Truth HQ by Tom Wallace - HTML preview

T R U T H H Q

It would be wonderful if such an experience could be brought about on demand! (And

perhaps, dear reader, you’re already thinking of various methods right now!) But, generally

speaking, it happens only as a result of deep meditation or as just a random event that can happen to anyone, at any time.

The point I’m trying to make here is – not whether or not such an experience is ‘genuine’ or not – but instead, just the plain fact that we could, any of us, at any time, find ourselves sat on that mountain, looking out at the world as a glorious and harmonious timeless reality, where that crucial paradox of perfection is resolved. So now, where are the alternative truths, the alternative meanings, the alternative ethics and moralities? Nowhere really, as we already know that they must be incomplete. We are just

common humanity, sat on the mountaintop. And if we are wise, we will wonder at that view from eternity. That is the ultimate common

ground! The mountaintop reminds us that no-one can ever be right about truth. Only in

eternity (or, if you don’t mind it, only with God’s eye view) can the fundamental paradox of the universe be resolved. In the meantime, all our ideas are compromises. Better to contemplate the paradox than pretend that we have found the truth!

No use then in criticising another’s view of the truth, or their view of what is good and right. We build up others mostly by not tearing them down! We find the right way to live by a

conversation – not by trying to conform to rules or customs – far less by seeking ‘authenticity’ or living by instinct. All the time, let’s admire the view! To paraphrase Rumi – outside the place of right and wrong, there is a mountain. I’ll

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