More on the Subject of "Truth" (Page 3 of 4)

Risen,

I believe you misundestood my post.  My post was divided in three sections to make my point.  The first section discusses the absolute Truth.  The 2nd discusses physical items we all know.  Yes, the bush man may not know an orange by the orange name but he recognizes it as a product of a tree that he may or may not eat.  It is still an orange anyway (or whatever he calls it).  The Earth Truths are those physical things that we all recognize and are undeniable.  The 3rd item is My Truth.  The orange is sweet to me but maybe not to you.  Heck as far as I am concerned you may think an orange is deadly.  So My Truth relies mainly on my senses (including ESP) and how I interpret them.   That is all I was saying.  Ther are many "truths" out there including The Truth.

Regards,

Lee

Oh, I was speaking about the choices we make and if they are relatively good or relatively bad, and was alluding the quote in Star Wars - the one I use as a signature.

So I was saying that we may know "good from bad", or "truth from lie" when we ourselves are calm, clear minded and/or open minded.  Eckhart Tolle calls this state "No-Mind" and thus we can feel/intuit what is truthful, or non truthful. And yea, there must always be gray spots in between each pole of duality. That would be my answer for "No grey areas?".

Oh! I gotcha on the first part. The second...well, that's a very good point. I know what you're talking about.
Manyeagles: Poker did pretty much say it all! Yo Tony! (High five!)
And about the turtle pics, your heart, and the neighbor's dogs; That is the power of LOVE, which is who and what we are. Like a thread Ayuhuasca started on an excerpt from "Conversations With God", we don't always act like it. But, I posted those pics because in that moment there was a profound exchange occuring between the three of us: the turtle, myself, and my wife who was taking the pictures. Little did I know a picture would have "that" kind of effect. Love transcends all, do it not? And the dog's tails....wow, cool! Glad everyone could enjoy the pics.
I think I'm gonna go get some chocolate now!

Beautifully put, dreamosis. Truly! Opens a few doorways.
Maybe the only problem we really run into is mistaking our "belief paintings" for reality, like you say, not realizing or attentive enough to realize when a painting is no longer in harmony with reality. I have a book called "Love Without End" by Glenda Green that I like to thumb through when asking the universe for some "koan" for the day. It's a meditation exercise.;) In the book she discusses reality using her painting as illustration to make her points. This is one topic she goes over; the creation of our existence within reality. One point she makes is there nothing wrong with shaping reality to suit our needs, a framework in which to live and create our physical existence. Our problem is placing our faith in that framework forgetting that it is only a temporary structure and not exempt from sometimes necessary adjustment to flow with reality. We become slaves to our own created structures forgetting that we in fact created it as nothing more than a playground where the sand could be washed away by the next heavy rainfall. She adds also that it is our gift and are encouraged to explore our creative abilities, but suffer in our attachments to our creations when our creations attempt to divide the one spirit and unity in everything. Like with every artist, don't let that extremely gifted talent go to your head blowing things out of proportion. And don't forget where that talent comes from. Remember gratitude.
To add, regarding beliefs specifically: She says that there are different types of belief. One is the beliefs that are indoctrinated in to you. Two is the beliefs you form to fit in or adapt to your enviroment. Three are the beliefs you are born with that stem from your covenant with the creator. The ones we seem to innately believe above and beyond what anyone can tell us. That being said, the third type is probably the ones we need to discover and pay more close attention to. The imprint of those beliefs is within our hearts, the center of our being.

Don't know, but I can tell you how it tastes! <<CHOMP!!!>> LOL!

Oh! And pokerboy..... what is 0+1?

Delizioso? Er....brrrp. Thump. Whooop whoooop whoooop thrrrrrruummmm! Pow, crash, sizzle, fmlllpppptttt, no!....no!.....no!....( sounds of massive exposion and screams in the backround.)

But the cat came back, the very next day.

Or anything else that dared bite into it. It was digital, you see. Electronic.