[MD] the truth is NOT out there

[MarshaV]

At 06:14 AM 3/25/2007, you wrote:
>
>
> >[Kevin]
> > >The truth is not out there.  But looking for truth out there is 
> the only way
> > >to discover truth.
> > >
> > >Agree?  Disagree?  Why?  Why not?
> >
> >
> >
> > [Marsha]
> > For me, the truth is all out there, all in here, and all
> > nowhere.
>
>Our conversation these past few weeks has provided for me a glimpse into your
>take on things.  And so what you say here fascinates me.
>
>[Kevin]
>I've been reflecting on _the truth is not out there_ for 
>years.  Yesterday morning
>it crystalized into _but looking for truth out there is the only way 
>to discover
>truth_.  The feeling is, when first we ask "who am I" we haven't the 
>training or
>the experience to know to look inside for the answer.  And so we look
>elsewhere.  And of course we don't find it out there.  I think 
>searching and not
>finding and then finding is a more accurate description of how people come to
>know who they are.
>
> >[Marsha}
> > You might protest this answer, but it is how I experience things.
>
>[Kevin]
>Isn't protest something people do to effect negative change in something or
>someone else, e.g., stop this or don't do that?  My preference is positive
>change.
>

Greetngs Kevin,

You might have protested that I have not answered your question at 
all.  Isn't the truth influenced by the preferences of the 
observer?   Who is the observer?  The self?

I have mentioned the words of the dormouse, "Feed your head."  Well 
maybe I've fed myself too many books about Hinduism/Buddhism and the 
MOQ to ever be able to intellectually distinguish a self.  What I 
might mistake for a self is an ever-changing, constellation of 
overlapping static patterns of value.  These SPoVs seem to be 
energized to different degrees depending one's intent and experience.

What truth would one be searching for?  Maybe there is only 
searching.  Or only Now.  Or a constant interaction between the two?

Interesting article.  Peace?  Can I energize peace on a canvas?   Can 
you imagine the SPoV that would hold that peace is a communistic 
idea?   How about a painting of a group of concerned citizens sitting 
around a night-time campfire discussing how peace would impact the 
seventh generation?

Bye Keith.

m