08-24-2013, 05:43 PM
I would add to Zenmaster's explanation only the idea that there is the truth of a worldview, and then what I consider to be the "actual truth" as defined by "what has actually happened".
So, to use an analogy, if we have many people in a house, going about their business and each experiencing through their own worldview, each has a semblence of their own truth, some aspect of the truth, perhaps not complete, but no less truth.
The house itself has a different worldview, the truth of what has actually happened is larger than it is for each of the people living in the house who each see from their own viewpoint the truth. The house sees the activities of each, and would know that the truth is not actually according to each individual, but is actually a collective truth determined by the activities of ALL the people in the house collectively. Thus, the activities of each individual, according to the house, would all be part of just one interactive activity.
This is what I mean by the "actual truth" in that there is what we think happens, or is happening, there is what we feel about what is happening, there is our direct experience of what is happening, there are stories from others about what has happened, and then there is that which actually occurred on all sides and all perspectives simultaneously that is the truth of the actual occurrence.
This is, I believe, why it can be said that only the One knows the actual truth, because it is the only point of view that is absolutely all-inclusive.
So, to use an analogy, if we have many people in a house, going about their business and each experiencing through their own worldview, each has a semblence of their own truth, some aspect of the truth, perhaps not complete, but no less truth.
The house itself has a different worldview, the truth of what has actually happened is larger than it is for each of the people living in the house who each see from their own viewpoint the truth. The house sees the activities of each, and would know that the truth is not actually according to each individual, but is actually a collective truth determined by the activities of ALL the people in the house collectively. Thus, the activities of each individual, according to the house, would all be part of just one interactive activity.
This is what I mean by the "actual truth" in that there is what we think happens, or is happening, there is what we feel about what is happening, there is our direct experience of what is happening, there are stories from others about what has happened, and then there is that which actually occurred on all sides and all perspectives simultaneously that is the truth of the actual occurrence.
This is, I believe, why it can be said that only the One knows the actual truth, because it is the only point of view that is absolutely all-inclusive.