Theos-Talk Archives (January 1997 Message tl00724)

>>Nothing physical has Truth
>
>Has truth or Is Truth? Does a mirror not have an image and if it does, 
>is not its image part of the object it is reflecting? Is Truth 
>necessarily connected with what is "real" or is what is both "real" or 
>maya simply the Whole, which Is Truth? What also of "virtual images" - 
>to use a physics term in optics? Are we a virtual image? If so, is that 
>why we can become both self conscious and god-conscious?

This is tricky, and has been debated by those better than me for 
centuries.  Basically, it depends on how you want to define Truth (cap 
T).  For example, we could say that the mirror is Truth, but that
the reflections/images are passing mavaic illusions (a Buddhist 
approach).  Or we could say that the mirror is ultimate truth while the 
images are relative truth (a more theosophical approach).  We humans 
tend to identify with the images rather than the mirror.  Or, we could 
say that Truth is all-in-all and contains both mirror and images, both 
truth (little t) and falsehood.  Is a virtual image true or real?  
Certainly it is a real image, just like our physical world is real maya.
In a sense, everything is Truth.  In another sense, nothing at all is 
Truth.  Perhaps the Truth lies somewhere in between real and unreal, or 
between everything and nothing?

Jerry S.
Member, TI