The word "truth" is a much debated concept.
Some
say there is such a thing and others vehemently disagree. Wars have been
launched for centuries for no other reason than different understandings of
this word.
IMHO most of what we call truth is purely subjective perception and
there are many versions of that "truth" as there are people in the
world.
But if the mystics and sages of every tradition are to be believed,
there is a deeper TRUTH that transcends the mind's ability to conceptualize and
that can be approached only through the contemplative arts.
Those who have
diligently pursued the exemplar of meditation/contemplation for many years come
to surprisingly consistent experiences of that deeper TRUTH or BEINGNESS and
express it in very similar ways discounting differences in language and
culture.
This deeper TRUTH is not something to be believed or arrived at by
logic. It has to be personally discovered, deeply experienced, and then
objectively compared to the reports of the "cloud of witnesses" who
have come before.
It is both subjective and objective and always life-changing.
No one can glimpse this deeper TRUTH of our oneness with all that is and remain
the same.
Also known as the via negative and neti neti...
"Enlightenment occurs when one has exhausted all the
resources of one's being"
"The remedy is to exhaust the remedies."
What do you "see" when there are no words or
concepts, images or ideas? Who are you when there are no words?
ps/smoh
