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| What If Certainty Is The Biggest Barrier To Truth? by Theawakensoul(op): 10:20am On Apr 27 |
🌿 WHAT IF CERTAINTY IS THE BIGGEST BARRIER TO TRUTH? Let’s start with a simple question… 👉 What makes you so sure? Not confident. Not hopeful. 👉 Certain. Because certainty feels powerful. It gives you: 👉 Stability 👉 Identity 👉 A sense of control But here’s the uncomfortable part… 👉 What if that same certainty… is the very thing blocking you from seeing more? Think about it. When you are certain about something… 👉 You stop questioning it. 👉 You stop examining it. 👉 You stop exploring beyond it. And in that moment… 👉 Growth slows down. Because certainty closes doors. It says: 👉 “I already know.” 👉 “There’s nothing more to see.” 👉 “This is final.” But truth is not something you arrive at once… 👉 It’s something you continue to understand more deeply. And that requires openness. Here’s the problem many people don’t realize: 👉 Certainty can feel like truth… even when it’s just familiarity. You’ve heard something enough times… 👉 It becomes normal. 👉 It becomes accepted. 👉 It becomes “true” to you. But repetition is not the same as verification. And confidence is not the same as correctness. Now ask yourself honestly: 👉 Have you ever been completely sure about something…. And later realized you were wrong? It happens. To everyone. So what makes this time different? What makes this belief beyond question? Because the moment something becomes “untouchable”… 👉 It stops being examined. And anything that cannot be examined… 👉 Can easily become misunderstood. This is why questioning is important. Not to destroy belief… 👉 But to refine it. Because if something is true… 👉 It will remain true even after you question it. But if it changes or falls apart under examination… 👉 Then what you had was not truth. 👉 It was assumption. Now here’s the deeper layer: 👉 People don’t just hold onto certainty because it’s true… 👉 They hold onto it because it feels safe. Certainty removes doubt. It removes confusion. It removes the discomfort of not knowing. But growth often begins where certainty ends. In the space of: 👉 “Maybe I don’t fully understand this yet.” 👉 “Maybe there’s more to see.” 👉 “Maybe I need to look deeper.” That space feels uncomfortable… 👉 But it’s where clarity begins. So the real question is not: 👉 “Am I certain?” But: 👉 “Am I open enough to be wrong… if I need to be?” Because that level of honesty… 👉 Is what leads to real understanding. Not blind confidence. 👉 But conscious awareness. So maybe certainty is not strength. 👉 Maybe it’s a wall. And the moment you’re willing to question it… 👉 That wall begins to break. If something in this made you pause… 👉 Don’t ignore it. That pause… 👉 Is awareness trying to expand. 📘 Christ Consciousness: The Path Yeshua Walked 👉 https://selar.com/christ-consciousness Because sometimes… 👉 The thing you’re most certain about… is the very thing you’ve never truly examined. 🔥 I AM — The Awaken Soul (TAS) Question Everything. Discover Truth. @highlight #fy #fyp #fypシ #TruthUncovered #SpiritualAwakening #ReligiousManipulation #theawakensoul #spirituality #LiesOfReligion #deconstructreligion #spiritualawakening
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| Re: What If Certainty Is The Biggest Barrier To Truth? by StillDtruth: 10:59pm On Apr 27 |
Certainty can never be a barrier to Truth for certainty is Truth and Truth is certainty |
| Re: What If Certainty Is The Biggest Barrier To Truth? by StillDtruth: 11:03pm On Apr 27 |
And you really are a very eve... person. Ehere people are looking to be free of burdens you are trying to lay perpetual wike.d and unreasonable burdens on people Does a man eat when he does not have to? Or does a man keep on searching after he has found what he is looking for? If you see a man who has found what he is looking for trying to give himself a new thing to search for, won't you call him ma...? O Lord, see the enemy of the soul of man. |
| Re: What If Certainty Is The Biggest Barrier To Truth? by chieveboy(m): 10:47am On May 01 |
Theawakensoul:I see where you are coming from and its a bit tricky on "certainty being a barrier to truth." Firstly semantics and pragmatics plays a role in that, so it cannot or should not be generally applied, but note that certainty is a product of both truth and falsehood. 