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Originally Posted by inri  ..."shades of gray," love it...I wrote a song with that title many years ago and this term has served as a motto of sorts for me ever since.
imo, those who see life in terms of black and white are those who are overly attached to the idea of being right, correct and in general to knowing the absolute truth (which they are absolutely sure exists!).
These folks get threatened when others see things differently because it threatens their own convictions.....and within a belief system that says 'ultimate truth' exists and that it's of the utmost importance to find it, it can feel incredibly scary to be floundering between the perception of knowing and not knowing.
personally when I finally fully embraced the fact that my beliefs are just that....MY beliefs, and that I just might change them at any given time..... and that no one else needed to accept the beliefs that I am choosing for them to be 'okay' to hold, it was an immense relief.
An attachment to 'being right' and to having others acknowledge our 'rightness' is a state of being, imo that can cause unnecessary strife.
In a forum such as this, the fine line between stating opinions as personal beliefs and stating them as undisputable 'truth' or facts is a fine one.....the difference often lies in the subtleties of phrasing.
The following is MY truth regarding the issue of truth: Truth is in the eye of the beholder. It is a concept that can have us spinning circles if we feel the need to defend our version of it. The belief in a universal ultimate truth often indicates an attachment to have all the answers nailed down. I don't think as physical beings we're meant or equipt to have ALL the answers...if An answer to all questions does actually exists!...lol...just MY opinion.  |
there are a few DISTINCTIONS
...that I have to make here: absolute truth can't be
known, it can only
BE EXPERIENCED.
...and this is a very, very, very important distinction!
...which basically means that an Absolute Truth (which includes everything,
and why it is called ABSOLUTE) can't be described with words, because
language and the words that we use when we communicate are relative
to other words, and in addition to this, there are many different meanings
for each word, and many different dictionaries have different meanings,
and each person has his/her own conceptions, opinions, beliefs, convictions,
...and this makes it IMPOSSIBLE to describe or to know Absolute Truth.
...plus I would love to see a quote from this forum where someone has
written that he/she KNOWS the Absolute Truth.
...and assumption or interpretation by you obviously doesn't count, because
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imo, those who see life in terms of black and white are those who are overly attached to the idea of being right, correct and in general to knowing the absolute truth (which they are absolutely sure exists!).
These folks get threatened when others see things differently because it threatens their own convictions.....and within a belief system that says 'ultimate truth' exists and that it's of the utmost importance to find it, it can feel incredibly scary to be floundering between the perception of knowing and not knowing.
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this statement right there, means that you DON'T KNOW, but you are simply
assuming that you know that they know.
...so you are basically saying that you don't know that you only have an
opinion about it...don't you think that is a little strange?
...you write that IMO...and then you write that in general that these people
that you have an opinion about KNOW the absolute truth, and that they
are ABSOLUTELY SURE that it exists!
...don't you find that having an opinion about what others know and are absolutely
sure about kind of pointless? Why don't you ask them right out about it, why have
an opinion about it...and leave it at that? Especially if you write so many words
about it, and actually don't know if they think they know, or if you are simply
ASSUMING that they know.
...either way,
most likely you will not find this kind of statement in this forum
and because of that, what you wrote
most likely is an ASSUMPTION without
any real basis or evidence to back it up with!
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The following is MY truth regarding the issue of truth: Truth is in the eye of the beholder. It is a concept that can have us spinning circles if we feel the need to defend our version of it. The belief in a universal ultimate truth often indicates an attachment to have all the answers nailed down. I don't think as physical beings we're meant or equipt to have ALL the answers...if An answer to all questions does actually exists!...lol...just MY opinion.
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...your truth? Truth is something that is not false, something that is known
for 100%! Truth can't be a concept, even by definition. The belief in a
universal ultimate truth...is a BELIEF in a universal ultimate truth...it is not
the truth itself. If this is your opinion...then it is your opinion...and it doesn't
matter if it is about the truth or Marry Poppins.
...something close to the truth is that we "don't" know anything...actually,
and not that we do. If you think you know something, anything, HOW do
you know that you know it? There is no answer to this, because we as humans
simply don't know HOW we know...which basically points toward an interesting
realization...that we are living in a state of not-knowing, and are
confusing
our thoughts, opinions, beliefs, convictions...etc...with knowing.
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"shades of gray," love it...I wrote a song with that title many years ago and this term has served as a motto of sorts for me ever since.
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there are no shades of gray...by the way...there are only distinctions, and
a shade of gray...is one of them
...and maybe your MOTTO explains why you write what you write, and in the
way that you write it, and it is quite possible if you started using distinction
instead of that motto...your writing would be much more congruent.