2 Creation

Asking Better Questions: During the Creation Cycle, which questions might be reframed to help us better understand the problems and opportunities of sustainability in our interdependent world?

Bird of Prey, Jamie Morhaim

Contemporary Reading: Walking on the Wind by Michael Tlanusta Garrett (A native of Cherokee)

Asking the right questions, instead of asking for the right answers, allows us to know the function rather than the effect of our choices.

The following is a commonly posed question that reflects one’s outlook on life: “Is the glass half empty or half full?” This question presupposes that the answer can be only one of two possibilities. However, the Truth of Opposites, as I heard one elder put it, poses a different question altogether: “Is the glass the right size?” ...This is just one example of the way in which we limit ourselves through our perception of choice.