Beginnings...

I've always been a truth-seeker.

Ever since I can remember, I've questioned why things are the way that they are. I've always been interested in the reason people did things. Why some people have more than others; why there were certain behaviours that we had to adopt to be considered as civilised; why there is a notion of normal and abnormal; why we had to sleep every night; why we had dreams; why there are so many religions and teachings about what spiritual reality is; why there was birth, war, poverty, sickness, death, etc ; basically, WHY ALL THIS?





I was a child, when I started asking all this. I think that as children, we had curiosity enough to ask these questions and to really get at the truth, but generally as people get older, we just take the answers for granted. Why did we stop asking, though? Do you still have the same curiosity about things as when you were a child? Have you really gotten the answers to the questions that actually matter? Like why you'r even here? What is the cause of your consciousness? Is consciousness just a by-product of brain activity? What's your purpose in life? Is there even a purpose? It seems that we don't really ask these things anymore.

What happened? Well, most of us are caught up in what we have to do to survive in this world, and a lot are working to get money, fame, and possessions as ends in themselves; basically working to be a successful person in society. But what really is success? Who defined what success is supposed to be?

If there was no life after death, does it matter what we do in this life? People take for granted that there's life after death, as said by many major religions, but how sure are we that there is one? How can you unequivocally prove, not just believe, that there is life after death? If there is no life after death, then does it really matter what we do here in this life? Will it matter if we die in a few minutes, a few weeks, or a few years, if our consciousness does not survive physical death?

If wealth, fame, and possessions were the most important thing, then we should start amassing as much of these things as we can. But are they, really? Did we not just put these values to these things, in a way that makes a lot of people suffer? This may seem like something obvious that people say - wealth, fame, and possessions aren't really that important, but time with family and friends, being kind to people, and spreading love are more important things.

But how are we REALLY living out our lives? Are we really living in accordance with what we say? How many are actually living their lives according to this so-called truth or realisation? Even more importantly, WHY are we doing what we do? 

What is truth?

These are all examples of several questions that will be asked in this blog, and trust me when I say that this is just the beginning, and that there will be a lot of insights and questions that are going to be controversial, and I encourage the comments and questions of people.

This blog and the writer of this blog are dedicated to Truth. I'm one of those who believe in seeking the Truth as the highest good, the leading principle to which my life is ordered, the essence which underlies all that is essential, the absolute goal. It may never be fully grasped, but I think the process of pursuing truth is the good in itself. I think truth is worth living and dying for.

Without further ado, welcome to the beginnings of my exposé of Truth.