A Simple Practice: Contemplate One Question

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A very potent way to gain clarity about an area of life is to ask and contemplate one question. Here are some tips about how to do that:

  1. Find the question that holds the most potential for you. It may take some time until you feel like you land on the question that does that for you. 

  2. For example, you may start off with a more general question and then hone it in to something more specific. You may start off with a first layer of questioning, and then realize you need to get to the deeper-rooted question in order to find the question that holds the most potential for you

  3. Set a time period, like a week or a month, to focus on this question, giving yourself plenty of time to allow information to come to you. This may require accessing more patience and trust from within yourself than you are used to. Don’t rush the process. Give it time to unfold.

  4. Write the question down in your journal and sit for a period of time in quiet contemplation. If any information comes to you, write that down – even if you don’t know how it might be relevant to your question. If nothing comes to you, don’t worry. You are planting seeds for information to come.

  5. Right before you go to sleep, bring your question into your consciousness. Ask your question as you fall asleep. Pay attention to your desire for help or direction as you ask the question.

  6. In the morning, sit for a little while and see if any clarity has come to you throughout the night.

  7. Have a notepad with you wherever you are. You never know when ideas or clarity will come.

  8. If you resonate with prayer, you may want to pose your question as a prayer or asking God for help.

  9. As you start to get clarity about your question, you may want to ask more questions, like: what is the timing for this piece of information? Or, is there an action to take?

  10. At the end of the period of time that you set aside for your contemplation, take at least 15 minutes to look back and assess how you did. 

    • Have gratitude for the information that has come to you.

    • Feel your desire to move forward in the area you were contemplating. 

    • You may want to identify the next question to contemplate. 

Abry Deshong