How can we know the truth in a world of illusions and lies?
When is the truth a lie? And when is a lie the truth?
Take this man’s claims, for example. Off the cuff, we would most likely scoff at him. But what if he were correct? What if his claims are true? What if we and the rest of the world’s people are wrong?
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We can know the truth in a world of illusions and lies if the true God makes it known to us. The truth is never a lie and a lie is never the truth. But if someone believes a lie, that lie may seem to him to be the truth, and likewise, the truth may to him seem to be a lie.
Paul said in Romans (in my version). “For the Placer locks the all together into stubbornness, that he may be giving mercy to the all.” I believe this is true. Do you?
I believe the Earth is a globe, slightly bulging at the equator because of the 1000 mph rotation. But sometimes I do believe things that are false until I see differently. I do my best to ferret out the truth, using all faculties and info available, but I believe God determines who believes what at any moment. It’s a good education to have believed a lie and then had the truth revealed. I’ve found the truth to be incomparably better than any lie. It seems to me the ultimate truth is God himself, who is spirit, poured into and through us, becoming more and more in us each moment. I believe he is actually operating everyone, bringing everyone eventually into the realization of him as all in all. Even if it takes us through judgments and discipline, it will prove to be an excellent ride for all when he’s finished with this ages long project.
Here’s a poem I wrote a while back, called “Placer’s Filling”.
Placer’s filling; let the dew fall. Here in his love, he’s filling all.
“Who is Placer?” someone may say. Who placed the sun, moon, Milky Way?
Unpersuaded, some are locked in, quite unaware, dead in the sin.
“I’m no sinner,” some sinners say. Placer just flows, making each day.
Is he water? Is he a breeze? He’s a fountain, flowing with ease.
Is all our need, part of his care? Every detail, down to each hair,
every atom, matter of fact, scalar effects, all of them stacked.
What’s to worry, where we are from? Back to Placer, here we all come.
Is he a fire? Is he a judge? Is he nasty, holding a grudge?
“Better be good!” some people say. I never could, try as I may.
Then Placer came, made it all right, showed me his plan, gave me some sight.
He is the source; all is from him. He’s the object; all is for him.
Everything’s working; all is for good. Evil’s a tool; it’s understood.
When he’s finished, all will then see, Placer’s filling, eternally.
We are his house. He’s our house too. What a delight, all through and through!
Thank you for sharing your beautiful poem with us here. It is a remarkable paradox indeed that we use words and labels to describe something that is actually indescribable and truly beyond words and thoughts, all in our efforts to give it meaning and to render it meaningful in our lives. Thank you for your presence and the beautiful mind you bring.
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Last night I ran across a math exercise from MIT stating that aircraft GPS landing systems must take into account the curvature of the earth in their calculations. But the math exercise assumed a flat earth to simplify calculations for beginners in Calculus. It seems obvious to me that if an aircraft landing system assumed a flat earth, there could be a rough landing for someone.
A belief is basically an assumption, based on perceptions. Perceptions truly are subjective, but not only in the sense commonly understood. That is, our perceptions, or lack of them, can subject us to lies, or to the truth. Are we the source and master of our perceptions? Or are they given to us by a source greater than ourselves? Jesus said some could not believe him because the Placer blinded their eyes. They were able to believe lies, but unable to believe the truth. “It is we who decide what is true, and what is an illusion.” And then, perhaps, there is a landing ahead that will confirm or disprove out assumptions.
Since the Placer is able to raise the dead, reconcile everything and everyone, make everything new, and has said he’s going to do so, it’s all for good, no problem. A crash is not a big deal, just a miniscule lesson about an infinite subject.
The point you made about the aircraft GPS landing systems wonderfully exemplifies the mystical teaching that all human beliefs borne out of material sense, i.e., human perception based on the bodily senses, are expressions and illusory projections of the conditioned human mind. If we were to suddenly drop every human belief we entertain in consciousness, we would immediately see and experience things in their true light, perceiving them through the unconditioned mind of the God-Mind.
