Originally posted by Anomaly
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Knowledge (Truth) exists (a priori) but it is necessarily interpreted through the human mind/form---this "interpretation" is the perceived "reality" but its articulation is diverse (different worldviews). The "Truth" is in the essence of "reality" and not its various articulations/interpretations. This quality of "Truth" makes wisdom (Wisdom = subset of Knowledge/Truth) timeless. "to Know" = to understand/interpret timeless wisdom into the particulars of our lived reality (environment, circumstances) makes this acquired "knowledge" timebound. ---in other words----our mind/form interprets the environment/circumstances around us (relationally) forming our perceptions of "reality". This "reality" is individual and universal and "to know" its realtionality is aqcuired knowledge and to know its essence is wisdom. This is to know "Truth".
If "Truth" (Tawheed/Unity) is the essence of created things then it is not "just inert matter bumping into each other" because it is the relation that creates balance (and gives meaning = value). ----and the perception and interpretation of relation is necessarily through the human intellect.....these relationships are the patterns and by making sense of these patterns (laws) we make sense of "reality" (Qadr =measure/destiny). Ethics/Morality are the codes (principles) that govern human relationships both macro and micro....not just between human beings but between humans and other living and non-living creation. The universal (timeless) would be the essence of the principles and the particular (timebound) would be the diverse human interpretation and implementation according to their lived "realities".
cause and effect are the "reasoning" mechanisms that human beings use in justifying (making sense) of ethics/morality within their perceived "reality"---a Christian will have his reasoning, a Muslim, Buddhist, or Atheist, will have his....cause/effect is how we perceive and express "patterns" which make up our lived "reality" ---so, for example, one might say life has value because of survival of the species, another might say life has value because God said so....either expression/perception is true because the essence of the principle is "True" and this is so because it aligns with "Unity" which creates balance that leads to harmony.....
rules and laws that lead to fragmentation, imbalance and discord...are not aligned to "Truth" even if there is sufficient "reasoning" behind them.....
This understanding of Truth and Untruth is not linear but circular (Eastern way of thinking) because it is humanity that needs "Truth"---not the other way around....."we" need "Truth" to make sense of our reality and give meaning/purpose....and so it has to be human-centric---begins and ends with the human intellect.....
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