I think the truth is a lot easier to find and a lot more known than we think it is. We see it, but shut it off - turn away from it - because it's not the answer we wanted, it's too simple, too easy, implies obligation or guilt, or we simply don't trust the source. But we're so conditioned to distrust what is unspoken in favor of something written...and since when did words on paper have more or equal weight to sounds coming from another's mouth?
My point is that we're bombarded with truth every day, and we complain about having to seek it out. What we're actually saying is that the truth is not how we would like it to be, so we think if we can approach the truth from another angle, we can capture it in a different way, a way that will fit our desires.
This is how I see religion, and in general, spirituality. Many people are content to abandon truth-seeking altogether and simply leave those pursuits to others, trusting their findings and allowing the ease of this truth, due to the perceived difficulty with which it was supposedly obtained. But don't all religious prophets simply claim that the truth appeared to them as if it were the easiest thing in the world? We have scientific, but not spiritual, respect for our messiahs who spend lifetimes working towards truths: Darwin, Einstein, Freud, etc. And that respect is fleeting - how many scientists have essentially been shown to be lying. So does that mean scientists are really full of shit? No, I just think the truth is a whole lot easier than we'd like to admit.
That's not to say I agree with our prophets. It's incredible how attractive a prophet is, though, when we value hard-earned knowledge. So is what we're really trying to say, the truth is easy to find, it's just the details that are the hard part?
I realize how vague what I'm saying is, but I promise that it makes sense to me.
Peace
John
