Collecting answers isn’t beneficial. Answers are useful, but by being an end in themselves are ultimately limiting as they don’t participate in the ever progressive dance that is our universe. They narrow an individual’s approach and eliminate the importance of self reflection.The consequence to a steadfast belief in an answer generates within it a place where an individual can construct a personalized view of reality. This is true with everyone, we all have our individualized view that build the life we have, but the problem comes when one refuses to question and challenge the answers that have caused their reality. Belief comes as the culmination of an individual’s experience as we are all that we know, however knowing can present a problem. Arriving at an answer is powerful but unfortunately refers to a static point in nature, frozen in the reality that you have chosen to accept. And since the so-called dance is ceaseless, the value of this belief can only diminish with time.It is the questions that keep the dance alive, they keep up with reality and their value grows but only in as much as an answer holds to counter it. These questions are always looking for answers and rarely survive the process. However, it is indeed necessary for answers because it is through this process that we base our individual decisions. These decisions are, most importantly, what lead to actions. Without any answers reality would run rampant with indecision. The problem comes as the music changes; when the rhythm evolves into something different, instead of gaining new questions, the individual decides to stop dancing all together due to it no longer being agreeable with what has become an acceptable tune in the individual’s reality. A disturbing truth is that an answer can lead to a belief which is held so tightly that it shields the individual from all personal growth.The dance cannot continue without the music, which is altogether useless if not inspected by the introspective mind. Once an answer does not serve its question anymore it should be discarded instead of forcing its outdated cadence upon everyone. The only problem comes with adjusting to the music and allowing for an objective view of reality. The rise and fall of the tempo should not be seen as anything different than what occurs as part of the natural life cycle; the creation and cessation.

At birth you are supple and soft.At death you are stiff and hard.Grass and trees are pliant and tender when living,but they are dry and brittle when dead.Therefore, the stiff and hard are attendants of death,the supple and soft are attendants of life.Thus, the hard weapon will be broken.The mighty tree will invite the axe.Therefore, the hard and mighty belong below;the yielding and gentle belong above.- Tao Te Ching, Verse 76

However difficult it may be to expel an obsolete answer from one’s reality and allow the harmony to continue, it’s worth the burden and must be beared for the sake of progressing ourselves and keeping up with the dance. This will no doubt be a difficult process as many actions and sacrifices have led to the production of any given belief. But we must continue to ask ourselves; what’s the point if a wrong answer stops you from returning to the right question? What’s the point if you stop dancing? Sometimes people have no questions to return to, which is why they defend their beliefs with absolute conviction.But you may ask, what’s the meaning of not having a solid foundation of belief? Perhaps it is precisely the lack of meaning that allows everything a chance to have one; having all the answers would be like wishing for the end of all meaning. Please don’t confuse this as being about practical questions like the size of the city I live in, but whether or not the people in it are still listening for the music and trying to live their lives toward a greater purpose.We must remember that like the dance, knowledge is always becoming, but never complete. That definite answers to such questions of creation, choice, or value would rob us of our freedom. And it is our freedom of thought that gives us the opportunity to grow individually, so long as you can still hear the music and dare to dance.