I would say that it is possible to get all of one's questions answered. We are saying exactly the same thing. FWIW, I had more existential questions than anyone I've ever read about--literally hundreds--and every single question got answered by simply becoming silent and contemplating the issues that concerned me. Here are just a few representative examples:
1. Is there a God? During my first kensho (cosmic consciousness/unity-conscious) experience the body/mind perceived the underlying unity of the universe and confronted a Presence that was vast beyond comprehension and permeated everything. I was quite literally awestruck and totally humbled by what was perceived. After that experience, I had no doubt that what we call "the universe" is whole, alive, mind-bogglingly intelligent, and benevolent. What I encountered was beyond gender or any other category that the mind can conceive. It was pure perfection and pure love. That experience totally answered my question.
2. What is a subatomic particle, really? After more silence and several more lesser kensho experiences, I realized that thingness, itself, is an illusion. What we call "a subatomic particle" is an idea rather than a separate thing. In the same way, there is no such thing as "a rock" or "a tree." These, too, are ideas that are useful abstractions for interacting with the world and other people, but there is no real separateness. This question, therefore, was "answered" by seeing that the assumption underlying the question was false.
3. What should "I" be doing with "my" life? I had all kinds of ideas about this, but one day while pouring concrete, I saw that the ideas were simply ideas, and that whatever the body/mind was doing in that moment, was exactly what it had to be doing. This ended the body/mind's fantasy life and grounded it in reality. At the same time I realized that who I had thought I was was not in control of anything. This question, therefore, was also "answered" by seeing through the illusion that the body/mind should be doing anything other than what it was doing, and that there was any personal control over what was happening.
4. How is it possible to stay in a unity-conscious state of mind forever? This was my final existential question. The body/mind had experienced many different kinds of unity-consciousness. Some of those experiences lasted for minutes and some of them lasted for days, but they always ended with a feeling of separateness (I always came back to a sense of a "me in here" looking at "a world out there"). After spending several days in silent contemplation while hiking in the mountains, the body/mind had a deep spontaneous experience of intense thankfulness and joyful surrender to the service of THAT. A few hours later, there was a realization that who the body/mind had thought it was had never existed; it was all a pipedream. There was a simultaneous realization that the body/mind had ALWAYS been in a state of unity-consciousness because there was nothing separate from THAT. There had been the appearance of movement between ordinary consciousness and unity consciousness, but it became apparent that the movement was thought to be real only because selfhood had been thought to be real. When THAT finally recognized Itself, the existential search for "permanent" unity consciousness thereby came to an end. It became obvious that "ordinary consciousness" and "unity consciousness" were both happening within THAT, and THAT was all there is. Was "my" final question answered? Not really; it was simply seen-through. The illusion underlying the question evaporated, and the only thing that remained was the truth of THIS.
In summary, I would say that I "found" the answers to all of "my" questions, but in almost every case, the questions were seen to be founded on illusions. When the illusions were seen-through, the questions were simultaneously resolved. FWIW, after that final question was answered in 1999, this body/mind was never again troubled by any kind of existential question. Who knows? One day maybe some sort of new question might arise, but I doubt it. If a question showed up that needed answering, I would simply sit down (or walk in the woods) and contemplate the issue in silence. I have no doubt that the answer would arise out of that silence.
1. Is there a God? During my first kensho (cosmic consciousness/unity-conscious) experience the body/mind perceived the underlying unity of the universe and confronted a Presence that was vast beyond comprehension and permeated everything. I was quite literally awestruck and totally humbled by what was perceived. After that experience, I had no doubt that what we call "the universe" is whole, alive, mind-bogglingly intelligent, and benevolent. What I encountered was beyond gender or any other category that the mind can conceive. It was pure perfection and pure love. That experience totally answered my question.
2. What is a subatomic particle, really? After more silence and several more lesser kensho experiences, I realized that thingness, itself, is an illusion. What we call "a subatomic particle" is an idea rather than a separate thing. In the same way, there is no such thing as "a rock" or "a tree." These, too, are ideas that are useful abstractions for interacting with the world and other people, but there is no real separateness. This question, therefore, was "answered" by seeing that the assumption underlying the question was false.
3. What should "I" be doing with "my" life? I had all kinds of ideas about this, but one day while pouring concrete, I saw that the ideas were simply ideas, and that whatever the body/mind was doing in that moment, was exactly what it had to be doing. This ended the body/mind's fantasy life and grounded it in reality. At the same time I realized that who I had thought I was was not in control of anything. This question, therefore, was also "answered" by seeing through the illusion that the body/mind should be doing anything other than what it was doing, and that there was any personal control over what was happening.
4. How is it possible to stay in a unity-conscious state of mind forever? This was my final existential question. The body/mind had experienced many different kinds of unity-consciousness. Some of those experiences lasted for minutes and some of them lasted for days, but they always ended with a feeling of separateness (I always came back to a sense of a "me in here" looking at "a world out there"). After spending several days in silent contemplation while hiking in the mountains, the body/mind had a deep spontaneous experience of intense thankfulness and joyful surrender to the service of THAT. A few hours later, there was a realization that who the body/mind had thought it was had never existed; it was all a pipedream. There was a simultaneous realization that the body/mind had ALWAYS been in a state of unity-consciousness because there was nothing separate from THAT. There had been the appearance of movement between ordinary consciousness and unity consciousness, but it became apparent that the movement was thought to be real only because selfhood had been thought to be real. When THAT finally recognized Itself, the existential search for "permanent" unity consciousness thereby came to an end. It became obvious that "ordinary consciousness" and "unity consciousness" were both happening within THAT, and THAT was all there is. Was "my" final question answered? Not really; it was simply seen-through. The illusion underlying the question evaporated, and the only thing that remained was the truth of THIS.
In summary, I would say that I "found" the answers to all of "my" questions, but in almost every case, the questions were seen to be founded on illusions. When the illusions were seen-through, the questions were simultaneously resolved. FWIW, after that final question was answered in 1999, this body/mind was never again troubled by any kind of existential question. Who knows? One day maybe some sort of new question might arise, but I doubt it. If a question showed up that needed answering, I would simply sit down (or walk in the woods) and contemplate the issue in silence. I have no doubt that the answer would arise out of that silence.
