Truth HQ by Tom Wallace - HTML preview

T R U T H H Q

happen to live?

Well, we could start by saying that there are lots of alternative types of truth out there that we might pick from – ranging from religion to atheism and from spirituality to hard science. We, most of us, will pick a truth and that truth will often lead us to hold certain values. Then the values will suggest to us what is a good way to live on a personal level – an ethic – and how to deal with other people, with society, nature and the planet.

But, of course, the really troubling thing is that different people choose different truths, different ideas of what constitutes meaning in the world, and hence different views on ethics and morals.

And add to this perhaps the most perplexing thing about the universe in general – it seems to suggest perfection, but at the same time it seems structurally unable to deliver perfection – it always appears flawed – at least from our human perspective. As such, all types of truth-seeking run up against this fundamental dilemma. Even religion – which usually

promises more comprehensive solutions than either science or spirituality – seems to have to face up to this fundamental dilemma. Enter – at last – the view from the mountaintop. There is something – perhaps a brain-state, or perhaps something genuinely spiritual – that is often called the mountaintop experience. It is a trance-like state, where the world is experienced as One – a harmonious and joyful condition of interbeing. The person having this experience loses, for a time, any sense of self – feels as if they are part of everything – feels out of time – feels they are seeing the universe from the perspective of eternity. A God’s eye view.

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