The word was phenomenon.I started on the wrong foot. Here, where I live, it's important to start on the right foot, especially if one were about to start on a journey of new learning, seeking answers to myraid unasked questions. Which reminds me of a parable  about 'a man who wanted to know everything'.

A lost young man ,approached a wise sage whom he presumed could give him all the answers to nagging questions that crammed his head and gave him a unbearable pain.

"Please, I feel like my mind is about to blow, please teach me everything you know".

The sage neither acknowledged him nor did he open his eyes or  move a muscle, but the confused man heard a mystical voice ............"what is ' everything' when there is only maya?.

He tried to find words to answer the question,but the sage did not wait for an answer and went on to say that he didn't know 'everything' himself and  said.....

"To know ,one has to learn.To learn ,one has to find.To find ,one has to seek. Seek and you will learn and then you'll know". "See those mountains, and those behind, and those behind?." There, among the stones, you'll find a man who can help you learn and maybe answer your questions".