ASKING A QUESTION IS TO ENCOURAGE THE MIND TO CONTINUE TO BE AWARE
Yogi: I hesitate to ask why something is happening in the mind because I get a lot of intellectual answers and tend to get lost in thought.
Sayadaw: The asking of a question is not to get the mind to give the answer; it is to encourage the observation, to guide the mind to be aware using interest.
Yogi: So, this is another kind of why.
Sayadaw: Yes.