To Pursue Truth
What would it mean to pursue Truth?
To pursue truth would mean to see that there is a personal element to Truth, as, in the end, only you can decide whether something is true or not. Someone else can tell you a “truth,” but if it is not true for you, then it is irrelevant. To think of this another way, something may be “true,” but only in a particular context that does not affect you.
To pursue truth would mean to open yourself to the idea that any assumption you begin with has wrongness to it.
Assumptions lead to assumptions. For example: “If I can assume A, then I can assume B, which leads me to assume C.” This is how we often think, which piles assumptions on top of assumptions. Yet, we have an air of certainty behind our words, which is falseness.
To pursue truth would mean to see that what you want to be true and what is indeed true are not the same.
It would mean to see that the ideas you obsess over do not correspond to the reality around us. The past is an illusory story we tell ourselves, rather than fact. Our desires or anxieties are thinking that something good or bad will happen when it has not yet happened and may not happen.
It would mean seeing that who we think we are and who we are is not the same. Are you defined by a set of actions or thoughts which were handed to you? No. Who we think we are is just a story and not the truth.
To pursue the truth would mean that you are willing to go on a path that leads you away from comfort and happiness if that is where it will lead. To feel otherwise will mean resisting truth, which will ultimately lead you away from it.
If you long for the truth, you will lead yourself to it or be led to it. However, your longing for it must be greater than your willingness to give in to distraction, nonsense, and delight.
The pursuit of truth will mean a return to something you once had and have lost along the way. We can aim to retain the aspects of truth that we have not fully lost while seeking to regain the ones that were lost. This would be a starting point.
It will mean perceiving that a tone of voice can ring false, a single word can ring false, and so can an intention. Even an action can be done falsely. We can train ourselves to see such falseness, which will allow us to see truth.
The pursuit of truth is actually to learn to see the falseness within and all around us.
In the pursuit of truth, we will learn to say to ourselves, “that is false” so many times per day that we will be surprised to see that there are few human moments where the truth is present.
To pursue truth would mean to let go of such notions: ideas present us with reality, people are valuable sources of insight, and the material world is what it seems to be.
To pursue the truth will mean to see that anything less than entirely true cannot be said to be true.
It would mean to let go of the idea that the masses, your neighbors, your family, or friends have grasped truth.
It would mean to look inward, to stop looking for someone to follow, and start on your path that no one else could have guided you toward.
In your pursuit of truth, you will find that your thoughts have led you astray – the thinking that you have used all your life was not conducive to revealing truth. Instead, it set you up for self-deception.
From the beginning, we were set up to fail in the pursuit of truth.
In seeking truth, you will find that you must be sincere, as anything else would be a lie. If you acknowledge the challenge of being sincere, then that is the beginning of sincerity.
The above ideas cannot lead us to truth, shine a light on the path, nor do anything for us unless we are ready to let the truth in.
But if we are ready, awareness of the truths stated will help us steer ourselves more toward truth and away from falseness.
Even if we become aware that we have been unable to grasp these ideas fully and have been led astray in our lives, this can be the beginning of our journey toward truth.
If you are ready to pursue your unique path to truth and understanding, you may wish to read Your Personal Truth: A Journey to Discover Your Truth, Become Your True Self, & Live Your Truth.
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