1: Truth leads to certainty, but then so does perception (right or wrong) which is the only medium for the consumption of truth. A catch exists here: Truth is a city which can (only) be reached via two roads of rightful or wrongful perception. which ever road used, you must get something. Example: A person lied to from childhood that their biological father was Dangote having lived and was spoon-fed by Dangote would be certain that their biological father was Dangote. And as you rightly conclude, they would not be making any effort at verifying this because their certainty is already a barrier to the truth they would likely not want to be told. 2: On the other hand, truth without the certainty of its observer or it's audience via a personal realization/experience would be of no effect, it would simply be unrealized or objective latent truth. Truth however wishes to be experienced, realized and acted upon. This is the 'goal' of life--for living. So certainty is both the outcome of truth and its opposite. Interestingly, the word touted as "faith" with connotation to 'blind belief' in the religious scriptures is actually supposed to be "Certainty" which actually does not work with blind belief. Original Faith or certainty which only works with knowledge, information or personal confirmation is the 'actualizer' of reality--where reality must not necessarily be an objective or universal truth in the sense that a drunk person seeing the road turning to a sea of water is certain, and is having a 'real' experience relative to himself that the solid road is liquid, an irony exists here... By and large, Truth in my view is relative, multi-leveled and infinite even so long as the object of perception is biologically subjective. The drunk man sing the liquid road is seeing something that exists and is true relative to himself, so much that should they goes inside this "imaginary" water which is dry land to onlookers, the forces of Placebo Effect may or could cause him to drown and die inside. So truth has levels and is relative even as it is truth to use the nostril or gills to breath. This means those who worship stones, the phallus, Jupiter, atheist, are all experiencing truth in its forked state because it is mostly the only way. A law of truth to note is that no one can catch or observe ultimate truth, it always has one more step ahead. |
| Re: What If Certainty Is The Biggest Barrier To Truth? by Dtruthspeaker: 1:26pm On May 01 |
chieveboy:Which child did not verify if their father is Dangote? Did the child not ask for pictures? And will not ask if you would take him to his house? And would he not ask if Dangote would come visiting so that he can verify? God makes sure that every human verifies everything that is why we are always liable for the decisions and choices we make. |
| Re: What If Certainty Is The Biggest Barrier To Truth? by chieveboy(m): 3:40pm On May 01 |
Dtruthspeaker:Read slowly what I wrote in the particular paragraph. Ensure you understand first... |
| Re: What If Certainty Is The Biggest Barrier To Truth? by Dtruthspeaker: 4:57pm On May 01 |
chieveboy:I read it and you said in addition to the issue i disagree with that "And as you rightly conclude, they would not be making any effort at verifying this because their certainty is already a barrier to the truth". Whereas, every child seeks verification of all that he has been told.exactly how they taught us square roots and till today i cannot see it used naturally (this makes badom go lunyc). Same way i still contest that mathematics question, if one egg boils in 5 mins vs 2 or 3eggs answer. https://www.nairaland.com/6547175/see-how-young-deception-began/2#106567457 |
| Re: What If Certainty Is The Biggest Barrier To Truth? by Theawakensoul(op): 9:46am On May 02 |
chieveboy:I actually appreciate this response, because now we’re getting into something deeper than surface-level arguments. But there are a few important distinctions that need to be clarified. First… You said truth is relative, multi-leveled, and subjective, using examples like the drunk man seeing water on the road. Let’s slow that down. 👉 The experience of the drunk man is real to him. But the object of that experience is not. The road is still dry. So what this shows is: 👉 Perception can be subjective. 👉 But truth itself is not automatically subjective. Because if everything becomes “truth” based on perception… 👉 Then the word truth loses meaning. It becomes: 👉 “Whatever I experience is true.” And that creates a problem. Because now… Illusion = truth Error = truth Misinterpretation = truth That’s not layered truth. 👉 That’s confusion between experience and reality. Now your point about certainty is interesting, and partly valid. 👉 Yes, certainty can arise from truth. 👉 And yes, it can also arise from falsehood. That’s exactly the issue. Because certainty itself… 👉 Is not proof of truth. A person can be completely certain… 👉 And completely wrong. So when I said: 👉 “Certainty can be a barrier to truth” What I’m pointing to is this: 👉 The moment certainty closes the door to questioning… It stops growth. Because truth, if it is truly truth: 👉 Does not fear examination. Now about your statement: 👉 “Truth wishes to be experienced” That sounds good, but it needs precision. Because not every experience leads to truth. 👉 Some experiences reinforce illusion. 👉 Some reinforce conditioning. 👉 Some reinforce bias. So the real question is not just: 👉 “Have I experienced something?” But: 👉 “Is my interpretation of that experience accurate?” That’s where awareness comes in. Now your final point: 👉 “No one can catch ultimate truth, it’s always one step ahead.” That’s actually closer to what I was pointing to. Because if truth is always deeper than our current understanding… 👉 Then certainty should always remain open. Not rigid. Not defensive. But... Open. So instead of saying: 👉 “Everything is truth in its own way” A more grounded way to say it is: 👉 “People can have real experiences… but their interpretation of those experiences can be limited, distorted, or incomplete.” That keeps: ✔ Experience valid ✔ But still allows truth to be examined And that’s the difference between: 👉 Awareness and 👉 Assumption So we’re actually closer in perspective than it seems. The only adjustment is this: 👉 Not everything experienced is truth. 👉 But every experience can be examined to move closer to it. And that’s the whole point of questioning. Peace and blessing to you. I AM — The Awaken Soul (TAS) From Conditioning to Consciousness Question Everything. Discover Truth. 🔥 |
