Truth

There is no absolute truth, all truth is relative
There is no relative truth, all truth is absolute

(This just struck me this afternoon and I have been pondering it the rest of the evening.)

4 Responses to “Truth”

  1. MysticSaint Says:

    i have a poem for u from Kahlil Jibran. u will know what u meant more i hope when u just read it.

    http://mysticsaint.blogspot.com/2006/06/on-self-knowledge.html

    highlight this section,

    Say not, “I have found the truth,”
    but rather, “I have found a truth.”

    Say not, “I have found the path of the Soul.”
    Say rather, “I have met the Soul walking upon my path.”

    For the soul walks upon all paths.

  2. anonymous julie Says:

    There is truth.

    Is there a reference point?

  3. Zach Says:

    The reference point is in the middle. I know that sounds a little cliché, but I have found thus far that the answer to almost every question regarding the balance between two extremes is the middle way.

  4. Monakhos » Blog Archive » “Living As Best You Can” Says:

    […] It’s easy to give “Sunday school” answers to these questions, and if I cared for them at all, I wouldn’t be asking them. After years in Christian school and Sunday school and church, I know every single one of them, and not one of them interests me anymore. I wrote nearly two months ago on truth and since then my thoughts on the topic haven’t changed much. Truth is individual. No universal truth is true for all people. What is good for one person, might be bad for another. What might furthur one person may detriment another. Universality is nonexistent. Nonexistence is universal. […]

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