This document discusses finding truth beyond beliefs and convictions. It states that our experiences and impressions form our gods, icons, and truths, which are composed of emotional and mental notions. However, true truth dwells within us and just beyond worldly perceptions. Finding truth requires exploring beyond our notions and being willing to question in order to discern our relationship with life.

1. BEYOND BELIEFS
The Path to Finding Truth

2. What do we know?
What is in our hearts?
What do we hold as truth?

3. Our experiences leave impressions
upon our hearts and minds.

4. Based upon those impressions,
we develop conclusions about
how the world works and how to live our lives.

5. Emotional and mental impressions
form our convictions,
which become our gods,
our icons,
our Truths.

6. What are your icons?
Emotional longings,
intellectual notions, rules, codes, or creeds?

7. Your willingness to explore,
to question, to discern your relationship with life
will move you forward to a better, more fulfilling life.

8. The spiritual path is the path of discernment.

9. Life’s path takes us beyond
notions, beliefs, and convictions.

10. Truth is not composed
of thoughts,
emotions,
and beliefs.

11. Echoes of Truth,
perceived as Truth,
hold Truth at bay.

12. Truth is a state of being which
dwells deep within you and just
beyond the worldly horizon.