tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176067173430864573.post4184521532455256992..comments2022-03-27T07:21:01.994-04:00Comments on Creativity + Social Change: Community as Truth SeekersSteven Dahlberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08904517185847830606noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176067173430864573.post-70852430586409559202012-04-08T11:59:59.462-04:002012-04-08T11:59:59.462-04:00Being part of the truth-seeker community is a diff...Being part of the truth-seeker community is a difficult community to be a part of. Not only must one struggle with the already instilled beliefs of truth that people already have but one must also be willing to scrutinize their own conceived notion of truth in order to find the absolute truth. Relative truth, or "decisions based on one’s perception of truth" as John has mentioned, are truths that are extremely difficult for someone to give up. Someone who grew up as a Buddhist in China has every right to believe in their way of spiritual thinking as opposed to someone who believe that natural disasters happen because the "gods have been angered." Regardless of where or how you are raised, in order to find absolute truth a human being must be willing to have an open-mind and take in many different opinions in order to find the real truth. As John mentions, "Seek out the opinions of others and explore the possibilities of the roots of others’ positions." What this really boils down to is that we should be willing to have an open mind to other's beliefs, without immediately labeling them as wrong, and by doing so we may, in turn, learn about a truth that may never would have appeared otherwise. If we can bring all of our relative truths together we may in turn find absolute truth and this will eventually lead us down a road of insight and creativity.Jason Vargashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14287346442452689508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3176067173430864573.post-2166393479944363242012-04-08T09:35:53.288-04:002012-04-08T09:35:53.288-04:00i really like this "timeline" of the lif...i really like this "timeline" of the life. the now what really struck me the most though. it seems that would be almost a perfect world with perfect doings yet of course, our egotism is in the way. i feel all things had road blocks that we usually face and climb, yet for some reason this one is much more difficult to conquer. i really enjoy that last quote as well and makes me feel that being you, being good, being honest will only lead to good karma which we can all benefit from.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16409873775531235754noreply@blogger.com