| Re: What If Certainty Is The Biggest Barrier To Truth? by chieveboy(m): 10:03am On May 02 |
Theawakensoul:Kindly confirm if I am discussing with ChatGPT given the nature of your writing. On truth being relative, the so-called dry land when zoomed in would be a sea of moving and active atoms which is the same fabric and building block of what ever a human would refer to as liquid. This means, dry land is relative to the vibratory rate of the atoms on land and not universally dry land. On earth and in the physical plane, you would not lack a plethora of entities or creatures who based on their biology, are unable to make a difference of the states of matter as a human would have it given their own vibratory rates and make up. Yea? So dry land is solid, true, but to who? This is the relativity factor of truth. |
| Re: What If Certainty Is The Biggest Barrier To Truth? by chieveboy(m): 10:10am On May 02 |
Dtruthspeaker:I said a child lived with and was spoon-fed by Dangote. In elementary terms, the statement means from birth, the child is in Dangote's house. He knows no other as father. You are asking if the child grows up, he should request pictures of Dangote whom he grew up to know as his father. Did you ask your father to furnish you with pictures of your father? Are you not certain beyond reasonable doubt that the person who raised you from birth is your father? Make your question make sense to yourself. |
| Re: What If Certainty Is The Biggest Barrier To Truth? by chieveboy(m): 10:47am On May 02*. Modified: 11:44am On May 02 |
Dtruthspeaker Waiting for your answer. I notice most times your responses are closed. It occurs when responses will require intelligence, and the respondent opts for some other that is incompatible. |
| Re: What If Certainty Is The Biggest Barrier To Truth? by Dtruthspeaker: 11:45am On May 02 |
chieveboy:See, your delhu does not let you see Truth if not you would have known that supposed atoms in solid things like dry land do not move. And dry land does in its natural universal and truthful state does not vibrate, so no atom is moving. And dry land cannot be seen as liquid sea, it takes delo to see that |
| Re: What If Certainty Is The Biggest Barrier To Truth? by Dtruthspeaker: 12:33pm On May 02 |
chieveboy:See again what your association with deluers have done to you? I clearly said "Which child did not verify if their father is Dangote?..." but see how you have twisted it into a saying i am asking you i"f the child grows up,". And this is of course the fact that it does not make sense how the person who you said was lying is still the same Dangote, the father, who you said that the liar, was telling him that it is his. Clearly u twisted and so far from Truth that you no longer remember that we all checked and verified how the person who we were told is our, father, is our father even beyond pictures and everything. And that in proof we saw the pictures of he who is said to be our father and that the pictures proved it. And of course why do you think wedding pictures and parents and baby pictures are hung on the wall? Your colt has made you no longer know the difference between Truth and delu |
| Re: What If Certainty Is The Biggest Barrier To Truth? by chieveboy(m): 1:14pm On May 02 |
Dtruthspeaker:You are right |
| Re: What If Certainty Is The Biggest Barrier To Truth? by chieveboy(m): 1:14pm On May 02 |
Dtruthspeaker:You are right as always. |
| Re: What If Certainty Is The Biggest Barrier To Truth? by Theawakensoul(op): 4:01pm On May 02 |
chieveboy:Firstly No, you’re not talking to ChatGPT. You’re talking to a human being who actually thinks deeply and takes time to structure his thoughts. Clarity is not AI. Depth is not AI. Most people just aren’t used to it. Now to your point… I see what you’re trying to do, you're stretching the idea of relativity down to the atomic level to argue that “dry land” is not truly dry. But let’s not confuse levels of description. Yes, at the atomic level: 👉 Everything is in motion 👉 Matter is mostly empty space 👉 Solids and liquids are made of the same fundamental particles That’s physics. But here’s where your argument slips: 👉 You’re mixing ontological truth (what something is at its deepest level) with 👉 functional reality (how it exists and behaves in experience) At the level we actually live and function: 👉 Dry land behaves as solid 👉 Water behaves as liquid And that distinction is not arbitrary. If you jump into a river… 👉 You don’t stand on it like land 👉 You sink, flow, or swim That’s not “relative truth” in the way you’re presenting it. 