"We are all greater artists than we realise."
Is there an objective truth? Or can we postulate that there is only a relative state of perception. Out of the millions of signals that our brains receive, it organizes, edits, censors and constructs the three-dimensional reality that we assume to be the "Real" reality. But of course as we become more and more aware of this process we can acknowledge that it is merely our own perceptions, our reality-tunnels which determines how we view and construct our mental lives.
This is one of the main problems in true communication. We hold our ideals close to us as sacred cows and we easily dismiss those who hold different opinions as cranks or zealots, therefore we could spend our entire lives at loggerheads with other peoples views when instead we can appreciate that there are thousands upon thousands of differing "Realities" each constructed as a perfect work of art in the head of any individual.
The acceptance of relativity in terms of truth and morality can save us all a lot of heartache. Once we accept that different cultures view things through their own particular filter we can begin to relax and enjoy the show.
Fundamentalists and bigots however never seem to grasp this intuitive paradox of mind; they proclaim their views as the only true and correct way of seeing things. And fundamentalism can exist in many differing idealisms. A scientific materialist would say that his model of reality is the correct one and that anyone who holds a more mystical or spiritual viewpoint is deluded. The same is true of those uptight Christians and Muslims who can never seem to grasp the enlightening and illuminating fact that nothing is truly objective. When you mention to them that perhaps there is no God, they can't handle this horrendous dialectic and will insult you for even mentioning the idea.
Now of course no-one can say that there is no god. Atheists hold just as much faith in the fact that there is no God as do true believers that there is a God.
"The following sentence is true.
The preceding sentence is false."
The truly wise person intuitively understands all of these ideas and realizes that the brain is the master artist of reality; and that the great architect is a projection of ourselves. The subject at one with the object.
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