Seek to Know That from Which All Is Born
That from which all beings are born, by which they live, and into which they return when they depart — seek to know that. That is the source.
When the son Bhrigu asks his father, 'What is the source?' the father, instead of giving an answer, returns the question: 'Seek to know that.' This passage shows the Upanishad's method — rather than placing an answer in the hand, letting on…
Do I rush to grip an answer, or do I know how to carry one good question long?
📝Reflection
When the son Bhrigu asks his father, 'What is the source?' the father, instead of giving an answer, returns the question: 'Seek to know that.' This passage shows the Upanishad's method — rather than placing an answer in the hand, letting one carry a good question. The question toward the one from which all is born, lives, and returns grows a person more by the posture of carrying it than by any answer. We are used to fast answers, but the deepest things in life ripen slowly only within a long-carried question. Rather than gripping an answer in haste today, walk the day with one good question held in the heart. The question itself is the road.
🌱Apply It Today
Do not rush to an answer today; carry one good question — like 'what do I live for?' — in your heart through the day.
This verse is read as universal humanistic wisdom, not religion — no faith is promoted, and the reflection is 100% original ONGO content.
