We have to solve the problems in reality. But we find any solution to any problem in our mind first. The problems in our mind are mental conflicts.
There’s another question. Can we really solve the problems in reality when we solve the problems in our mind. It depends. If the problems in reality haven’t become conflicts in our mind, or can’t become the conflicts in our mind to be related them, even if we solve the conflicts in our mind, we can’t solve the problems in reality. Then, before we solve the problems in reality, we should check the conflicts in our mind first. And we should check it all the time because we can’t know if the conflicts in our mind reflect the exact problems in reality.
I suppose that our mind is something representing our needs (conditions of being alive) to be alive and can accept the information from any factor to find the principles of the factors and find the solution to our needs.
And I suppose we are created by nature and there’s no inconsistence in nature. This supposition is very important. Without it, we will get lost in seeking the meaning of life, the conditions of life, the meaning of solving problems or why we can solve the problems by getting knowledge consistent with the facts.
And I suppose there must be something unknown or false in our knowledge if we have some knowledge or idea inconsistent with any fact.
Then, one of the researcher’s mission is to get some knowledge consistent to our needs to be alive and get solution to our needs in reality and get consistent knowledge of any fact we can observe or feel.
The mission is a huge project. Nobody can have it done in his/her own life. But part of it is possible to be finished by somebody in his/her life.
When we do the job, the unsatisfied desire or unsolved problems become questions or unbalances in our mind and we can’t have good feeling if we can’t find the answers.
In my entire research of Han Chinese, the process always begins with questions and ends with answers or nest group of questions.
