Another one of dose days when I feel that I need to look someplace else for whatever it is that im lookin for...this idea that I have..more like a feeling actually, that I am searching for sumthin..it's like i'm on a quest...a quest to find my "purpose" (cliched, I knw..but it describes it well). The dilemma is that I dnt knw what m lukin for or where to luk for it ..nor can I ask for directions..which dsnt help a bit..
wish I had some background music and a sword..and maybe a sidekick..that wud make it a hell lot more interesting....hehe..
anywayz..I guess ill know when I come to that point in life....
Friday, January 26, 2007
Thursday, January 25, 2007
ABSOLUTE TRUTH...DOES IT EXIST???.
How would you define truth? Today in philosophy class, we were asked this question and something that our group thought wud be pretty easy to define..was really confusing when we actually thought about it...because there is no universal definiton of truth...that's because what maybe true for you may not be true for anyone else. truth is what you believe in, but someone else might not follow that belief system.. a friend of mine and i were having a lil discussion over it..he said truth is what is "right" ..but again whats right for you may not be right for me. Then there are different types of truth. scientific truth is the simplest explanation that accounts for all the available facts. it's the truth of the moment. it's transitory. relative truth is realtive to a persons situation or standpoint..so its more likely to change with time and situation. now is there any such thing as "the absolute truth?" absolute truth is faith within certain religions. different religions have different beliefs, thus different truths. reality and death are part of an absolute truth. then again are we really here? is death really "THE END"..it couldnt be the absoulte truth if you believe in reincarnation or life after death. just like matrix, maybe we just think that we are here. what if we are living in a simulated reality?So far, truth looks like belief, and beliefs differ from person to person. so what we call truth is just what we believe in ...
followup:
this article that i read online today is pretty akin to what i wrote above and supports my reasoning by using historical incidences..this guy is also saying that there is no absolute truth....
Truth needs the crutches of a lie
by Rajneesh Batra
Who would denounce the age-old perception that 'Only Truth prevails'? But I take it as a 'myth'.
I was driven to change my outlook towards life and its values not just because of personal experiences, but also due to our epics.
Let me clarify that I am neither atheist nor radical. But I do have a brain, which with the grace of the Almighty is working perfectly fine so far. I, therefore, offer anticipatory apologies to all those who might get hurt in any way by my point of view.
So, let me start with the Ramayana. There is no debate that our land ever produced a more pious and truthful soul than Lord Rama - the only person enjoying the prefix 'Maryadapurshottam' before his name. His selflessness and transparency in honouring his father's command and putting his wife to the ultimate test is unmatched.
But, did he prevail over Ravana just because Truth was on his side? No! Because, if we go by the words of Goswami Tulsidas, it was the 'Vanar Sena' that made him victorious, courtesy of Sugriva, their king. But, could Sugriva have ever become king, had Lord Rama not killed Vali, his elder brother, by keeping aside fair play (maryada) for a while. So, 'truth prevailed' only after adopting an unfair practice.
Now, recall another benchmark of Indian mythology, the Mahabharata, which also tries to prove that 'Truth comes out victorious'. But again, the biggest obstacles to the triumph of truth, Dronacharya and Bhishma, were overpowered only through unfair means, and that too by none other than Lord Krishna.
If our gods take the help of 'deceit' to avoid 'defeat' and 24-carat gold cannot turn into ornament unless mixed with impurity, how can we turn our lives savoury without adding the pinch of lie to the recipe of truth?
My whole point is that there is nothing in this world that is an 'Absolute Truth', because it cannot fly without the 'feathers of fib'. Secondly, the 'half-truth' is always more lethal than an 'absolute lie'
followup:
this article that i read online today is pretty akin to what i wrote above and supports my reasoning by using historical incidences..this guy is also saying that there is no absolute truth....
Truth needs the crutches of a lie
by Rajneesh Batra
Who would denounce the age-old perception that 'Only Truth prevails'? But I take it as a 'myth'.
I was driven to change my outlook towards life and its values not just because of personal experiences, but also due to our epics.
Let me clarify that I am neither atheist nor radical. But I do have a brain, which with the grace of the Almighty is working perfectly fine so far. I, therefore, offer anticipatory apologies to all those who might get hurt in any way by my point of view.
So, let me start with the Ramayana. There is no debate that our land ever produced a more pious and truthful soul than Lord Rama - the only person enjoying the prefix 'Maryadapurshottam' before his name. His selflessness and transparency in honouring his father's command and putting his wife to the ultimate test is unmatched.
But, did he prevail over Ravana just because Truth was on his side? No! Because, if we go by the words of Goswami Tulsidas, it was the 'Vanar Sena' that made him victorious, courtesy of Sugriva, their king. But, could Sugriva have ever become king, had Lord Rama not killed Vali, his elder brother, by keeping aside fair play (maryada) for a while. So, 'truth prevailed' only after adopting an unfair practice.
Now, recall another benchmark of Indian mythology, the Mahabharata, which also tries to prove that 'Truth comes out victorious'. But again, the biggest obstacles to the triumph of truth, Dronacharya and Bhishma, were overpowered only through unfair means, and that too by none other than Lord Krishna.
If our gods take the help of 'deceit' to avoid 'defeat' and 24-carat gold cannot turn into ornament unless mixed with impurity, how can we turn our lives savoury without adding the pinch of lie to the recipe of truth?
My whole point is that there is nothing in this world that is an 'Absolute Truth', because it cannot fly without the 'feathers of fib'. Secondly, the 'half-truth' is always more lethal than an 'absolute lie'
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