Truth
Question: It seems that everywhere I go today, everyone has their own idea of what the Truth is and why I should support their idea or value system. So my question is, as best I can state it, what is Truth and how do I come upon it for myself?
Answer: Start simply. It may not seem so at the outset of your journey, but the Truth is always simple. For instance, here is a simple truth to ponder: Thought tends to confuse what is true, twists it. No one has to tell us this truth. We can see it anytime we go into denial or self-justification. Here the mind races to resolve its own contradictions. For instance, when it finally yields to the truth that of itself it cannot succeed at rescuing itself, in the same moment we see two truths. First, how thought confuses the truth, and then, how evident the truth of this is on the other side of the storm... all of which reveals another truth: Truth is self-evident. And so we come upon the one truth that is the gateway to the Truth we seek: Know thyself. Can you see the beauty in this root-truth? No one else need be depended upon for the Way to the Truth that sets us free, for it resides right within us. What this means to us is that we need no other authority in our lives beyond those truths we are willing to learn about ourselves.
Excerpted from Seeker's Guide to Self-Freedom
Question: Ideas abound today about what the nature of Truth is...I don't know what to believe. Is truth simply subjective to each individual? In other words, is there only truth according to each person?
Answer: Firstly, if we are awake, we can learn to see what I call "the Celestial in the common" all around us; that in all things this scale of life promises a true and incorruptible beginning. What this Source is called has no bearing on its reality and its ability to act as a beacon for those who are tired of walking around in the dark. Secondly, beliefs are not the issue. We must come to an understanding of levels and of scale. Absolutely there is an Absolute Truth. But the fact of this Truth does not negate the fact that we are lost and struggling on this planet only because we are each, presently, to whatever degree, living out the effects of a subjective truth and the "reality" it produces. This subjective reality is the illusion - the dream from which we are to awaken. When this dream ends, so does the dreaming self. That which remains is the answer to your question.
Excerpted from Seeker's Guide to Self-Freedom
Question: If we ask for the Truth and really wish to have it, will we receive it? Truth is not denied anyone who really wants it, is it?
Answer: In the Koran, Mohammed said something to this effect: "Put your faith in Allah, but tie up your camel." We know this saying as, "God helps those who help themselves." Our wish for God/Truth is the beginning, but we must be willing to make the inner journey. If, in your wish for the Life of Truth, you will just put one foot down in front of the next while keeping your eye on the Mark, you can be assured that everything you need to succeed will be provided.
Excerpted from Seeker's Guide to Self-Freedom
