(Thanks, W. :)

Reader W. writes:

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Re: Reader B, fwd: Heavenletter #5125 Believe ....

Dear Hobie,

I was set on my path of discovery because someone challenged my beliefs. It was by way of a podcast. He was simply sharing truth that he had discovered. He also made it very clear that he did not want anyone listening to take him at his word. He issued a challenge to everyone listening to prove him wrong, if they could. Believe me, I tried. I really tried! It rubbed me the wrong way and I didn't want it to be true. But, it was. That was about seven years ago and I thought I had a pretty good handle on the truth. BOY, was I wrong!!!

Belief and truth are terms that have nothing to do with each other. Belief requires only one thing; Faith. Truth on the other hand as Mark Passio has said, "...is. It is objective and it is discoverable. And there is only one truth." There is no such thing as my truth and your truth. "Truth is." It is our task to discover truth and to bring our beliefs into alignment with it. One might believe that he can step off of an airplane and walk on clouds but the truth, as he will soon discover, is that the natural law of gravity will drag him to the earth. At which time he will be forced to change his belief.

The truth is, that because someone was kind enough to challenge my beliefs, I discovered sources of information like your posts, where I discovered more information that challenged my belief system. Because of these challenges my searching brought to me a quote attributed to Plato. And whether or not Plato actually said it, it is one that I aspire to have exemplified in my experience. It goes something like this; "An attribute of a well trained mind is the ability to consider any subject without becoming attached to it."

If keeping to myself the truths that I have discovered is the correct thing to do then I should isolate myself on a mountain, or on an island, or in a cave. I am a part of the Almighty Sovereign Creator of all that is, having a material experience. I don't think isolating myself from that experience is what the creator had in mind for me.

Coming to grips with the truth has been a very difficult thing and, I am pretty sure that I have offended quite a few people with it. Learning to share the truth in love is something that I aspire to but, I look at it this way; If anyone has been offended by the truth that I have shared with them then they probably should have been offended. The truth can be like that. But I think I read somewhere that it is our job to "Boldly declare the word of truth."

Do I know all truth? If I have learned anything, I have learned that I certainly do not. Like Jordan Maxwell, one of the most important things I have learned is that I don't know anything. John Taylor Gatto once said that, "I write down what I think and then, I read it back to myself only to discover that I don't really think that at all." With that in mind, I know that I must be willing to CHANGE MY MIND.

So, in closing, I choose to believe the truth. I pray that my hunger for truth never waxes cold and that I will boldly declare the truth that I discover.

Thank you for sharing this article. It certainly made me think.

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