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08-17-2002, 09:38 AM | #61 |
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popeontheropes:
" living truth" is absolutly impossible. unless you have complete knowledge of your place in the universe and what it is that you are supposed to be doing...or you have unraveled the secrets of the universe and mankinds reason for being..then you cannot live the truth. primarily because you do not know the truth. you can only live in response to the miniscule truths that you encounter on a daily basis.(popeontheropes) - it is not necessary to have "complete knowledge" of your place in the universe and what it is you are supposed to be doing" to live truth. - knowledge is a valuable tool that clarifies our incorrect ideas of the world and ourselves - however knowledge in itself is not sufficient to "live truth" as it is limited - again, i would state that truth is not a "knowable" it is a "living"-therefore living truth is not dependant on "knowing all". - truth is not first "known" then "lived" -although this is not entirely the correct way of stating this -as for your "murder" example, - while your example is a hypothetical, I would agree that our ideas of "good" and "bad" would certainly influence our decisions and actions in such an instance - that is why it is not useful to judge or act by such notions, as each incident or situation is different, with different circumstances - one should instead act according to "conscience", as who can say what "good" or "bad" results from any given event. Thanks Be seeing you... |
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