The Only True Statement
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A question about the nature of belief, its relationship to language, and whether anything can be said that is absolutely true.
The Only True Statement
A question about the nature of belief, its relationship to language, and whether anything can be said that is absolutely true.
How would you define what I believe?
Anything you can put into words that you believe to be absolutely true.
I was just thinking about the word "believe." It's almost like you make it be. You bring it to life. Be-live.
Any description you can have about reality, anything you can put into words and say is absolutely true, is a belief. Always with one exception: there is something rather than nothing.
Say that again?
The one exception
There is something rather than nothing. It is the only statement that is absolutely true. Being is; non-being is not. And I actually like how one philosopher puts it. He says, "Consciousness is." He actually says, "Consciousness without an object is." So: absolute consciousness is.
Let me think. If belief is the product of language, how can we transcend language?