The 3 Levels of Truth
1. Experience
2. Reasoning
3. Spiritual Knowing
What is truth? Someone once told me that ‘Truth is Death’. The basis for his explanation was that it is the ONLY thing that is GUARANTEED to all beings that take birth.
Experience is the first type of truth most of us know. Once an individual experiences something, they know it. None can then persuade them otherwise.
The second type of truth is something that we attain through rationalisation or reasoning. In most cases the truth is not immediately apparent. The truth is borne out by testing or analysis of the abstract idea, or point of discussion.
Both of the above types of truth are relative, they have a range of validity. Even though truths are superior in comparison to opinions, beliefs and superstitions – they are limited by their range of validity. There is another type of truth, much different to the above two.
The third truth is the direct way of Spiritual Knowing. This is an internal experience of ‘truth’ through the opening of higher faculties. In order to attain this level of truth one must meditate to obtain perceptions of absolute certainty. There is no need for further investigation, doubt is eliminated. The attained knowledge is beyond rationalisation and verbal description. The danger with this truth is that one must be careful not to let the fruits of one’s meditation pass into the realm of rationalisation otherwise you will be subjected to the relativity of external truths ( e.g the first two types of truth).
Below is a short compilation entitled ‘Truth of Life’.
True is taking birth
True is love for all
True is compassion
True is acceptance
True is knowing peace
True is detachment
Experience is the first type of truth most of us know. Once an individual experiences something, they know it. None can then persuade them otherwise.
The second type of truth is something that we attain through rationalisation or reasoning. In most cases the truth is not immediately apparent. The truth is borne out by testing or analysis of the abstract idea, or point of discussion.
Both of the above types of truth are relative, they have a range of validity. Even though truths are superior in comparison to opinions, beliefs and superstitions – they are limited by their range of validity. There is another type of truth, much different to the above two.
The third truth is the direct way of Spiritual Knowing. This is an internal experience of ‘truth’ through the opening of higher faculties. In order to attain this level of truth one must meditate to obtain perceptions of absolute certainty. There is no need for further investigation, doubt is eliminated. The attained knowledge is beyond rationalisation and verbal description. The danger with this truth is that one must be careful not to let the fruits of one’s meditation pass into the realm of rationalisation otherwise you will be subjected to the relativity of external truths ( e.g the first two types of truth).
Below is a short compilation entitled ‘Truth of Life’.
True is taking birth
True is love for all
True is compassion
True is acceptance
True is knowing peace
True is detachment
True is suffering
True is Pain
True is Death
True is Pain
True is Death
3 comments:
Rather than proud - I feel blessed and honoured to be a Sikh.
Spritual Warrior.
I have started a blog based on some of my recent experiences of mine that have initiated a change in me. I would like you to visit my blog and comment. I hope you would guide me with your experiences and wisdom.
Regards
Jasvinder
http://jes-awakens.blogspot.com/
"Spiritual knowing" sounds to me like an interpretation of experience - that type of experience sought in meditation but that sometimes occurs spontaneously.
I think that experience itself needs to be distinguished from our interpretations of it.
That said, inherent to the kind of experience you speak of is the sense that it's noetic, and this has been well described by many authors in this area.
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