Where can THE TRUTH be ultimately encountered...?

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1- The Faithful/Holy Covenant (e.g. Jesus is The Truth; etc.)

2- The Perceived Reality (e.g. As I observe/perceive it; etc.)

3- The Politics of Experience (e.g. Transcendental Meditation; Altered States; Chemically Induced Experiences; Being in Love; Psychological Outlooks; etc.)

4- The Philosophical Contemplations (e.g. Existentialism; phenomenology, etc.)

5- The Scientific Theory (e.g. M-theory, etc.)

6- The Physical Universe (though its time scale and enigmatic complexity maybe beyond the grasp of our comprehension and/or ongoing day-to-day concerns)

7- The Ad Hoc Mix of some or All of the Above (please explain)

8- The Truth is what we make of it or they force upon us (e.g. I actively create/fabricate my own; Hell is living with others; etc.)

9- It is Unattainable, period (so don't bother)

10- None of the Above

11- There is NO such thing as The Truth;

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12- I have My Own Theory (Please elaborate!)
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Thank you for your comments.
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*** NOTE: Needless to say, the thumbs down aren't from me. … I thank you all for your answers, whether I happen to agree with them or not.
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Answer 1

Perhaps, "The Physical Universe," might be a good starting point, who really knows. Other than love, isn't everything else contingent on that knowledge? "The Truth," about everything, would likely blow our minds... so baby steps.

Answer 2

There is logical truth, as deductive truth and we are not talking about that. Given that we are imperfect there needs to be a record consisting of such things a knowledge; science, biology and physics. Add to this historical fact, personal history and we have what I call the record.

Seeking truth is two pronged, methodology and acquisition. Our imperfection suggests we can only approximate the record. The place to start to seek truth is first stop denial and lying. The former is corrupting the internal record and the later is corrupting the record in others.

The reason you do this is because imperfections in truth cannot be isolated. The sum of imperfections will effect all future observations however unrelated. If you never lie to yourself you could be a natural fool and see farther than the most intelligent person.

Answer 3

Such a good question. I pick my answers like at a buffet, a little 2, some 5, oh- a dash of 4, with 12 as desert.

I would say be sure not to be in the way when you look for the truth (no capitals).

Answer 4

At least you're working on discovering. One finds "truth" per one's own awareness and being. Hence, many of the options above ask some personal effort.

Would suggest "Psychoenergetic Science," Dr. WIlliam A. Tiller, http://www.tiller.org for an experimentally useful model; Dr. Elizabeth Mayer's "Extraordinary Knowing" for a similar model, developed by her and Dr. Robert Jahn of Princeton's PEAR; Dr. Olga Kharitidi's "The Master of Lucid Dreams;" Ann Ree Colton's "Watch Your Dreams and Men in White Apparel;" O. M. Aivanhov's "Man's Subtle Bodies and Centres," Mark Prophet's "Climb the Highest Mountain," Dr. Jim Tucker's "Life before Life," Lynne McTaggart's "The Field," Helen Greaves' "Testimony of Light," C. S. Lewis' novella "The Great Divorce," David Wheaton's "University of Destruction," Yogananda's "Autobiography of a Yogi," http://www.yogananda-srf.org John G. Bennett's "Long Pilgrimage," Lizelle Reymond's "To Live Within," Free and Wilcock's "The Reincarnation of Edgar Cayce?", and Louise-Marie Frenette's "The Beautiful Story of a Master," as presenting some worthy models.

best regards,

j.

Answer 5

Truth can be encountered everyday in small small things only if you have the time and inclination. It changes everyday for us, depending on our position, location, experience, perception, intelligence and even the money in our pocket. My truth may not be your truth, though we both may be as true to ourselves as possible.

Truth is elusive, magical, mercurial. As small children whenever any of us broke a thermometer the mercury would spread on the floor, we would try to catch it and it'd fragment into smaller silvery beads, fascinating us all. I feel truth also is like that.

Truth can be horrible, too ugly to face. It can shake your very core. You may want to hide from it or keep it under wraps.
For me truth is akin to my conscience. Without banging my head searching for answers, I try to live simply, guided by my conscience and am largely at peace with my own self.

The truth will be ultimately revealed to us when we die....that's when we'll know whether all theories propounded by religion/philosophy/science were TRUE or not...till then enjoy life conscientiously and live in peace.

p.s. Can the truth be like an onion, go on peeling and a new truth emerges till there is nothing left at all? And, the whole exercise leaves you with a smell on your hands and tears in your eyes. (Eureka!!!... I discovered this truth while peeling onions for my gravy. Now tell me does it stand true for you too?)

Answer 6

When you understand how "all of the above" fit together, you may not be able to do the mathematics to prove the G. U. T., but you'll 'get it.'

Ultimately, the truth can only be 'encountered' within. The truth about Self is always what is missing. We only psychologically project it externally and chase it, while in truth, we are no more nor less than WHAT we love. That is the "truth that will set us free." Our passion is our purpose. This awareness of authentic being is a gradual process of evolving consciousness that - over many lifetimes - becomes cohesive enough to exist beyond the physical, but the physical is required for development. This process requires 'contemplation.'

Some souls are older and more fully conscious than others. Evolution of our massive 'thinking' brain makes humanity capable of different levels of consciousness which we are only beginning to understand.

The mystical core of each religious tradition provides a process/path/way for achieving synchronicity between authentic being and reality that the fields of psychology and physics are only beginning to consider and decipher.

Individually, our level of conscious awareness (which is distorted by conditioned electrochemical reactions) impacts the field of reality we are collectively embedded in through the quality of the electromagnetic field we generate through the heart/brain interconnect. (Meditation is often required to stabilize the internal state.) This is why our experience of reality appears responsive to consciousness (because it is) and why people personify deity to explain it. Philosophers have pondered the nature of perception and reality, have explained it and taken it as far as is possible from their limited perspective.

A unified/unconflicted psychological state causes/creates shifts in our experience of reality. We connect to like-minded people and attract both what we want and what we fear. We are conditioned holographically and can only perceive reality according to our early experiences which are embedded as a survival record of defensive beliefs (and automatic physical reactions) about self and the world at large. These beliefs control feelings, thought patterns, and perceptions which are NEVER useful once we leave the original environment. They always inhibit our ability to be awake (wholly consciously aware) in the now - in order to respond appropriately and choose the reality we came here to experience.

Religious paths are about transformation internally, transcending the conditioned identity and returning to authentic being. Until then reality is responsive to the chaotic battle going on within. As the Gospel of Thomas states, you can't "ride two horses or pull two bows." There is nothing else to be concerned about. Whatever your calling or purpose here, it cannot be wholly realized without this internal unity. Simply put? Being yourSelf.

Answer 7

No.2 and no. 8.

Answer 8

11. There is no ABSOLUTE TRUTH.
As you can see from the "disparate" routes of the answers.

I didn't perceive that you were asking about the "truth" of ourselves, also unattainable as it shifts with the tides & is totally subjective.

As to thumbs down, it's a virus, & the hand freezes forever into a claw. Not to worry.

Answer 9

Oh my! That's some list. Okay, I'll put my thinking cap on ...

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As I sit here and think, I reckon you've covered just about all that I feel towards the attainment and acknowledgement of truth.

But, I would add one more:

There is also intuition and a vibration, as you will, that I experience. It tells me much, if I listen closely. It has yet to tell me a falsehood.

Answer 10

Good God NO. It is the ultimate faux pa to mess with co-worker, once you have crossed that line someone will have to leave because there is no way to have a working realtionship after that. No one is worth the loss of a job.