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Originally posted by arpgme
reply to post by Ophiuchus 13
I guess you can't know with absolute certainty. Even if one sees something in front of their eyes, they are still seeing from a HUMAN'S eyes - from a HUMAN's perspective.
Originally posted by arpgme
What we can know with 100% certainty is that we exist. How do we know this? Because we are able to question our existence. If we didn't exist, there would be no "us" to question it.
Originally posted by Ophiuchus 13
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in short how do you KNOW you are having good or bad interactions are you taught that they are bad & they are good so you just listen. Or does experience play a part in your evaluations of deception and truth?
Originally posted by ecapsretuo
Our rational minds appraise a situation with judgment, WHICH clouds our vision of Truth.
Originally posted by ecapsretuo
transcendent of or rational minds is a LIVING stillness, a resting, natural state of mind. It is receptive by nature, and hears intuition. To view a situation IN LIGHT of this consciousness is to view it in its true light. That is, with discernment, not judgment. By thus dwelling mentally, we may always presently "see" the truth.edit on 21-7-2013 by ecapsretuo because: (no reason given)edit on 21-7-2013 by ecapsretuo because: (no reason given)
That is, with discernment, not judgment. By thus dwelling mentally, we may always presently "see" the truth.
Originally posted by intrptr
As far as discerning truth from lies, experience goes a long ways. By the time you are older you have seen all the scams and know this new updated version is just the same old song and dance.
Experience isn't everything but it helps.
Originally posted by subfab
reply to post by Ophiuchus 13
I have thought I had the truth on more than one occasion. believed these "truths" with all my being. correcting people with my "truth". the folly of youth.
only to find out that many of those "truths" were not true at all.
today I stay quiet, and observe. I only give my perspective when asked. (or type them here at ATS)
I no longer claim to have "truth". I spend most time just listening, reading and trying to understand the world around me.
thank you for taking time to share subfab
...for their experiences if shared somehow metaphysically/spiritually/physically can remove unneeded or unwanted steps in existence that a CREATOR Creation may encounter that can slow spiritual progression as well as potentially damage the soul and body...
Originally posted by Bluesma
I don't bother with the question. I don't know anything definitively.
I have experiences- I know when I am describing a subjective experience accurately or not,
But not the definitive nature of it. (I just had the experience of holding things I call a spoon and bowl, scooping something into my mouth that tasted like yogurt and granola.... but perhaps all this is a dream and none of it happened. That is what the sensations were like for me anyway ).
I have experiences no one else has with me, and other experiences that are shared with others,
And in normal speech, those shared ones can be referred to as more potentially real or true.
But that is just a matter of social ritual, because it would mean that the movie I watched with thirty people has more potential truth points than what I did alone on the toilet this morning.
If I have so-called "mystical" experiences, I don't bother trying to figure out if they are true or not, if they are of a good or bad nature. I interact with what is in front of me, that I perceive, but that's it. It is a curious parentheses in the day. But I am not looking for truth, I am not looking for a guide or god, so I don't feel any pressure to follow and determine who or what is trustworthy.
Originally posted by intrptr
reply to post by Ophiuchus 13
...for their experiences if shared somehow metaphysically/spiritually/physically can remove unneeded or unwanted steps in existence that a CREATOR Creation may encounter that can slow spiritual progression as well as potentially damage the soul and body...
That's a real enlightened way of looking at it. A nature hike at night is led by a guide who has a lantern to help light the path and show obstacles so others don't stumble.
Trick is to get your own lantern.
Originally posted by whatsecret
Love is the only truth. Everything else is an illusion.
Originally posted by NorEaster
It depends on what the nature of the information is.
Originally posted by NorEaster
If it's simple observation, then I chalk it up to perception and the inherent limitations of perception
If it's information concerning an event or change in the status of something or other, I'll fact check it as best I can
Originally posted by NorEaster
However, if it's information that is of a more permanent nature - such as a declaration concerning the primordial nature of physical reality itself - I have a wealth of challenges that I've gathered and developed over many years that the information must survive before I'll even consider it to be accurate, let alone authentic.
Originally posted by NorEaster
To my own mind, this sort of information has NO authoritative source and cannot have an authoritative source, since it either reflects the actual truth of what it suggests or it doesn't. The source of that sort of information means nothing at all relative to its inherent accuracy. There is no being that exists that can alter what is true and actual about that which exists as primordial or fundamental. Knowing that much already is to know enough to be immune to any deception that actually matters to me.edit on 7/22/2013 by NorEaster because: (no reason given)