Our truth galaxies radiate the spirit and truths of the expressions that we share throughout the vast web of our relationships. They materially reside in all the different webs of neurons that comprise our minds. They are broad in content, rich in detail, strikingly different, wonderfully recognizable, and long enduring. Here is a take on their simplicity and complexity.
A word is dead / when it is said, / some say. / I say it just begins / to live that day. —Emily Dickenson (1830–1886)
Truth is vast and complex, but “What is truth?” as Pilate famously asked roughly two thousand years ago. Rather than attempt to define it, it may be easier to see how it is expressed. Understanding our personal truth expressions is a good place to start.
The personal truth expressions that give rise to the feelings others have for you are varied and vast. Your mother may have first felt your presence when she missed her period and experienced an uneasy stomach. You communicated something important to her when you moved in her womb. She may have relayed your expression to family and friends with the words, “I felt my baby move!”
A truth exchange over the WRW (World Relational Web) between two individuals may be nothing more than an inviting smile or a distancing frown. Although the consequence of this brief exchange to an individual struggling with acceptance or rejection can be profound, the exchange is brief. Their personal truth galaxies did little more than ricochet off each other.
To better see the role truth plays when two personal galaxies rub up against each other,
Humans are social creatures. We are born in families, raised in communities, and legally reside in governments. We eat food we didn’t grow, wear clothes we didn’t make, use words we didn’t think up, play games we didn’t invent, sing songs we didn’t compose, and abide by teachings we didn’t originate. Although we are individually creative, our lives are profoundly dependent on the truth expressions of others.
Two plus two equals four is a numerical truth expression that has been worth learning ever since humans could count and add. Although it is not a material fact in the usual sense, it can be proven through the use of axioms developed by Peano (1858-1932) and others back in the 19th century which starts with the basic assumption that every number n has an immediate successor formally designated by n+1.
