Turnarounds and Relative Truths *
Absolute truth is only revealed when the Ground awakens to its own nature, when Big Mind awakens to itself, when Buddha Mind awakens to itself, when Spirit awakens to itself. When the Ground of all phenomena awakens to its own nature of no I anywhere.
As soon as any of this is reflected in ideas, as soon as it is formulated, made into a statement, made into a map, then it becomes by necessity a relative truth. And relative truths are always limited, incomplete, provisional, of temporary and limited usefulness only, subject to revision, modification, replacement.
Absolute truth is immediate, beyond and including any and all polarities. Relative truth is considered and thought out, using ideas, symbols or words that split the world. It can never touch absolute truth, only be the finger that points to it, helping people get a taste of it in their own experience.
In formulated, expressed and relative truth, there are always opposite statements that each also reflect a relative truth. That is why they are all relative truths.
Turnarounds
And this is exactly what happens through the turnarounds in The Work.
We take the initial statement, for instance she shouldn't lie, and turn it around any way possible. She should lie: that is the reality of it, according to my story. I shouldn't lie: I shouldn't lie to myself about her, as I do when I tell myself that she shouldn't lie and she does. I should lie: well, I do, that too is the reality of it. Whatever I say is really a lie, because it is only a story.
We get to see that in the realm of ideas, abstractions and words, every statement has a number of opposite statements that each contains some truth. They are all different perspectives on the same topic, and each one has some validity.
By seeing this, there is a natural release from attachment to any one of these views, perspectives and statements. We find ourselves as the space that can hold each one of them, genuinely seeing how each one has validity, yet is not an absolute truth.
In our human life, we become a little easier to get along with.
And there is also a closer alignment with what is, beyond and including all polarities.
Labels: relative and absolute, the work
8/23/2006 01:51:00 PM
hi!, we are interested on your point of view, do you speak spanish? top
8/23/2006 05:41:00 PM
No, unfortunately not... top