How can the spiritual search for truth and meaning be figured as a sort of research project? In short, what are questions to ask ourselves and others in this pursuit? Reflecting on the practices of scientific inquiry, I consider the role of repetition in spiritual traditions. Intersecting the writings of physicist Michael Faraday, poet T.S. Elliot, and the biblical Ecclesiastes, I offer a meditation on time, inquiry, and return in the pursuit of knowledge – sacred and profane.