James consider this when truth is really found. We had our minds made up and here is a different reality. Sure we did want to know the truth behind it all, but this was not the truth we desired. The truth we were looking for was that someone would come along and magically lift us to a "heaven" of bliss. We desired a "truth" which is "the easy way out," not one where we are the ones who are responsible.
So we are alcoholics dying in a mire of blindness, what of it? We want to continue looking and just as long as we never see, we will be fine.
Oblivion is comfortable, knowledge means responsibility, hand me another bottle please! The above is going to be the response of many a person. We are just not mature enough to face the fact that the reality we seek is not the reality of our dreams. The biblical God may be evil but we desire to make excuses for him in order that we can carry on along the same treadmill to nowhere.
The real state of affairs on the planet today, especially the Western societies, was brilliantly described in Plato's Republic 2500 years ago. Here, Plato describes Man as sitting inside a cave in a position where all they can see is the rock wall in front of them. They cannot turn their heads but are stuck in this one position. Above where they are sitting, there is a low wall and behind this wall, people walk carrying various statues of such things as animals and people. Further back, a fire burns which casts a shadow of these statues on the wall directly in front of these people sitting in the cave.
Like today's society, their reality is limited to the shadows they see on the wall. The shadows to them are the real wall. The voices of the people carrying these
statues are the voices of the statues. Like the people in the cave, most people would be afraid to see that these shadows are not the real thing. You would rather live with the imagined reality you have become accustomed to. Wake up!
Life has much to offer beyond the shadows on the wall!
We may also here use another piece from Plato to see how we react to the information contained herein. According to Socrates it comes from the ancient Greek rites and refers to those that elect to seek wisdom. The saying is: "Many
are called but few are chosen." In other words Socrates states the many are called to the quest for wisdom, yet
few manage to separate the body enough from the evil trappings of the flesh to truly acquire wisdom.
Yes, I am fully aware that the same thing is found in the Bible and supposedly used by Jesus (Matt. 22:14, for many are called, but few are chosen.) This is religious
plagiarism. It does not come from Christianity. It was
never issued out of the mouth of Jesus as anything other than a reference to Greek philosophy.
You proclaim long and loud you seek the truth. I know you are truly seeking by your posts. I trod those same footsteps many years ago truly seeking truth and
wisdom. I found truth in a spiritual experience such as that of Paul and the above describes me to tee. I was
merely searching for answers to truth as I understood
it to be. The truth I found was devastating to me instead of the glorious feeling anticipated. Wisdom is my responsibility and I found myself in a kindergarden of
understanding my true spiritual wisdom.
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