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Seeking Truth
Where is the truth and how could one look for the ultimate truth? For general
understanding, the truth is not out there. The truth arises in you. You are the
truth. You create truths and not someone else out there. Literally, it is difficult
for one to see the truth because one’s eyes couldn’t see one’s own eyes. For
instance, both the duck and the cow are created truths. Precisely, this kind of
truth is also known as conventional truth i.e. a subjective cum relative truth. This
means the truth orientation is dependent on the observer (i.e. the subject’s mind)
to provide the description, definition, recognition, valuation, etc. on the other side
of the object or matter. And the truth conclusion varies among different observers
or minds.
In another instance, if you show an I-phone to a caveman, he would describe it as
merely a useless hard object. And if you show it to let’s say, an ant, it becomes a
gigantic heavy object. Likewise, you can be named as a human, a son, a father, a
preacher, a student, a Caucasian, an American, a thin man, an old man, a buyer, a
supplier, a stranger, etc. concurrently. At the end of the day, the observer (be it
your own self or another third party) would provide the definition or recognition
based on their respective perception on the same referred object or matter. Once
again, one does not need to be served with the truth because it is not out there.
For a person who believes in the existence of God as creator and ruler of the
world or universe, every existence in the cosmos would rise and fall within the
kingdom of God. This means all beings or things are the essential constituents of
God and therefore, as humans, we can also be known as namesake gods.
In order to seek for the ultimate truth, it is imperative for one to abandon the
stereotyping mindset that is associated with the ‘-ism’ or ‘-ology’ for it is a
system of pre-conditioning or pre-disposition. Generally, liberation is the only
right potion to the ultimate truth discovery and with the inculcation of right
determination, the ultimate truth can be discovered by anyone right here, right
now. This would mean observations on all the phenomena would need to be based
on unbiased grounds i.e. on neutral and upright positions. In Buddhism,
enlightenment is about seeing and knowing it all by our mind consciousness i.e.
seeing and knowing into the true nature and its orientation all the time. As a start,
one would realise that Mother Nature is the pinnacle of all the dependent and non-
dependent circumstances in the cosmos. It is considered as the supreme state of
all things with the attributes of emptiness.
Emptiness of phenomena exists in the way it appears in direct perception and
without the need to reference of any other entity. It is completely defined by its
own nature. In other words, emptiness of phenomena is an inherent existence that
is uncaused. It is indestructible and eternal. It is unchanging when viewed
externally and cannot undergo any internal changes of state. It has no
constituent parts and nothing can be thrown out or removed from it. Nothing can
be added to it and no change in the external conditions can affect it. For a theist,
this phenomenon is also known as One Supreme Being or God. In other words, all
things or matters would rise and fall within the Mother Nature or so-called the One
Supreme Being or God. This is the deepest fact about things and nothing can be
recognised beyond its boundary. Without Mother Nature, nothing would ever exist
- no things or happenings would arise. However, on another perspective,
emptiness is the key attribute of all things or matters that ain’t stop for nothing
and always in motion, just like the Chinese saying goes, ‘There is another
mountain higher than this one, always!’ In other words, because of emptiness, all
things or matters would rise and fall in the continuum of eternity. Therefore, we
could classify that emptiness is a universal quality that is inherent existing and
dependent arising concurrently.
As a conclusion, seeing the truth can be direct and simple. Ultimately, one just
needs a right determination to be enlightened on all the surrounding phenomena.
For a reference, every phenomenal existence is the product of the proper
combination of causes and conditions. Each of the causes would need other
causes to be present together with their respective conditions. As humans, we
are also subject to cause and condition all the time. In fact, we are basically the
end result of a certain unique frequency pattern of consciousness – a wave of
collated high and low vibrations that subsequently bring forth a conflation of mind
and body. Our mind and physical body are merely an interim containment of
certain blueprint of vibrational frequencies that fluctuates according to the
influence of multiple causes and conditions. And Buddhism has shown the wise
approach to comprehend this truth via enlightenment.

