Experiments with Truth

	Mahatma Gandhi described life as an “experiment with truth.”

Len Biendron (www.lenbiedron.com) commented on a previous Metaphysical SF blog post (The Roswell Crash and Politicians’ Birthdays):

…the most easily used reason to “do nothing” is that “the truth” is so very hard to define, let alone discover.

I agree. That’s what makes the pursuit of Truth such a challenging game.

Though, I disagree that anybody can “do nothing.” Doing nothing usually just means conforming or following something else. The world seems to be filled with powerful people quite willing to lead others who don’t want to lead themselves.

Len goes onto say…

How do we really know anything? By experiencing it ourselves, or by being informed. By the news media, by other people, by reading about it. None of these sources are certifiable purveyors of truth. But nonetheless we are compelled to choose one and believe, even though if you are careful and compare notes, you can see that the facts are sometimes conflicting or at least ambiguous.

Well, I’ve found that if we rely only on the first five senses to seek out the truth in anything (from “Why do I exist?” to “Whom should I vote for?”) we can forever find ourselves trapped in circular logic.

I’m a big believer in the sixth sense — intuition. Matter by it’s very nature is fleeting and not real. The first five senses only interpret matter –  so they are just as unreal. What is left is consciousness. It’s my belief and pursuit that learning how to tear away that veil of matter-perception allows us to experience ourselves as part of the Only Consciousness behind everything. That realization would give immediate knowledge of all things.

Until then, the real pursuit of truth is learning how to attune ourselves with our own intuition. Part of that development seems to be about taking what we learn through the senses and “running it by our yet infantile intuition, making a decision, applying it in our lives and reviewing the results.

Ghandi referred to his life as an “experiment with Truth.” And I think that’s the best we can ever do — trusting and having faith that Truth will guide us along if we are sincere and even minded.

P.S. Len’s wife does some beautiful nature photography. You can check them out by clicking here. We have one of her prints of an owl hanging on our living room wall and have purchased many of her greeting cards.

P.P.S. If you haven’t read it yet check out Are We Becoming a Race of Cyborgs?.

About the Author: John C. A. Manley writes meaningful science fiction and fantasy novels with a spiritual backbone. You can get a free subscription to his MetaphysicalSF email newsletter and free sample chapters from his novels. Click here to find out more....