Reality and Truth
I would like to establish my intention in writing this blog. I suppose in a way this will be mostly for my benefit as I attempt to asymilate the beliefs and discoveries of today and develop a perspective all my own. There are so many questions and while I may not be able to come to a definitive conclusion on most of them I believe there to be value in the questions themselves. I know that by merely asking some questions I may offend but in the pursuit of truth there is no rock unworthy of investigation. I know I am not perfect and this medium will allow for the input from others and hopefully result in meaningful insight for others or at least myself.
I am a Gnostic theist which is to say I believe a god exists and claim to know that this belief is true. I’ve come to this conclusion from experiences Ive had throughout my life but knowing my limited mental capacity and imperfections I do not however claim to be able to define all the attributes held by god. Perhaps it is true as some claim that one cannot fully comprehend god but on the other hand isnt such a statement limiting god. Would I be unable to comprehend god if god willed I comprehend? To answer one way or another is to claim knowledge of god which I do not feel comfortable claiming. All I can do is hope that I will be enabled by god to do what I was created to do. The question then becomes what was I created to do? Were each of us created for the same purpose? All I can do is what I have been enabled to do and hope that with the abilities I have been given I can fulfill my purpose. If each of us have a purpose would we not be enabled to fulfill it? If not there is no purpose in our existance for we were destined to fail. I choose to believe we have been enabled to do what we were destined to do. So what abilities have we been given? The ability to think and consquently question. The ability to receive and consequently choose/act. Following that these are our abilities how do we find our purpose other than by thinking and asking? If we were not meant to ask wouldnt we know?
Through out history countless people have asked and nearly as many have claimed to recieve but with 11,000+ religions on the earth at present and many of those claiming to be THE way to god I feel compelled to investigate any religion I come across and think about the perspective presented. In the pursuit of truth one must disect the information presented and question its relationship to your perspective and if appropriate asymilate the perspective presented into your own and lastly act according to your present perspective. I believe there are many ways to question the information presented one of which is using logic(one of our gifts of thought) or past experiences. In instances where this is not possible I believe one must rely on god for the answer. If each of us have the same purpose and can get an answer as to what that purpose is then why are religions splitting historically instead of converging as more and more people find truth? This divergence to me is indicative of either the existance of relative truth or people finding answers in others rather than from within themselves. From this I conclude that truth can only be found with in ones self and through god. This blog will document my search for truth.
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