ok kids,......'tis a big question..........?

Question

it is a widely accepted dichotomy that the Ultimate Truth is beyond our ability to verbalize, though it can be experienced by some....
....if this be the case,.......then in short, the notion is you will ever know unless you Know. no exchange of thoughts here either....

doesn't it render our current methodologies for understanding Truth completely useless? What is the point of speculating?
that's sounds and feels kinda f***ed up
.....what it ought to mean to me.... a plain Jane?...

Thank You All for your answers

to battosai
i admit i am an Ignoramus , which is why i'm asking, heh?
i wasn't refering to death at all, get that straight.
it just seems to me like there are two major divergent ways of thinking leading to the same conclusions while being somewhat incompatable with each other ,like cats and dogs......
i never said speculating is wrong.....
that's exactly what da hell i am doing....

Answer 1

its speculation that tells us that there are things beyond the comprehension of our minds...

it isnt uselees though....it just reflects towards a higher dimension...a transcendence of reason....but in no way invalidates reason...

truth can never be known....bcoz there is no absolute truth...there cannot be an absolute truth...

it is reason that tells us that there are things beyond reason...

and that cannot be comprehended through intelligence...

the secret lies in the heart...and in the soul...

"if you havent realised the potential of your mind, you have missed a little...

if you haven't realised the potential of your heart, you have missed much...

if you haven't realised the potential of your soul, you have missed all! "

~ adishankara

ancient hindu saint.

Answer 2

You are correct in your assessment. All the intellectuallizing and speculation is useless when confronted with an experience of the Ultimate. That which no word can define cannot be spoken. Words then become clues to the truth like, to use a well-known Zen image, fingers pointing at the moon. The problem with words is that we mistake them for the moon we seek to describe. That's the beginning of religion in the nutshell and precisely why religions most often become the barriers to the truths they sought to communicate in the first place.

Answer 3

ok ..you sound like Socrates..he was constantly searching for "The Ultimate Truth"...he said that it could not be found, but we must keep searching and searching for it..Personally, i think the "Truth" is in how we live our lives...what else is there? what we live and feel and think and do is REAL, we deal with the decisions we make and how we live our lives every day..that's OUR "Truth"....the "Truth" can also be used to indicate what happens to us, where we go when we die. No one knows, well, until you're there. If you must know, then i'd consult your religion for that answer. however, until then, my ultimate advice: don't worry about it. a friend of mine, a rising Freshman in h.s., and his brother drowned 5 days ago...my point being, life comes at you fast, you never know when you will die. they died early, they didn't deserve it, didn't know it. do you really want to spend your time comtemplating "the truth"?? you could die tomorrow...and what would you have done or accomplished? besides try to understand the "Truth"?...heed my advice, don't worry about it and live your life to the fullest.

Answer 4

Basically all your saying is that knowing has a clue what the hell happens when you die. No need to put it in big words. People just like to speculate on what religion they were taught while growing up.

~El-Matto

Answer 5

Congratulations, you are a Gnostic.

Answer 6

are you Forrest Gumps' sister?

Answer 7

well you should ask jane then.

Answer 8

ENGLISH PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!