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Seeking Truth

  • 1. Seeking Truth Where is the truth and how could one look for the ultimate truth? For general understanding, the truth is not out there. The truth arises in you. You are the truth. You create truths and not someone else out there. Literally, it is difficult for one to see the truth because one’s eyes couldn’t see one’s own eyes. For instance, both the duck and the cow are created truths. Precisely, this kind of truth is also known as conventional truth i.e. a subjective cum relative truth. This means the truth orientation is dependent on the observer (i.e. the subject’s mind) to provide the description, definition, recognition, valuation, etc. on the other side of the object or matter. And the truth conclusion varies among different observers or minds. In another instance, if you show an I-phone to a caveman, he would describe it as merely a useless hard object. And if you show it to let’s say, an ant, it becomes a gigantic heavy object. Likewise, you can be named as a human, a son, a father, a preacher, a student, a Caucasian, an American, a thin man, an old man, a buyer, a supplier, a stranger, etc. concurrently. At the end of the day, the observer (be it your own self or another third party) would provide the definition or recognition based on their respective perception on the same referred object or matter. Once again, one does not need to be served with the truth because it is not out there. For a person who believes in the existence of God as creator and ruler of the world or universe, every existence in the cosmos would rise and fall within the kingdom of God. This means all beings or things are the essential constituents of God and therefore, as humans, we can also be known as namesake gods. In order to seek for the ultimate truth, it is imperative for one to abandon the stereotyping mindset that is associated with the ‘-ism’ or ‘-ology’ for it is a system of pre-conditioning or pre-disposition. Generally, liberation is the only right potion to the ultimate truth discovery and with the inculcation of right determination, the ultimate truth can be discovered by anyone right here, right now. This would mean observations on all the phenomena would need to be based on unbiased grounds i.e. on neutral and upright positions. In Buddhism, enlightenment is about seeing and knowing it all by our mind consciousness i.e. seeing and knowing into the true nature and its orientation all the time. As a start, one would realise that Mother Nature is the pinnacle of all the dependent and non- dependent circumstances in the cosmos. It is considered as the supreme state of all things with the attributes of emptiness. Emptiness of phenomena exists in the way it appears in direct perception and without the need to reference of any other entity. It is completely defined by its
  • 2. own nature. In other words, emptiness of phenomena is an inherent existence that is uncaused. It is indestructible and eternal. It is unchanging when viewed externally and cannot undergo any internal changes of state. It has no constituent parts and nothing can be thrown out or removed from it. Nothing can be added to it and no change in the external conditions can affect it. For a theist, this phenomenon is also known as One Supreme Being or God. In other words, all things or matters would rise and fall within the Mother Nature or so-called the One Supreme Being or God. This is the deepest fact about things and nothing can be recognised beyond its boundary. Without Mother Nature, nothing would ever exist - no things or happenings would arise. However, on another perspective, emptiness is the key attribute of all things or matters that ain’t stop for nothing and always in motion, just like the Chinese saying goes, ‘There is another mountain higher than this one, always!’ In other words, because of emptiness, all things or matters would rise and fall in the continuum of eternity. Therefore, we could classify that emptiness is a universal quality that is inherent existing and dependent arising concurrently. As a conclusion, seeing the truth can be direct and simple. Ultimately, one just needs a right determination to be enlightened on all the surrounding phenomena. For a reference, every phenomenal existence is the product of the proper combination of causes and conditions. Each of the causes would need other causes to be present together with their respective conditions. As humans, we are also subject to cause and condition all the time. In fact, we are basically the end result of a certain unique frequency pattern of consciousness – a wave of collated high and low vibrations that subsequently bring forth a conflation of mind and body. Our mind and physical body are merely an interim containment of certain blueprint of vibrational frequencies that fluctuates according to the influence of multiple causes and conditions. And Buddhism has shown the wise approach to comprehend this truth via enlightenment.