Truth Xivxviii

Truth XiVXViii, 14 months, 18 days, clean and sober AA.
(1018/2013)

The root of all sadness is "truth will set you free," but it will also isolate you from others who are scared to fallow your path for the truth to ovoid all the losses that come with knowledge of the truth.

That is why knowledge is a forbidden fruit.

That is why truth cannot be understood through words written or spoken; it can only be learned in silence through personal experience, and there are many levels of understanding of the one simple truth.

That is why those who know the truth don't talk about it.

Those who do talk about the truth either don't know it or know of it from the words and experiences of others.

Real truth can only be understood through contradictions.

Contradictions push away the ignorant and enlighten the wise, but true wisdom only comes from within by going through the experience of the contradictions of the dualities of this world.

There is only one truth, only one God, and only one light, but there are many levels of understanding the truth, understanding God, and understanding the separation of the light of knowledge from the darkness of ignorance.

The so-called “gray area” is the root of all the differences among different religions, beliefs, and points of view and the cause of all conflicts, wars, and other things that are not from the goodness of the pure hearts but from the bitterness of selfish, egocentric minds that we all possess by nature.

Our animal instinct of self-preservance can only be overcome by love, by serving others for the common good of all mankind and nature around us, and most importantly, by the sense of obligation and will to serve and place the needs of others above our own needs of survival and prosperity.