From among our many posts in the past, this month we feature: "From the Head to the Heart" which was published on 08 June 2018. It explains how to shift contemplation from being an intellectual activity to becoming an intuitive heart process.
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We can know the truth in a world of illusions and lies if the true God makes it known to us. The truth is never a lie and a lie is never the truth. But if someone believes a lie, that lie may seem to him to be the truth, and likewise, the truth may to him seem to be a lie.
Paul said in Romans (in my version). “For the Placer locks the all together into stubbornness, that he may be giving mercy to the all.” I believe this is true. Do you?
I believe the Earth is a globe, slightly bulging at the equator because of the 1000 mph rotation. But sometimes I do believe things that are false until I see differently. I do my best to ferret out the truth, using all faculties and info available, but I believe God determines who believes what at any moment. It’s a good education to have believed a lie and then had the truth revealed. I’ve found the truth to be incomparably better than any lie. It seems to me the ultimate truth is God himself, who is spirit, poured into and through us, becoming more and more in us each moment. I believe he is actually operating everyone, bringing everyone eventually into the realization of him as all in all. Even if it takes us through judgments and discipline, it will prove to be an excellent ride for all when he’s finished with this ages long project.
Here’s a poem I wrote a while back, called “Placer’s Filling”.
Placer’s filling; let the dew fall. Here in his love, he’s filling all.
“Who is Placer?” someone may say. Who placed the sun, moon, Milky Way?
Unpersuaded, some are locked in, quite unaware, dead in the sin.
“I’m no sinner,” some sinners say. Placer just flows, making each day.
Is he water? Is he a breeze? He’s a fountain, flowing with ease.
Is all our need, part of his care? Every detail, down to each hair,
every atom, matter of fact, scalar effects, all of them stacked.
What’s to worry, where we are from? Back to Placer, here we all come.
Is he a fire? Is he a judge? Is he nasty, holding a grudge?
“Better be good!” some people say. I never could, try as I may.
Then Placer came, made it all right, showed me his plan, gave me some sight.
He is the source; all is from him. He’s the object; all is for him.
Everything’s working; all is for good. Evil’s a tool; it’s understood.
When he’s finished, all will then see, Placer’s filling, eternally.
We are his house. He’s our house too. What a delight, all through and through!
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Thank you for sharing your beautiful poem with us here. It is a remarkable paradox indeed that we use words and labels to describe something that is actually indescribable and truly beyond words and thoughts, all in our efforts to give it meaning and to render it meaningful in our lives. Thank you for your presence and the beautiful mind you bring.
🙂
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Last night I ran across a math exercise from MIT stating that aircraft GPS landing systems must take into account the curvature of the earth in their calculations. But the math exercise assumed a flat earth to simplify calculations for beginners in Calculus. It seems obvious to me that if an aircraft landing system assumed a flat earth, there could be a rough landing for someone.
A belief is basically an assumption, based on perceptions. Perceptions truly are subjective, but not only in the sense commonly understood. That is, our perceptions, or lack of them, can subject us to lies, or to the truth. Are we the source and master of our perceptions? Or are they given to us by a source greater than ourselves? Jesus said some could not believe him because the Placer blinded their eyes. They were able to believe lies, but unable to believe the truth. “It is we who decide what is true, and what is an illusion.” And then, perhaps, there is a landing ahead that will confirm or disprove out assumptions.
Since the Placer is able to raise the dead, reconcile everything and everyone, make everything new, and has said he’s going to do so, it’s all for good, no problem. A crash is not a big deal, just a miniscule lesson about an infinite subject.
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Well said, dispenser1. 🙂
The point you made about the aircraft GPS landing systems wonderfully exemplifies the mystical teaching that all human beliefs borne out of material sense, i.e., human perception based on the bodily senses, are expressions and illusory projections of the conditioned human mind. If we were to suddenly drop every human belief we entertain in consciousness, we would immediately see and experience things in their true light, perceiving them through the unconditioned mind of the God-Mind.
Thank you for your comments.
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