Truth: A Study

IN SEARCH OF TRUTH of something that he seeks to know. In other words, everything has a final form for man—from the stars to the atom, nothing is an exception to this rule. In man’s mind, it is as if everything has an absolute character. This certainty is based on curiosity and research that has continued for thousands of years. Therefore, if man starts to believe that things do not have a final form, all scientific activities will halt, and the journey of knowledge will permanently end. The very same principle is at work in our personal affairs as well. Man considers himself an absolute being. He cannot remain alive even for a single day if he does not think so. Similarly, a person considers his mother, wife, and children absolute. The system of family life is based on this conception. If this were not so, the whole of human life would disintegrate. Likewise, man also considers his property—his house, business, and bank balance— absolute. He could not manage his economic affairs if he did not regard them this way. In this situation, to believe that truth is not absolute is to think that truth is an exception to what is a general rule. It would be as if, in an absolute world, the status of truth is that of an exceptional non-absolute! There is no logical basis for this utterly absurd belief. It would be incomprehensible that every other thing has an absolute reality in this vast world, but truth alone is non-absolute, being the sole exception. It is a logical inconsistency that any intelligent person cannot accept.