Things are not always what they seem. Blank space is always blank, but as soon as you fill it with possibility you create perspective and perspective changes everything, always. See me, I don’t believe in the truth. I see little evidence that reality can be one thing. So anyone who tells me, “This is the truth”, has already lost my faith. Say, “This is my truth,” and I’ll look at things from your perspective. But when I look I’ll see only the ever shifting, and none of your blank space, because you can’t see blank space, it is blank.
I used to believe that I could see another person’s potential but when I suffer over the details of what might be, or what could have been, I am only watching one possible reality through the filter of my own experience. It’s only my perspective, you see?People lie. Especially the ones who are hell bent on finding the truth. I’m not pointing fingers, or passing judgement. It’s not your fault, truth seekers. There is no one to blame. Blame itself is a lie. In fact, I can’t even call us liars if there is no truth, so let me change my perspective here and redirect my focus.
People can’t help but believe. From your perspective, truth is. You don’t move and you can’t perceive the Earth moving, so it looks as if reality is standing still, revealing itself to you. It looks as if nothing is blank because you can’t see blank space. Reality is whole, without room for possibility, and so you feel confident in your truth.
Except, maybe you don’t. Maybe you feel the blank possibility, because you can feel blank space, it is infinite. You can hear the echo inside your imagination, or at least I’m told you can, if you empty the chatter from your mind, and find a kind of stillness that is beyond the struggle to hold your whole and cluttered truth.
And, so, if I don’t believe in truth, and I can feel the infinite, learn to listen for the stillness of the Earth pulsing in and out of existence, forever, perhaps I can find peace with change. Maybe I don’t need to filter every other truth through my own experience. It is exhausting to always consider everyone else’s perspective, strain to see a truth I can’t possibly understand fully, and struggle to find the harmony between conflicting versions of the same story. It was valuable, for a time, to consider everything, but…
Just because I don’t believe in truth, doesn’t mean it can’t exist, or doesn’t.
Hi Kate,
Good post. There’s a line in a song I love that goes, “I don’t care if I know where we come from or where we go.” Hope you guys are well.
Also, an Occupy Spfg movement is organizing here. The next meeting is 6PM Weds 10/12 @ Phelps Grove park, and if you get this in time, people are walking this evening (10/7) @ about 5 PM from Phelps Grove park to the Friday night Art Walk to get the word out about the weds meeting. There’s an Occupy Springfield FB page. If you wouldn’t mind, would let your friends back here know and encourage them to get involved if they’re interested?
Love you. Rick
I missed your comment until today, but its great to hear you are a part of the Occupation. We have been spending some time at Occupy Denver, although the police presence is intimidating to say the least. Let me know if there is anything I can do to help in the future. We love you guys so much!!! Hope to see you when we are home for Thanksgiving.