21 levels of Self-Deception: THIRD EDITION by Tom Wallace - HTML preview
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T W E N T Y - O N E L E V E L S
1. Introduction
‘The world being illusive, one must be deluded in some way if one is to triumph in it.’
W.B. Yeats
Each chapter of this work is presented as a delusion. As Chapter 2 indicates, the fundamental delusion is to think that anything at all can be said about the nature of reality. Realty is an experience beyond words or logical analysis. The chances of getting anywhere near truth are therefore negligible! Reading however is an interruption to the flow of life and sometimes a word or phrase can resonate with an individual and provide some small help. That is the hope and intention here. There are also ‘mustard seed moments’, when the mind is open to new truth and some small word or thought arrives just at that time.
If truth is unknowable or inexpressible, then at least there is truth within a particular context — so far as this can be realised. I draw back from describing this as relative truth. The way I describe it is to recognise that when a particular matter is discussed then this is done within a context or boundary, whether this is recognised or not. Some boundaries are constructions that
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