Well ... let's go back to the beginning. You spoke of superstition and seeking a truth or truths which were not subjective.

In essence ... it al boils down to reasoned thinking. It's an aspiration to achieve the objective viewpoint. It's pure logic untainted by personal bias.

A person who has achieved true mastery of a truth should be able to break it all down in a clear and concise way. It's much like a mathematical equation in this way. 2 + 2 +2 = 6 It will always equal six.

The "argument" that you spoke of is simply a vetting process. We're all human and as such ... we are prone to errors in our reasoning.



That's why i called upon you to be impeccable in your word. It was so that i might examine your conclusion that " people are like a dog with a stick. "

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I'll be straight up with you CD. From everything you have told us ... it would seem that you have largely withdrawn from society. You're " livin' the dream" as they say. The life of a solitary can be both a blessing and a curse.

The blessing part would be that you're free from the distractions and noise of everyday life. In order to attain the objective viewpoint ... one must first detach oneself. True masters have a variety of ways in which they temporarily detach themselves ... the more common being through prayer and meditation.

The curse part is that as a solitary ... you probably spend a lot of time living inside your own head. It's very easy to become hopelessly lost in that vast expanse between the ears.

That's what i was alluding to when i spoke of our internal reality gradually becoming more and more out of synch with the external reality of the world around us. It can come to a point where you can't function in the everyday world very well anymore and end up living as a hermit.

Someone that's truly balanced can walk as easily in one world as they can in the other.

Does this make sense ?