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stuffed with the opinions and beliefs of others it will be like a cramped store room withno space, no windows into the world. Isn’t that so?Then do you notice that when you are far away from crowds, alone ant by yourself,perhaps at night, certain very personal questions may arise within the mind?Why did I get angry with ‘X’ today?Why do I generally get angry over small things?What arc my worries? What are my fears?Little questions, big questions. Sometimes silly questions, some very seriousquestions. That is the lime when you can have a dialogue with yourself, with nobody tobother you with their queries. And if we learn to go on questioning ourselves about whatis happening inside us, we may discover many interesting things about the world withinus, just as we have so much knowledge stacked in our libraries because scientists andothers questioned things relentlessly and discovered new facts and laws about the worldoutside us.Here is an example of a dialogue with yourself where one question can lead toanother:Why am I so nervous today?Is it because I am afraid of exams?Why am I afraid when I have studied everything quite well?Am I afraid that I may fail?You may not fail.Yes, of course, but I may?Then is your fear real?Not quite, but it is a thought that something may happen.What is a thought?It is something that arises in the mind.Is it a thing?Most probably it is. though we can’t see it as we can see this chair.Where do thoughts reside?In the brain, perhaps.How do they arise?From relating to people and events outside us. For example: the thought came to methat I may fail because I was faced with an exam.Why should one be afraid of a thought then?Yes, of course, it is silly but it happens all the same. What is thinking?Now continue with this line of questioning and you may come upon some veryimportant discoveries, as important as those of Einstein’s!Learning to question things happening outside and inside us can be fun indeed.