One can discover the truth by blocking out the material world. I have grown into the world where I am only able to look at the shadows of reality, allowing various interpretations of what is real. However, I have grown and faced uncomfortable situations, and I have learned that there is a huge difference between looking and seeing. When an individual looks at something, one is only looking at the general side to things. But seeing requires a deeper level of engagement, people in this state dig deeper through the general aspects of what is given and dig deeper to discover truths. My comfort zone is home: it is where I feel safe. There is no confusion and I am in a constant state of familiarity with my surroundings and the activities going …show more content…
The uncomfortable situations I have faced from such journeys have taught me to critically think, have led me to new discoveries, and have allowed me to surpass my current knowledge and understandings. I learned, to be honest by admitting that I did not know what the truth was or by choosing to appear ignorant rather than condemning. When I was young I always was quick to judge and blame, but soon I learned that my assumptions without proof were just lies. By hurting others in dark moments of doubt and injustice, I learned, to tell the truth as I saw it through all levels of understanding and not as I wanted it to be from a biased perspective. The ability to understand something or someone from all angles is not meant to be easy, it is very complicated. I tend to makes mistakes, however, these mistakes do not define the person I am today, they define the person I have become through understanding what I did wrong and why it was wrong. Honesty has allowed me to create a future based on my past, without the repeat button being held down. Only the few who learn from their past are not doomed to repeat it. And I hope to never return to my days of pointing fingers because there was the need for a scapegoat to ease my
Socrates once said, “The unexamined life is not worth living.” He questioned the very nature of why things were the way they were, while never settling for simple, mundane answers. Socrates would rather die searching for the truth than live accepting what he considered a blatant lie. I like to think of myself the same way. I too would rather examine the wonders of life rather than accept what I am just told. The truth is some can’t handle the truth. I on the other hand welcome it with earnest anticipation and fervent enthusiasm.
The situations that Goodman Brown and Armand face show that the fear and trauma that is experienced in learning the truth can lead to negative consequences and not being able to accept the truth for what it undoubtedly exists to be.
The truth of the world is something that is debatable on how to reach, and what it actually
Everyone makes mistakes, it is not uncommon for people to make multiple mistakes a day. Mistakes are something that happens in the most casual way, it could just be running into someone walking. People make mistakes and people give forgiveness, but sometimes if the mistake was impactful, forgiveness may be hard to gain. Everyone wishes for a one more chance at fixing a mistake, but once the action is done or the words have been said people cannot take it back as easy as they think.
The truth emerges when there is the clear vision to see facts with their proper weight and place.
What exactly is “truth”? And how do we arrive at the truth? Over these past weeks I have successfully be able to study two different but very closely linked methods of arriving at what we human beings know as truth. Introduced to the method of pragmatism by William James, I have concluded that pragmatism uses an approach in which reason is used to find what is true but what also has to be considered is that the truth is subject to change. Which distinguishes it from Rene Descartes' method of pursuing what is true. Essentially they follow the same procedures. Although at the final moments of my research, I began to find myself pro-pragmatism. I disbelieve Descartes claim that the mind believes everything that is perceived through the human eye which leaves no room for an imagination. Both James and Descartes differ in some areas while maintaing similarities in others. Whether its concerning the way their visions are presented, their interpretations of the truth, or how applicable the idea of it is to our lives.
action has caused many consequences to all of them. Therefore, being honest is necessary too.
We, as human beings, tend to think that the truth is what we believe to be true. But the truth is the truth even if no one believes that it is the truth. We also think that the truth brings unpleasantness, and that we hate telling the truth. “The challenge of the sage is to decode the clues and solve the underlying riddle of existence, our own and that of the cosmos.” (The Sage). The relation between this quotation and my life is that, I always want to search for the truth, and telling the truth is another
Knowing the truth pushes people to understand reality and to have a meaningful purpose in life. However it is only a small portion of the world that is brave enough to take on the obscene verity of life. These few do not accept what they are told, the crave to know what is beyond each wall, over each mount, and across each ocean. They want their reality to be their own wild and true experiences in nature. Chris went out into the world to seeking truth. Instead of being told or given what he sought, he wanted to find the answers to his own questions. For example, Chris wanted an answer about his...
Everyone has difficult obstacles in their lives. I have had a few myself and they each have changed me for the better. My most profound experience was being repeatedly molested as a child. I wasn't aware of exactly what was happening to me. I didn't know being touched was wrong. I just knew how disgusting it made me feel, but I didn't tell anyone at the time. I shared this publicly as an adult to help other parents realize that children need to be protected. It was a long journey to reach to the point where I could speak about my experiences with anyone. These experiences from my childhood affected me deeply; however, I have overcome them, learned from them and I have contributed at a higher level because of them.
Honesty can be perceived from different outlooks; it can be seen for the lies you say, for the actions you make and for the way you behave. Honesty is more than just saying the truth, is living a way of life that tends to go for what is good and correct; is doing what is right and just. If honesty did not exist, relationships between friends, family and loving couples would be full of distrust and uncertainty. Honesty is what keeps people together, is what makes them trust in each other. Furthermore, honesty is the absolute expression of truthfulness in our lives, and what makes this world to have faith on itself.
It is human nature for everybody to make mistakes. Some mistakes are as little as a typo that can simply be whited out and corrected. Some as big as infidelity in a relationship. Some mistakes are easily forgiven and others not so much. But there is one thing for sure, if mistakes are never made, a person will never know their true purpose in life. Now of course most mistakes you will have to pay for but, every great person has made some sort of mistake to get them where they are now. Every mistake in life is a lesson that contributes to making people successful.
When you’re honest about the things you do, you don’t have to carry burdens about lying. Being honest can lead you to being happy because you made the right the decision to begin with. Doing honest deeds are rewarded to the people who tell the
As Abraham Cronbach explains, the truth-seeking attitude (called “the reality principle” in psychoanalysis) potentially launches individuals into the quest for deeper knowledge about the world around them (Cronbach, 1922). It is during this quest that we have established religion, of which we may partake
Nobody is perfect and as we move forward in this era of self-knowledge and self-discovery, it is vital to acquire the ability to recognize our own mistakes. We all do some mistakes at some point of our lives which hurt another person. The difference lies acknowledging that we have done something wrong, some acknowledge immediately and some take time.