Chapter 21

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”SEEING THINGS AS THEY REALLY ARE, IS TO EVALUATE A FACT OR AN EXPERIENCE;

FIRSTLY BY TRACING IT TO ITS ORIGINAL CAUSE (HOW, WHEN, WHERE, WHY) THEN RATIONALIZING THE EFFECTS IT MUST PRODUCE. THIS REPEATED ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS (OF VERY VARYING EXPERIENCES AND FACTS) IS ONLY WAY TO COMPREHEND

REALITY – “THAT (THE CAUSE/S) WHICH UNDERLIES APPEARANCES.”*(1)

(A FACT IS THE CONCLUSION OF A SEQUENCE OF REASONED THOUGHT, AND IS ESSENTIALLY THEORETICAL BUT AN EXPERIENCE IS TRULY PRACTICAL.

HENCE ANY FACT, WHICH IS ALREADY ACCEPTED BY OTHERS, HAS TO BE CONFIRMED BY ONE’S OWN EXPERIENCE/S TO BECOME ABSOLUTE OR A TRUTH.

WHETHER ONE STARTS WITH A FACT OR AN EXPERIENCE, IT WILL BE A RATIONAL ASSESSMENT CONFIRMED BY RATIONAL DEDUCTION.)

** (01) the purpose of a language is to convey one’s ideas to another. When such ideas are of immeasurable value, value, the written word is more preferable than the spoken word – for precision expression and exact or complete comprehension. This is particularly applicable when the requirement is a self-realization or an ability to “see things as they really are”. Really has already been deciphered. What is required is a personal, irrefutable confirmation – without belief.