Binary Questions Binary Choices Choiceless Awareness

Binary options questions.
binary options Questions, Binary Choices.
How to maintain a clear direction.
Binary yes/no questions can be a very powerful method for directing the mind and rapidly returning to the path, when forgetting takes place. They develop the choice faculty of the brain and are the cornerstone of several approaches. Byron Katie’s The Work uses the questions, “Is it true?” and “Can I absolutely know that it is true?”. Steve Kiloby’s Living Inquiry uses, “Is this it?” or “Is this me?” Lester Levinson and the Sedona Method asked, “Could I let go of this? Would you let go? When?” Douglas Harding’s Headless Way asks, “Can I see my own face?”
Binary questions cut through the vague reasoning of the emotional brain. Their black and white nature creates inherent direction. When they are created around the topics of identity and perception, they become powerful tools for awakening awareness. Despite the stories we tell ourselves, we have the innate ability to see the truth (of our experience). If we want to know the truth, we will see it.
Binary Questions.
Let’s split these questions into two categories: 1. those that pull us away from our thinking and emotions and 2. those that direct us towards freedom.
1. In Reference to Thoughts and Emotions Is this me? Is this deficient self, me? Is it true? Can you absolutely know that this is true? Could I let go of this? Would I (if given the opportunity)? Does this sensation/feeling have shape? (without the imagining)
2. Towards Freedom Can I see my face? Can I see the boundary of my visual field? Does this sensation have shape? (without the imagining) Is this it? Is this now? Do I want to be free? Do I like being spacious awareness? Is being spacious awareness difficult?