven