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| Being “Of the Truth” (Won’t Get Fooled Again) Jesus told Pilate that those who were “of the truth” would hear his voice. This also conveys what might be called a resonance. Part of discernment would be this alignment with truth that results in an attraction to that which is true. Paul wrote of a future time when those who did not receive a “love of the truth” would be all deceived to accept the antichrist. There is an individual internal configuration that depends on how highly we value and hold truth. Mackenzie Phillips grew up in an environment of drugs and indulgences. Later in life she was trying to rebuild her life and wrote a book about her experiences. A family friend was once asked if the things in the book could be true and the friend responded that Mackenzie was going through a period of “brutal honesty”, so, yes, it was probably true. One can develop a passion for truth after having suffered from not having it.     Learning through the experiences of others can be less painful and quicker, but perhaps not make as deep an impression as direct encounters with reality can provide. There is a truth in reality that often only those who have had harsh contact with it can appreciate such as combat veterans, emergency room nurses, cops, abuse victims, or even some ex-cons. Rather than waiting for a brutal slap in the face from reality to generate an interest in truth, one can cultivate a growing desire to seek it out. Being of the truth is more than simply recognizing it. Being of the truth is hungering for and feeding on truth. Seeking truth is actively searching and questioning.  Media can supply ample opportunities to exercise discernment. One can apply a questioning reflex to every item one is presented. For example, a TV news reader can say that a politician made a comment. One might ask himself if the comment was actually made the way the news reader presented it. If so why was the comment actually given. Was it to describe truth or to obtain an effect.  What also emerges in cultivating discernment is that one becomes more precise in what one says, as well as, acknowledging what is not known so that assumptions are less indulged. Perhaps not to the extent of the law school illustration of Oliver Wendell Holmes, in which he is supposed to have told his wife on a buggy ride that her observation of a white house was incorrect, and she instead should have said that, “The side of the house facing us appears to have been painted white.” A movie character once declared that passion was in opposition to precision. One might see a disconnection of those who are growing in truth, from those who enjoy the pleasures of the world. One can lose popularity and even become the object of scorn by simply questioning, much less rejecting, common social assumptions. This is why this book will be so unpopular. However, the truth will set you free. This freedom often comes at the price of awakening “Matrix-like” from the comfort of being fully integrated into the world system Satan is advancing. To be “of the truth” requires more than just an awakening awareness. Seeking and holding on to truth are acts of one for whom truth is essential. A ”love” of truth is to value it more than self. |
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