What is Truth?

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Charles Welborn
Ft. Collins, Colorado
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Hi Peter,
I need a new question. Has anyone contemplated What Is Truth? This feels like the next
question for me.
Charlie


Charlie,
It is appropriate to tackle any question. What is truth, however, is not an enlightenment question. To
deeply grasp what truth is, or honesty, or communication, or relationship, and so forth is a very powerful thing to do. Such realizations will probably have as much or more of a profound effect on how one lives and experiences and relates as will enlightenment. But it isn't enlightenment. This is why I do the ontology. This kind of work, directed at becoming more deeply conscious of what mind and self and life are, is very important work. They are not enlightenments, however. And I've observed that people who work on enlightenment in any of the traditional ways usually fall short of grasping the dynamics and nature of what is right in front of them -- self, mind, life as it's lived. I know this sounds funny but it's true. A weird dynamic perhaps, occurring because people have a very hard time dealing with paradox, and want their "truth" to be packaged, but it cannot.

Enlightenment is about the very nature or existence of being. This centers on one's self, since the self is
the first and closest thing that we seem to be. Enlightenment is becoming directly conscious of the heart
of existence, the nature of being, or reality. What is actually there or so. Truth is an abstraction. It isn't
there. There is nothing that exists "as" the truth. Such distinctions as communication, being honest,
relationship, honor, perception, knowledge, etc., are not something that "is." They all exist only as a
function of relationship. They are "activities," not existence itself. They should be known deeply for what they truly are, but they do not exist outside of relativity. When we ask an enlightenment question, we are asking about the absolute. All of the above distinctions are relative and only exist as a function of relationship and human creation, they are not absolute in nature. This is why they can't be an
enlightenment question. Do you understand? I know it can be confusing, but once you grasp what "is"
absolute, this tends to clear up such confusion.

Instead of asking "what is truth," you could simply ask "what is" since then it can be absolute. But that
question invites your mind to be up to mischief, since you will have a hard time focusing anywhere.
Everything "is" and so your mind will jump all over. For some years I used to ask: "What is This?" "This" referring to my present consciousness of existence, what seemed to be. But I only asked such a question after having had several enlightenment experiences on the nature of self (being), another (being), and existence (the perception of reality). So I don't know what it would be like for you.
Hope this helps.
Peter

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