As discussed earlier, we think in questions and the questions we ask ourselves can have a major impact on our well-being.  We saw that some questions could have a very negative energy to them.  For example, "Why am I so stupid?"  However, others, like "How can I do a better job next time?" can have a positive energy.

Carrying the concept a little further, we can in fact ask questions that have the energy of each of the Four Sacred Seasons (Discover, Transform, Awaken and Integrate, as described by Donald Epstein, founder of Network Spinal Analysis or NSA).  Each one has a different energy, and the energy within the season varies depending on whether you are at the beginning of the season or the end.

We will dedicate the discussion in this article to the questions of the Season of Discover.  In Discover, we are really trying to understand the body as the vessel that contains us.  We want to know why it is the way it is and why we continue to experience it that way.  The objective of the season of Discover is to discover or learn what we do that maintains our body in the state it is.

The Season of Discover includes the first three stages of the 12 stages of Healing, also developed by Donald Epstein.  These stages are:

• Stage 1--Suffering--We feel helpless because we don't know what is happening in our bodies and feel like no one can help us

• Stage 2--Polarity-- We seek blame for why things are the way they are and we are looking for a magic bullet or someone with the answer to all our problems.

• Stage 3--Stuck in a Perspective--We see that it is us repeating the same pattern over and over.  We realize that we are involved in the experience of the situation yet we don't know what to do about it.

Questions that bring us into the energy of the season of Discover are related to these stages and cause our answers to come from the consciousness of this season.  The concept in these questions, what makes it Discover, is that fact that there is a problem that is external to us and out of our control.  We do not see our responsibility in the solution at this point.  Only by stage 3 do we start to understand that we are involved in our experience of the situation or circumstance.

Stage 1 Questions:

• What's wrong with me?

• Why does this always happen to me?

Stage 2 Questions:

• What is the cause of this?

• Who can fix this?

Stage 3 Questions:

• Why can't I make this breakthrough?

• Why am I so stuck?

In Discover, the objective is to understand what measures we took to protect ourselves and see how our past does not necessarily have to be our future.  Once we see what we are doing, and realize that it is up to us to make the decision to change things, we can move to the next season of Transform.

Asking these questions when we are in Discover will keep our energy in Discover.  If we are in a different season, these questions will instantaneously drop our energy, since Transform and Awaken use a higher consciousness of energy.

We will discuss the questions of Transform and Awaken in upcoming articles.  Since the season of Integrate involves blending the energies of two seasons, we will discuss how to combine the questions for that season.

For now, observe your questions and see how often Discover questions enter your thoughts.  

Copyright Dr. Paul Newton 2010