The Common Tone

Man, the amount of confusion abou my post on the truth was hilarious. SO I am releasing a new version of “The Truth” translated for people of a a lesser wit. (*o.t - I will change the photo of the day and quote of the day I promise).

Original “Truth”

Translation of “The Truth”

A long time ago I had a conversation with Rushan. He is smart, well-spoken, and argued his point so well that he made me think about my ideas on truth again. He made me think about my perception of truth. We talked about truth and how it could change depending on how you look at it. At the time of the conversation I was not sure what I believed in with regards to spirituality. I had lost much interest in the traditional worshiping religions (i.e Christianity) and was floating (that is to say not on solid “spiritual ground” no base beliefs only morals and values to guide me to a belief). Because of this I was a little cynical about many things touching on spirituality, truth being one of these things. I believed at the time that truth was something malleable, something to be bent to suit the speaker. To me then the truth was not an absolute, it was not simply a retelling of reality, it was the user’s perception of this reality, and how it could benefit him. For example according to this theory, what is the truth to you may not be the same truth to others, who percieve the subject differently and so have a different truth due to perception differences. This was very cynical because it meant that nothing was absolute, nothing exists beyond our perceptions. I was very arrogant, seeing nothing beyond my own eyes, and having nothing to ground or base my spirit on. Rushan shared his views on the truth (forgive my terrible memory and paraphrasing, but this is what I interpreted and remembered). There is an absolute reality outside our perceptions. There is a final truth, it is was grounds our spirits and guides our perceptions of reality.

Soon after this conversation I started a journey to discover a belief where I may be comfortable, while my values, morals and views are challenged. A belief that allows me to grow, instead of one where I feel I am stifled by tradition and rigidity worship rather than the rigidity of self-discovery. I have begun this journey and have made progress through learning as much as I can about inner-focussed beliefs (mainly buddism). I am only learning although have lately begun the first bits of application. It is a lifestyle not something you practice every once in a while, and so it will be painful and difficult to build new habits. I have been reading and thinking about the truth more and more in the context of inner-focussing and although I am beginning to feel better about it, I do not understand it. Through the guidelines of buddism and meditation and thought I see where adhering to the truth can lead and have made a committment to the truth. Hopefully it will help to have this down “on paper”, because it is no easy task. It is the beginning of a long road to my new lifestyle. Even one day of complete truth is not easy. Really though, who are we kidding? We live such a short time that it really doesn’t matter. But your spirit will be so much more whole through the truth rather than untruths.

I hope this clarified some of it at least. Please feel free to ask more questions, talking makes me think and gives me ideas. Maybe I could turn this into a trilogy (or a series!!!). HAR HAR