Saturday, February 6, 2010

How true is true? How false is false? Isn鈥檛 it a matter of understanding?

All battles begin in the mind and end in the mind. They are all results of our understanding and perceptions. Those understanding and perceptions take the form of thoughts which transform into actions. The actions may or may not be justified by the outside world but the source always has a reason that has an explanation that they define as justified. What is true is a matter of reasoning. Acceptance or rejection of any ideology is subject to the parameters that the mind has set based on the accumulated experiences of the past. Each individual has a unique life with unique experiences. What an individual will understand cannot be predicted by anyone unless the whole life is taken into prospective. We are all learning our unique lessons individually and our understandings are purely our own. Sometime there are similarities in the understanding between separate individuals, yet they are different.How true is true? How false is false? Isn鈥檛 it a matter of understanding?
But we are not a collection of individuals as much as we are a society. So even though we have our own unique perceptions and beliefs, our ability to survive as a society is based on an agreement to accept things as ';true'; or ';false.'; It is true that no one person can truly experience the world in the same way as another person. But the experience can be close enough that there is general agreement on things that allow us to collaborate and cooperate as a means of survival. Obviously there is not agreement on a multitude of things. Wars are fought; people are persecuted; civilizations crumble because of these differences. There is always tension between the societal consensus and the individual experience. That is the nature of humanity.How true is true? How false is false? Isn鈥檛 it a matter of understanding?
I am God. True / false. Understand?

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