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Old 03-20-2002, 10:35 AM   #13 (permalink)
chinesecowboy
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How do we know there is an "absolute" truth, where it's pure and unblinded from our experiences/biases,etc... ? To say it's out there means that you or someone has obtained, realized, or experienced it. Maybe the "absolute" is just something man created and hopes to achieve, but in the end, it's just another "truth" that contains the same biases of the individual. Does that make any sense? In another words, how can rational human beings, who think, calculate, judge, and draw conclusions based on knowledge and personal experiences ever go BEYOND themselves and operate differently? You can be more knowledged, spiritual, and aware, but can one surpass their own physical/psychological/biological conditioning and "see" and "experience" something un-cloaded by the mind? I use to be really into this stuff, until I took a hit of acid. Not trying to condone nor condemn drugs, but THAT experience made everything "clear" at least temporarily. And PLEASE, no one make a comment like "Oh, drugs are bad" or "You were on drugs so that experience was tainted by chemicals", etc... Stay on the topic, please. BTW, it's nice to get into these discussions again
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