We are reminded from time to time that the
pursuit of fact, and the relativity of fact itself, may be
distinctly severable from truth due to individual perception, ego
and attachment, and exponentially the ego’s attachment to
perception, the ego’s attachment to outcome, and the evolution of
the imposter of ego as ‘Trier-in-Fact’. If such a distinction is
agreeable, then perhaps the discussion may be favorable to a subtle
ear…
An object is seen by a hundred different
people like a hundred reflections in a hundred mirrors. But is it
the same object? As a first approximation, it’s the same object,
but one that can be perceived in different ways by different
beings.
Colors, sounds, smells, flavors, and
textures aren’t attributes that are inherent to the objective
world, existing independently of our collective or individual
senses. The objects we perceive through the myriad of causes and
conditions seem completely ‘external’ to us, but do they have
intrinsic characteristics that define their true nature? What is
the true nature of the world as it exists independently of
ourselves? We have no way of knowing, because our only way of
comprehending the true nature of the world, the true nature of
reality, the true nature of fact, the true nature of all things,
all conditions and all constituent parts is via our own personal
mental process and are the result of our own personal and
particular way(s) of investigation.
Efforts furthering the explanation,
understanding and pursuit of truth and reality are surely
commendable. As we each think, comprehend, and pontificate our
conscience to the extent of intellectual capacity and honesty, we
nevertheless remain quintessentially quintessential in this and
other matters and means of surety. As such there is no fault, only
ignorance…
Only one who has attained enlightenment
recognizes the ultimate nature, the true nature, the unencumbered
nature of the world, of reality, of fact, of all things, their
constituent parts and the methods, the causes and conditions, by
which they manifest – they appear, but are devoid of any intrinsic
existence – as the direct contemplation of absolute truth/absolute
reality transcends any intellectual concept, any duality between
subject and object. It is in this manner that there is but one
Truth one Reality, and it resides equally within the Buddha-nature
of us all without any insurmountable disparity.
