The Q-and-A Club: The Art of Enquiry
The purpose of the Q-and-A Club is to encourage people throughout the world to ask questions. Its members are curious about the earth and the people who inhabit it, courageous enough to confront their most cherished assumptions, and committed to making the world a more safe and peaceful place in which to live.
This means that anyone can join because almost everyone is, to some degree, curious about something, even if they don’t know how to formulate a question about it. Almost everyone would like to understand themselves better, even if they haven’t been taught how to be introspective. Almost everyone wants the world to be a better place, even if they don’t know how to go about making that dream a reality.
The only requirement for membership is to be willing to ask oneself (and/or others) at least one question a day, or a week, or a month. The idea is not to answer a specific number of questions, but to instill in oneself an attitude of curiosity, an intention of honestly looking at oneself and the world in a new way.
The philosophy of the Q-and-A Club is based on the belief that it is possible to reduce conflict and extremism in the world by creating common ground through understanding ourselves and others better. One of the best ways to do this is to think about current problems in new ways—because asking questions is an excellent vehicle for discovering new perspectives.
Therefore, each person who takes on the challenge of answering these questions will automatically become part of an energy that can turn the world around. Just as a pebble thrown into a pond creates ripples that spread out in wider and wider circles, people who are willing to ask interesting, fun, and challenging questions of themselves, and of others, can form the nucleus of a growing world movement of peace and understanding.
In the Q-and-A Club you’ll find questions to stimulate your thinking on topics that range from philosophy and religion to politics, from the environment to social and cultural issues, and from communication to the vanities and vagaries of modern life.
Use the questions in the blog to get you started. Share your thoughts with your friends and families. Initially you can share your answers with readers of the blog by sending a comment through the Contact Us form in Support4Change. Soon you will be able to use the Yahoo Q-and-A Club Forum to talk with others about the topics in which you are interested.