👉 That’s consistent observable reality Now about other organisms perceiving differently… That’s fine. 👉 Perception can vary 👉 Interpretation can vary But reality doesn’t become anything just because perception differs. A bat uses echolocation. A snake senses heat. Humans use sight. 👉 Different interfaces. Same underlying world. So again: 👉 Experience can be relative 👉 Perception can be limited But that doesn’t make all interpretations equally true. Because if we go that route fully… 👉 There’s no difference between illusion and accuracy 👉 There’s no way to refine understanding 👉 Everything becomes “true” and that collapses meaning And that’s not depth. 👉 That’s philosophical overreach. What I’m pointing to is simple: 👉 There are levels to truth But not all levels cancel each other out. So yes… At one level, matter is vibrating particles. At another level, that same matter forms stable structures we interact with daily. Both can be true. 👉 But they operate in different contexts. So the real discipline is not just saying “everything is relative”… 👉 It’s knowing which level of truth you’re speaking from 👉 And not mixing them carelessly That’s the difference between: 👉 Sounding deep and 👉 Actually being precise I AM — The Awaken Soul (TAS) From Conditioning to Consciousness Question Everything. Discover Truth. 🔥 |
| Re: What If Certainty Is The Biggest Barrier To Truth? by Dtruthspeaker: 5:39pm On May 02 |
chieveboy:I always pursue the right and speak the right |
| Re: What If Certainty Is The Biggest Barrier To Truth? by chieveboy(m): 6:05pm On May 02 |
Theawakensoul:Its not the "depth", its the heavy employment of emojis and unconventional stanzaic lineation of your paragraphs Now to your point…The bolden is you man: relativity of truth. You are creating problems for yourself when you decide to make man the center of the universe, reality or truth. Your ideology pegs truth to what it is to especially man. But is this true? And that distinction is not arbitrary.You are having issues because you made man the sole audience and center of the universe., probably because you will run into the relativity of truth if you factor in the rest of entities in the Observership spectrum. "If I jump into a river", Am I or is man the only entity/creature capable of jumping in a river in the universe? Even if only man can jump into a river, will the outcome be consistent across board even if looking at it from body-mass angle? Before then what is even the scope and definition of this "consistent observable reality"? I assure you by the time you begin defining the scope of this "observable reality", you would have to deal with a law of nature or truth found in the saying that "no man steps into the same river twice". This aphorism deals with a real problem in physics known as 'Qualia'. In solving this problem, you want to ask what then is actual or objective truth or reality? Now about other organisms perceiving differently…-Did you catch the paradox and relativity of truth occurring here? -Whos viewpoint is true then of the three if the objective or "underlying world" is or remains the same? -If none or all, then what does that give you relative to my assertion about how truth as far as observers is concerned is relative? So again:I once told someone here that reality (truth) and even meaning is simply an 'agreement to make acceptances' (given the qualia problem and its offprings) A physicist named David Bohm did a work about Order and Chaos. Long story short is that Chaos is simply a non-understood order. Use this to rethink what you would call "illusion", then use my ideology of 'agreement to make acceptances' for what you would call reality, truth, accuracies, understandings, and such. PS: 'Agreement to make acceptances' is borne of the ideology that nothing man accepts as truth, real, solid, correct is as is, relative to the grander interconnected and interchanging uni/multiverse which may be to a larger and more reliable extent be accepted as the ultimate reality or True as it were. The assertion or phrase identifies mans reality as a perception or consumption of a short or 'isolated' part of a grander and passing event of the grander truth or reality and terms it his reality or truth. While admittedly this is a necessity if man must have a physical experience and is the only way physical reality can be viewed and experienced, this same admission and concession to the ideology further buttresses the point that reality, truth as perceived and consumed by man is relative and not ultimate. All truths are true, but for and to man, mostly not beyond. Give man truth beyond the scope of acceptance and its either useless or false for him even if it is truth. What I’m pointing to is simple:All boldened are incidences or occurrences of the relativity subject matter, and you practicalized it so well. Does it makes sense now? |
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