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Continue reading Disillusionment as a Blessing
After all, allegiance to – or – love of truth is an optimizing orientation to life. Within each of us there is a drive to become, to actualize our human potential. Environments of deception and falsehood thwart this actualizing drive, for if our day-to-day decisions are based on misinformation provided us by governments and corporations, then we cannot easily carry forward our lives. Continue reading When Truth is Banned From the Marketplace of Ideas
Contemplative traditions consider the practice of presence the sine qua non (“without which nothing”) of spiritual unfolding. The Tibetan Dzogchen master, Namkhai Norbu, for example, considers presence to be “the ultimate” practice. Continue reading Presence, Neurons, and the Internet
We live in an age when deception seems the norm of government, corporations, and politicians. Given that living organisms are endowed with a drive to optimize their existence how can individuals and families effectively govern their lives when the information they need to make decisions is false or misleading? Continue reading Allegiance to Truth in an Age of Deception
Let me first share several favorite stories from history which exemplify the love of truth and whose examples move me. To begin, imagine that the religious and political powers of your kingdom have targeted you. You are called before the very emperor himself and his court to defend yourself. Previous defendants have been known to have been captured and executed in transit. Such was the situation which Martin Luther faced in 1521 when he was called before Emperor Charles and the Diet of Worms to defend his 95 theses which refuted Catholic doctrine and founded the Protestant Reformation. Continue reading Love of Truth – A Skill of Authentic Living
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Despite truthfulness being essential for an authentic life, we can deceive ourselves in innumerable ways. All to often we buffer ourselves from disappointment, unhappiness, and pain by avoiding things, not showing up in our lives, or lying to ourselves. But does putting your head in the sand really work?
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Presence, neurons, and the internet: these concepts are intimately related in an unsuspecting and unfavorable way which might concern you, if in your pursuit of authenticity, you practice presence.
No doubt one taproot of our existence is truth without which it is difficult to thrive. If a plant sends forth its root in search of water, and finds only sand, it will wither. If a society requiring truth for its government, finds only deception, the social order, you, and I will fail to thrive.
For me the love of truth is of utmost importance, and it is one of the psychological traits which foster authenticity. In the preceding post, I wrote about the nature of personal truth. Here I want to explore how the love of truth expresses itself.
