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Originally Posted by Daniel Brenton There is only one Truth. |
Exactly. Which is why there is no absolute truth.
While I agree it is a completely valid supposition that there is essential truth, we are wholly subjective beings. That is, 100% of our experience is filtered through our perceptions and our interpretive faculty. Which means we are by our present nature insulated from that essential truth. So a standard model might be an accurate way of explaining existence, an accurate standard model cannot be accurately described.
The Tao that can be explained is not the true Tao. Because it is an explanation filtered through perception and interpretation, then again through articulation.
And that's assuming that a complete and accurate model can be arrived at, which would require unlimited faculties of perception and comprehension. Any model conceived by a human mind, no matter how enlightened, would still be limited by the limited nature of the being to which it is revealed. What we
can do is develop sets of models that are effective for examining and navigating various aspects of experiential and speculative reality, and use those to help us expand our awareness so that we can take in a larger portion of truth and develop a new set of better models to help us expand our awareness so that we can take in a larger portion of...
You get the picture.
In case you didn't notice, this alleviates all pressure to be right or to be agreed with. The only enlightenment is the enlightenment of this moment, even if it is a very low level of enlightenment. Every belief is true until it ceases to be so for the holder, and the greatest truth we can seek is the one that breaks that which we currently know to be true. And every alternate truth we hear brings us one step closer to the next one we find.
So thanks for sharing yours.