The Inquiry
What is the statement you are inquiring into today?
The Inquiry is a tool meant to be used at a specific point in your practice. If you're not sure what to examine, start with the Reaction Mirror to discover what's running underneath.
Let's look at this
You carry this as truth. Let's find out if it is.
Two tests. That's all it takes.
Test one — Universality
If someone else were in your exact situation, would they arrive at the same belief?
Not some people. Everyone. A farmer in rural Japan. A teenager in Lagos. A retiree in São Paulo. All of them — same conclusion?
Test one — Universality
If a piano falls on someone, they die. That's universal.
Is your belief at that level of objectivity?
Is that a law of nature? Or is it a conclusion you drew from your context?
Test one — result
Not universal.
Something shaped this interpretation. Something taught you that this was the conclusion to draw from your circumstances.
Test two — Timelessness
Was this belief true 1,000 years ago?
Test two — Timelessness
Will this belief be true 1,000 years from now?
In 3024, with entirely different social structures, values, and ways of living — would someone look at your situation and draw the same conclusion?
The verdict
The door