Topic: More on the Subject of "Truth"
. . . or is it Moron: The Subject of Truth?
Anyhow! It's so disappointing when I'm toodling along on a thread that I think is interesting and that I'd like to contribute to, and then the napalm hits! Luckily the wonderful thing about NR is that. . I can start my own thread! So. . .
Here's one statement that is patently false: "There's no such thing as absolute truth."
Um. . yes. . . there is. I think that many people these days are driving this whole relativism thing completely out of control. (What else is new?)
This deal about "my" truth and "your" truth is just a sidestep. An avoidance mechanism for those who don't really have any respect for truth at all, but are only interested in entertaining beliefs that don't make any sense whatsoever, and then protecting them from scrutiny should anybody else come along and have the audacity to suggest that their belief is ridiculous. "My" and "your" truth is for people who are more concerned with not hurting anybody's feelings, or pandering to their own ego, than actually engaging in any sort of meaningful communication.
Most of what we call "truths" are, in fact, beliefs. There's "my" beliefs and "your" beliefs. And we are certainly entitled to them. Especially when it comes to my beliefs about me and your beliefs about you.
Now my beliefs certainly create my experience of reality but they do not create my reality. How do I know this? Simple. If I created my own reality it sure as hell wouldn't look anything like this! If anything, I chose to come here to demonstrate to myself that I could still experience whatever I wanted in spite of this reality.
There are many truths out there. Things exist. Events happen. And to those that would say, "How do you know that things really exist, and they are not all just figments of our imagination?" I say, well then our minds exist and our imaginings exist, and they exist by virtue of our experiencing them. And I would also say, how bout you stop trying to play "Devil's Advocate" and come up with some original thought already?
There is one absolute truth that is as profound as it is self-evident, and it is also the one that is most frequently ignored. And the fact that it is so frequently ignored is, in my opinion, the number one reason for the somewhat sad state of affairs here in this little corner of the universe. The truth is this:
Everything is connected.
There is no such thing as separation. You can attempt to believe in separation, but the fact of your belief proves that it is false. You can attempt to live your life out of this false belief, but it will inevitably lead to the destruction of whatever it is that you are trying to live.
The belief in separation is why the health care system is failing. It is why the educational system is failing. It is why science is failing. Governments. Economies. Religion. Marriages. You name it. All of these things that were once hopeful sources of happiness are failing because of people's insane and ridiculous persistence in refusing to acknowledge the one simple truth that is staring them in the face every moment of every day.
Everything is connected.
Any belief system, social institution, or scientific inquiry, that is based on this truth will provide something of value. Something useful. Something sustainable.
Any of the above that willfully ignores this fact will be met with failure.
It's really as simple as that.
TPTB's and Co. know this. The entire strategy is based upon using the principle of connectedness to promulgate the false belief in separation.
It exactly why you can look out into the world and see things like the 25-year old soccer mom of three stopping off at the Arco to put $50 worth of gasoline in her "safety-feature enhanced" SUV on her way to the Wal-mart Supercenter so she can save a dollar on a magnet that says "Support Our Troops", who a year down the line can't figure out why her husband is laid-off, why her brother is lying dead in the sands of Iraq, and why that dollar she tried to save is now worth only 80 cents. Oh, and by the way, she's pregnant again, and applying for state aid to cover her medical bills cause, you know, she's entitled to that.
But golly gee willikers, who am I to say anything about how she lives her life? She's just living "her truth". That's right, she is. And this is me living "my truth".
Everything is connected.
The sooner that we all decide to stop chasing after "our own truth" and start making decisions based on real truth, the sooner we will be able to actually get some lasting enjoyment out of life.
***END RANT***
Thanks.