As we go about talking to other religionists about what we believe we do well to discover what truths we have in common.” Did you catch that? It’s the TRUTHS held in common. So what does that word truth mean?
Many people think truth means ‘correct understanding’ but that is not it. If we approach others and try and discover their ‘correct understandings’ that we may have in common, we may not find any! So how do we rise above and find the real truths in common?
It’s the truths of eternity that we have in common with others.
It’s the truths of eternity that we have in common with others. The facts of time are not what we are looking to match up. Those are going to be inescapably different. But our relationship to eternity is what we DO have in common, if we have actually found it and they have too.
Our conscious understanding of religion is not truly our genuine religion, it’s merely the definitions we’ve put on the happenings in the exterior world about what we think religion looks like. True religion is something that happens only in the inner life. It’s a personal, private, and profound experience. Love is the personal realization of divine fellowship. How about that line for a conversation starter?
“…WE should approach other religions with the recognition of the truths which are held in common…”
(149:2.5)
We think that truth is a passionate feeling about some rationalization that we think is the correct understanding of an issue. Then we declare it to be THE TRUTH. But it is not truth. It is merely a pleasant rationalization about the facts of time.
To find the truth people may go in and up but generally when they find strong feelings they quit searching for a higher recognition. Don’t stop with feelings, go beyond.
