Greetings to All Who Inquire (the "AWI people"....)
Questioning questioning is meta-questioning or "questioning qua
questioning." The linguistic dimension of the interrogative tense in
English is interesting to me.
SVO-P is a syntax. The SVO-p syntax (subject-verb-object, present tense)
has no interrogative form. So-called "questions" are best phased
starting with "I wonder," for example, "I wonder if anyone cares at all
about SVO-p."
SVO-p is consistent with trend following (also known as "wave riding.")
Forming expressions in SVO-p helps the listener to quickly identify who
is acting, what the action is, and upon what. SVO-p keeps thoughts in
the now and may help clarify your thinking.
The past is often a convenient dumping ground for blame; the future is
often a convenient place to deposit promises.
Present-tense expressions (in general) and SVO-p (in particular) both
tend to make indirect communication in English very difficult.
The statement:
"My people will call your people, and we'll do lunch."
In SVO-p, it reads like this:
"My people plan to call your people about lunch."
The question:
"Does anyone have a question?"
In SVO-p, it reads like this:
"I wonder if anyone has a question."
Some languages are "tenseless" .....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenseless_language
There is controversy about how the Hopi language handles time: some say
it is a tenseless language:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopi_time_controversy
I hope you give SVO-p a try. You might want to walk around your town,
and talk to people in SVO-p. The results are interesting.
The results may surprise you.
Kind Regards,
Daniel
On 1/7/16 11:48 AM, Harold Shinsato via OSList wrote:
Hey Bhav!
It sounds like you've started an interesting inquiry around inquiry
itself. I'd like to open space for your answers as well as the other
responses from Harrison & Michael P. - so we (and all the elders) can
best "sit" the question.
Here's Bhav's question in brief: Do western style questions work in
every culture as an approach?
I'll open it a bit more: What culture assumptions do we bring to our
requests, inquests, inquiry, 'quest'ions, that might help or hinder
the authentic opening of space?
Harold
P.S. Of course I remember you Bhav. I remembered you before I met you
- as your influence preceded your presence at least in my
time-space-continuum. Thanks for reentering it here on the OSList.
On 1/7/16 4:14 AM, Bhavesh Patel wrote:
Hey Harold and World,
Merry Orthodox Christmas from Moldova where it has been snowing all
day!!!
Your question triggered a different kind of questionING in me.
Personally I find questions/inquiry and Rilke's 'Live the questions
now' approach very useful.
*However my increasing sensitivity to culture makes me wonder whether
this approach works for everybody, or whether it is a cultural thing,
fitting more an inquiring Western culture? Sometimes do we
overemphasise this approach, use it in a kind of universal way?*
I have my own answers/experiences to the above questions but of
course won't share them because you asked for questions!
Smiles Bhav...
p.s. Harold, we met at the WOSonOS in London and talked a bit about
complexity and Cynefin...
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