Truth, Whole Truth, Nothing But Truth

Recap

What do we know about Truth? We know that Truth must, by definition, be true in all times and places. Truth existed before us and will continue to exist after us. Further, it is complete (the whole truth) and unconditional (nothing but the truth).

The word "human" when I use it means your current physical incarnation in a body.  YOU are not human.  You exist separately from, yet intimately connected to, your body. When the body dies, you do not die. The REAL you knows the truth. The human you has forgotten it, but can remember it.

Humans are limited.  They have a beginning and end. Truth is not limited. It is without beginning or end.  Humans have no capacity to fully define truth, since naming it or describing it makes it finite.  Finite things are not real.  They are illusions.

We can, however, get very close to knowing what Truth is by the same method we previously used to define God.  Instead of asking what IS truth (which is ineffable) we must ask what is Truth not.

Therefore, when you discard everything that is not-Truth, you can get a very real understand of what Truth actually is.

What is not-Truth?

• opinion
• dogma
• belief
• something that is true only in some places, or some times
• something that is not complete, or leaves out parts 
• a conditional statement (if, and, but, only, also, because)
• correlation 

Truth is Absolute

Truth is absolute.  It is true at all times and all places.  Truth IS.

You need to understand that existence of the truth is in no way dependent upon you.  Your belief is irrelevant, your calculations are irrelevant, your "faith" and your conscience are irrelevant. The person saying the truth is irrelevant. Jesus saying something, for example, does not make it true simply "because" he said it.

Don't get me wrong.  Jesus consistently and repeatedly spoke the Truth. He did not cause the truth, or start the truth. Truth WAS before, after, with and without Jesus. Jesus had the authority to speak the Truth. We, also, have the authority to speak the truth but we rarely use that authority because of the not-Real, not-God things we talked about yesterday. Fear, uncertainty, doubt, insecurity...  Get rid of the not-Real and only the Real is left.

"Push forward, aggressively, without ceasing..."

Setting you Free

To the Jews who had believed him, Jesus said, “If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

This is Truth. Holding to his teachings makes the Truth apparent. Truth will set you free. Truth will SAVE you. Notice he doesn't place any other condition or requirement or addendum on this statement. Freedom now. Freedom here.

THIS is how Truth relates to the topic yesterday of the real meaning of "saved". The Truth doesn't set you free "at some time in the future".  It doesn't set you free "at some place where you will have to wait in line and explain yourself". It doesn't set you free "IF you go to an evangelical protestant church, walk to the altar, say a magic phrase, get baptized, and then not really if you do something wrong in the future".

The Truth will set you free. PERIOD. NOW. HERE.

It is true at any point in time, at any place, under any condition. It doesn't depend on or require your belief, your acknowledgement, your agreement, your faith or even your understanding. There is NO BECAUSE. There is no rationalization, discussion, experiment, question, guessing, wondering or grace period.  

You WILL know the Truth NOW. You will know the Truth HERE. It will set you FREE right now, right here.

This statement is plain and simple.  Hold to my teaching. Love one another. There is no fear in love. Perfect love casts out fear.

What's the point?

The point is that once you are free you have no more suffering. The make-believe emotions that torment you are exposed as bullshit. There are no more filters. There is no more guessing. 

When you are set free you see clearly the fake drama that is playing out around you. You see the world for what it really is. You see that the people around you are actors, stuck in roles that they mistakenly believe define who they are and that make them MISERABLE.

You see that the people you love are suffering needlessly. They can't remember who they are and therefore see themselves as a limited being in a limited universe with limited choices.

Being free means that you exist now. The past does not exist. The future hasn't happened yet.

The most important point of being free is that you are given authority to relieve suffering. 

You are given authority to speak the truth. 

You are given authority to free others from everything that is not-Truth, not-Love and not-God.

You are given authority to "push forward, aggressively, without ceasing..."

(thanks to wjb)